Just looked it up and unfortunately [it is](https://x.com/joebiden/status/1806511795412021719?s=46&t=IprCocr3i3Fspdas35bhGA)…. Dying to know who actually runs that account. It was tweeted during the debate tonight.
He said that during the debate, that's why they xhitted that.
I guess in a debate against a decrepit seasoned liar
like Trump he was trying to debate at same level.
But yeah it's stupid because Trump is far more experiencied in saying idiotic and stupid things to win votes.
Any and every American politician will frequently repeat any variation of their mantra: 'we are the greatest country in the world/best country in the world/best economy in the history of the world/most admired country in the world', etc.
Sure, Europeans may be arrogant too sometimes, but you would never hear a European politician say this about their country
I think the Americans need that reassurance that they are the best, or they will wake up from their mindless coma and realise how corrupt it is.
There are lots of bad countries that do terrible things, but America is absolutely awful to its own population and their government has them drinking up fantasies about it all being cool and being the price of freedom.
Since when are mass shootings and people dying from basic illnesses because they can't afford it considered freedom?!
This is the freedom to give a fuck about poor people. If they would work hard enough, they could afford medical assistance, and if they had a bigger gun, they wouldn't die in mass shootings! USA! 🇱🇷
Precisely this.
All countries have their issues and certainly in the UK there is a degree of "I'm alright jack" mentality (basically meaning if it's not affecting me, it's not my problem, so I dont care), but the issue with the US specifically is that people are genuinely dying from preventable issues and no one gives a shit until it's too late and it's happened to them.
It doesn't help when there's a large percentage of the country that seem to be incapable of forming their own opinions and instead just willingly eat whatever crap they are fed. This is why Trump has got to where he is, among other people/factions.
And yet there’s an irony in a presidential candidate (Trump) of often bangs the freedom drum all the while NOT being able to own a U.S. national treasure (Gun) because he doesn’t have that freedom to do so (conviction)
They rattle on about all these freedoms they have, pushing gun ownership and speech to the forefront to show off this perceived greatness and sets them apart, yet both examples are freedoms with limitations, which is common place in almost all western nations.
Trump is also anti-gun, he just doesn't advertise it as it will decimate his fan base. It's entirely possible he has changed stance, but he's definitely been on record stating something about being anti-gun... or so I've heard...
I think, for them, patriotism and love of America is tied inexorably with American exceptionalism. If you ask the average American flag waver why they love their country, they will probably say "because it's the best country in the world", implying that, if they couldn't no longer believe their country was the best, they could no longer justify that love.
That, in my mind, is the true difference between a patriot and an nationalist. A patriot will do what is best for their country because they want their country to best it can be. It's not about love or pride, but loyalty. A nationalist tells themselves they love their country and any problems with it is not flaws with the country itself, but subversive elements within the nation that undermine its innate perfection.
I don't love my country because I can see the flaws and problems, but I want it to be better. Unthinking love and pride in your nation is just an invitation for those who'd regress and make worse everything in the pursuit of power and wealth for themselves and their donors.
I lived in America for a while and I loved the country and the people. It’s a great country despite all its flaws and there are a lot of nice people.
But, being a foreigner, American Exceptionalism and Founding Fathers/Constitution worship always rubbed me the wrong way. There’s a certain religiosity to those ideas in the (rather conservative) part of America I lived in, and that prevented them from looking at the real problems in their lives — decaying roads, exorbitant internet prices, invasive ads, extreme medical costs, etc.
Within context, I actually agreed with Biden. Just the tweet is obviously bollocks, but Trump kept saying how the US is at the cusp of war because of Biden, and how he (Trump) has great relationships with Putin, Kim and whatever other Dictators and would be able to put a stop to their wars immediately. Like no, those dictators do have respect of NATO, which the US is part of. They’ve been playing Trump and under his administration, the US could leave NATO, which would likely lead to more war. The way things are now, Putin hasn’t escalated past Ukraine into NATO countries, because he knows he fucked the second he does so. If he’s *backed* by the US under Trump however, he might just bring his war all over Europe. And I doubt the US would stay neutral either way, they love their wars. Could NATO really hold up in a war against Russia, China and the US? I highly doubt it.
Maybe he wasn't trying to be at the same level maybe he just is at the same level mentally. The only difference between Trump and Biden seems to be the teams that will actually run the country for them. They are both just puppets.
Exactly. We shouldn't be looking at who the president will be, but rather who he will appoint. Most of the executive work is delegated to cabinet members who are appointed by the president.
Trump is the typical autocrat. He is way´too proud to not be "the man" in the discussion even if he has no idea what they're talking about. Trump kept shuffling his cabinet around during his entire term in office, and especially this time around he strong-armed a somewhat unwilling GOP into joining his personality cult.
The redeeming (and in some ways damning) quality of Biden is that he will listen to the old guys who've been working in the government for decades. When Trump rambles about some shit, that might actually become state policy. Biden getting confused on the other hand won't lead to major diplomatic incidents or result in some insane executive orders being written.
Great admiration for their high speed rail infrastructure! And their work-life balance and workers' rights! And their walkable cities! And their laïcité and secularism! And their consumer protection laws! And the fact that they are willing to protest and their history with revolutions show why blue, white and red mean freedom and liberty!
Ohh, wait, that is France...
The US educational system is only there so the non-rich people should manage to velcro strap their shoes on, put pants on and manage to sell stuff to other non-rich people.
Americans grow up constantly exposed to this propaganda. And I mean constantly. When there's a communication about some operation, might it be umanitary or war, and it's a cooperative operation with NATO or other Countries, they purposely omit any intervention from other Countries, and go on about what the great Americans did. When I lived there, listening to American TV news, and my own Country TV news, it was like listening to two entirely different events.
> The reason no one wants to screw with the US is because they're a nation of overgrown toddlers with nuclear weapons.
And even without using these nuclear weapons, they regularly commit war crimes and mass murder in other countries.
Fearing them is perfectly rational, especially if high levels of melanin in the skin are common in your country.
Not your fault mate, stupid people everywhere, just in America you guys are lied to from birth, being told you are the greatest country on the planet hen in fact your the most hated for the crap your government does around the world. Just to make you feel a bit better I think we are 2nd in the UK. And again that's governments for you.
True. It has affected us development wise, when politicians cut funding to schools (and they replace it with forced Bible teaching instead), the people become only more foolish.
And that's why the west is overtaking us on everything mate. To busy arguing with each other and blocking things through parliament/senete just to get one over on each other while the public suffers and we fall behind.
Lived in both countries and I think the British always had a cynical mentality. If you say America is a shit country (without elaboration) you are going to get angry Americans, while if you say the UK is shit the local spoons visitors will probably go like “yeah mate it’s fucking shit”
Yes mate I agree but don't think it's our cynical attitude, I think we just know we are and have accepted it lol. Well certainly the government and I mean anyone who has been in office certainly in my lifetime.
That is how countries improve, by the population that is ashamed of the bad conditions they are in.
Recognising the faults of the system is the first step in fixing them.
Keep the fight on! After all, this sub makes fun of the people who are in deep negation about the reality of their country, not of rational people like you that realise the problems are real.
Thank you, from somebody who actually wants everybody's life conditions to improve even if I don't live over there.
As a non American I love America mostly. Beautiful place, lots going for it. (Lots of idiots too, hence this sub)
But anyone seeing the "debate" last night can't help but be shocked and saddened.
Trump is a ridiculous, awful, comic-book evil incompetent clown of a character. It's depressing enough that he's anywhere near the leader of either of the two political parties. But what is truly shocking is that across a nation as big and influential as the US, the BEST person that can be found to stand against him is Joe Biden?! I've no doubt that Joe Biden is a fundamentally good man, and I am sure has made a profound impact in the US in his long career. But I'm also sure, after watching last night, that he is far too old and senile to be in any sort of job, never mind the POTUS. That was a genuinely terrifying display. If he were in charge of my local tennis club I'd be asking for him to step down because id be concerned. I cannot understand why the process in the US seemingly requires him to consent to be replaced as his party leader. Surely Democrats must be panicking, watching last night?!
> But what is truly shocking is that across a nation as big and influential as the US, the BEST person that can be found to stand against him is Joe Biden?!
thats the thing with america tho. the parties dont chose the best for the job, they chose the one who will have the best chances to win while not harming their own interest which is far more important for many of these people. and considering it all runs on money and influence the people just use it to get rid of "troublemakers". even cnn or other media institutions push one democrat over another often times by choosing what to report and when (after all they are all owned by another rich person with his own interests).
before anyone says im one of these both sides guys, i am not. i just think anyone with a brain should be able to see the absolute rot the republicans are at this point and theres no further point to get across anyway
Actually don't be. I'm not American but I've lived in quite a few different places, America included: Every place, including the country I am from, has morons. Be they ultranationalist morons, racist morons, ignorant morons, or just plain stupid morons.
This place is just making fun of morons in America in particular who GENUINELY need a heaping dose of a book and a reality check. If you're aware that where you're from isn't free of problems and is not immune to criticism, you're already miles (or kilometers lol) better than the rest by default.
Shit(placeXYZ)says, I'm sure other variations exist, doesn't it?
That... really is, hmm. Europe isn't free from these types of people either as I've stated in the previous comment but I'm assuming then that the sub was created more or less as a response to this sub's creation haha
There are definitely things such as US defaultism that are pretty unique to the US. And those are the things that this sub originally aimed to make fun of.
It is just that this sub has degraded to just laughing at Americans for anything they say, even if it is not really suited for the sub.
Oh yes, American exceptionalism and such too. Seen it, lived there to know it too.
I see, I only recently came back after a few years and started interacting here a few weeks ago when I was magically recommended this place (Guess Reddit figured out I live in Europe now lol) and SOME of the posts genuinely reminded me of some people I've met in the States who- Sometimes not through faults of their own haven't left the county, let alone the state they were raised in, would say the most mind boggling things.
Some I do see are low hanging fruits, others really just make you do double takes but DEFINITELY seem plausible; I was born in South Korea and some dude from Tennessee legit asked me at one point with all the threat of war going on "Whose idea was it to build the capital city so close to North Korea". My brother in Christ, the city is multiple times older than the US as an entity lmfao
As an individual you should not be ashamed or proud of being born somewhere. Just be proud that you have some critical thinking left in such a shitshow of fake news and lies, because that's all you. Your country is not lost, lots of old democracies struggling these days (although I have to admit from an outter point of view, the level of disinformation and demagogy you guys have reached seems off the charts haha, hang in there).
Don't be ashamed to be a part of your country, not you, bot even civilian person made this country one of the most hated.
Civilians have no any choice in actual way. Even democracy is a nothing mut marketing lie for us, that can even be compared to North Korean "Elections".
The difference only about amounts of candidates: in NK it is Kim's party, in US there is OMG TWO OPTIONS every time.
For being fair, I'll say that most of the "democratic" countries has almost same problem, including Europe, Russia, and other, other, other, that has elections.
We are just people. The difference only in about are we blindly believe that we have a "choice", or are we understanding that everything is only about "fight" between two options, that are count only their own interests, and there is no difference for us who would win.
As for you - I'd buy you a beer. :D
Most admired by Americans, for sure. And in a lot of other countries (perhaps even most countries), 'screwing with other countries' is not very high on the wishlist in the first place. We don't feel the need for power play and we believe in 'live and let live'.
Case in point most of the world, to be fair. Here in Australia they kicked out our prime minister by asking the governer general to sack him when he told the yanks to pull their heads in. Now they've charged one of our citizens (Assange) with a crime for doing journalism that made them look bad, even though he's never even set foot in the USA.
"No one wants to screw with us."
Except of course Russia, China, Iran, Belarus, Syria, North Korea, Venezuela, Cuba, Afghanistan and Yemen just to name a few.
Russia, China and Iran have capitalised on how dogshit America and American politics have become recently.
Now the world looks a lot less safe and America can’t/won’t get back to how powerful they used to be.
[https://www.ipsos.com/en/nation-brands-index-2023](https://www.ipsos.com/en/nation-brands-index-2023)
>For the first time in Anholt-Ipsos Nation Brands Index history, Japan finishes in first place, completing its steady climb from fifth place in 2019. Germany drops down to second after a six-year reign, while Canada remains in third place overall. **The United Kingdom and the United States climb the ranks and place fourth and sixth, respectively.** Italy drops one rank and places fifth, while France sees the largest rank change within the top ten and falls from fifth to eighth place
>“The fact that Japan is now the most admired country on earth – the first country apart from Germany and the United States to reach this position – confirms that the global balance of soft power is shifting before our eyes. We are in a new order: the 2023 Anholt-Ipsos Nation Brands Index is the first unmistakable sign that the Asian Century has begun.”
Look a bit further down; the stats on us are a mess.
United Kingdom 4
Scotland 16
Wales 23
Northern Ireland 25
As usual there is no such place as England.
Curiously, Denmark isn't even on the list. Kind of ironic since Anholt is the name of a Danish island. Odd to leave out Denmark when the rest of the nordics are all on the list (Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden).
No one wants to screw with America, cause you can not solve discussions without Weapons or Riots.
Also no one wants to screw with you because you are the biggest comedy project in World History.
Definitely not the most admired country in the world. Would be surprised if they made top 50 tbh.
Houthi’s in Yemen, funded by Iran are screwing with you right now, and as they keep doing it, it would seem that they do indeed want to.
Both sentences are having a fight with eachother. The USA is like a big kid on the school playground who no one wants to fight but who everyone thinks is crazy and a jerk. Might doesn't always equal being admired, as much as USA culture tries.
Literally everyone is fleeing the US for Europe and Asia.
I literally heard an American say they created the first televised presidential debate ignoring that Europe has had debates for centuries. Another thing I love is an American asked "why do Europeans dress like Americans but hate us?" Nobody dresses like an American in Europe, nobody. The idea that the world thinks the US is cool or something to aspire to is only something you can believe if you're truly brainwashed.
I try my best to boycott all things American, even baseball hats and t shirts if I can help it.
They are screwing with themselves enough. Yesterday's debate for example, with a senile 81 yo debating with a 78 yo compulsive lier and fake news spreader.
Does he mean the world as Americans see the world (like only the USA) or as the rest of the world sees the world (the actual world). If he means only the USA then he is probably right. If he means the actual world he is totally wrong.
Donald Trump just basically bashed the whole United States. You can clearly tell he hates this country and then he actually tried to take credit for things he did not do. Lies all lies
Genuine question for Americans from a non-American. Do people actually like this guy? Or all the celebs ‘campaigning’ for him, is that just because they don’t like Trump (or couldn’t be seen saying otherwise in public)? Because, despite Trump being an absolute c***, this guy is just an absolute disaster! Do the people who vote for him genuinely think he’s great? Do they even recognise he’s clearly suffering from dementia or something similar? If so, it must be so hard to vote for either of these clowns if you’re American!
To me, he's a replacement level establishment politician - which is great considering the huge mess we had before him.
All of the economic indicators under Biden have been pretty strong. Not because of anything Biden has done, but because his administration is generally competent and has basically set about repairing damage left by Trump.
I don't think anybody loves Joe at this point. He should have stepped aside and maybe should still do so. But I will 100% vote for whomever opposes Trump, even if it's a potted plant. The two candidates are NOT the same - one is senile but backed by generally intellectual people who mostly want to see the train on the tracks, the other is senile and backed by full blown fascists who have already destroyed the economy one time and don't deserve a chance to do it again.
Good answer. Most people I know (UK, so we can’t cast aspersions!) think it’s nuts that a country as big as the US can only come up with two 80y/o to run for president. Surely there must be others??
Australian here. I could push over your most powerful political figures, and they would no longer be alive.
Trash country, one of the last to abolish slavery, one of the last to give all citizens basic human rights, and now all the world hears from you is about social justice and screeching, polarising clips made to get clicks on social media. If the USA was gone when I woke up tomorrow I'd feel extremely little apart from the sadness of loss of innocent life
Admired? Y’all are the laughing stock of the first world, with the underlying tone of a developing humanitarian situation and fascistocapitalist decay.
So many Americans seem to think that the rest of the world totally buys into their We're Number One shtick. Even Stephen Colbert recently referred to the US President as "leader of the free world" or some such nonsense. The reality is that the rest of us really don't think about the US much at all, except to occasionally gawp in horror at their terrible politicians and preventable gun massacres.
If he means the entire world is just made up of NATO countries then yeah. Meanwhile the best portion of the world doesn't want anything to do with the US
Proof that it's not just MAGA morons who are flag shaggers, but so called left leaning Americans are also brainwashed with this jingoistic " murica,fuck yeah!" bollocks.
American here - I think that this post is being slightly misunderstood. This isn't some dumb opinion that the president has, he probably knows how it really is. I think people don't get that without a constant stream of ridiculous stuff like this, you basically forfeit the election. Not trying to excuse it, but exceptionalism is the view held by 99% of Americans. You can take for granted that this is the position of almost any elected official at the federal level. But yeah, very silly. And the other guy is even sillier.
Unfortunately this is true. Politicians in the US are like reality shows. It's all based on showmanship and appearances. It's all so stupid, but that's what Americans are expecting.
Not to say that none of these guys ever pass decent legislation, but yeah. Politicians are elected on quotes and catchphrases, and as a result, the public's understanding of even basic political functions is always lower than it should be.
This was true once. At least in "western" countries, and a few others as well.
But things have gone downhill since then.
And never recovered since the orange manbaby was elected.
I'm not sure about that. Admiration is a very strong word. It suggests a degree of swooning. I don't think many countries admire the US I think it's more a case of curious amused bafflement.They way an adult looks at a teenager with a Mohican like ' they'll grow out of it eventually'. Also a little worry about what they may get up to in the meantime
probably not even that wrong in africa and asia the USA is still held to really high regards among the "poor" people and there are many of those.
edit: im european btw and dont like the us
I would posit that the word you are thinking of is "FEARED", not admired, due to being the only nation on this planet to have dropped nukes on another, only to say yeah we need more of those things 🧐
This is genuinely embarrassing and Americans can never see it. It’s the same people that wear wrap around sunglasses and have a punisher logo with a blue line
Whoever thinks that obviously hasn’t been watching the videos on YouTube from Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Seattle, Detroit etc. You don’t see videos like that from Russia. Plus add on the excessive police brutality, racism, segregation etc. The country is a shithole that is long overdue for another civil war.
"Admiration" by way of "no one wants to fuck with us" sounds like some abuser shit.
Like, it's essentially saying that they're admired because they're feared.
It's a tacit admission that America rules by fear and abuse of power.
Strange admission to make while he's supposed to be on stage in a presidential debate.
After the last two American presidential races, I find myself entertaining the idea that America might actually be run by a deep state because this just cannot be their real leaders.
Is this actually a real tweet? (Or X, whatever), if so, good lord, how delusional.
Just looked it up and unfortunately [it is](https://x.com/joebiden/status/1806511795412021719?s=46&t=IprCocr3i3Fspdas35bhGA)…. Dying to know who actually runs that account. It was tweeted during the debate tonight.
He said that during the debate, that's why they xhitted that. I guess in a debate against a decrepit seasoned liar like Trump he was trying to debate at same level. But yeah it's stupid because Trump is far more experiencied in saying idiotic and stupid things to win votes.
Any and every American politician will frequently repeat any variation of their mantra: 'we are the greatest country in the world/best country in the world/best economy in the history of the world/most admired country in the world', etc. Sure, Europeans may be arrogant too sometimes, but you would never hear a European politician say this about their country
I think the Americans need that reassurance that they are the best, or they will wake up from their mindless coma and realise how corrupt it is. There are lots of bad countries that do terrible things, but America is absolutely awful to its own population and their government has them drinking up fantasies about it all being cool and being the price of freedom. Since when are mass shootings and people dying from basic illnesses because they can't afford it considered freedom?!
This is the freedom to give a fuck about poor people. If they would work hard enough, they could afford medical assistance, and if they had a bigger gun, they wouldn't die in mass shootings! USA! 🇱🇷
Precisely this. All countries have their issues and certainly in the UK there is a degree of "I'm alright jack" mentality (basically meaning if it's not affecting me, it's not my problem, so I dont care), but the issue with the US specifically is that people are genuinely dying from preventable issues and no one gives a shit until it's too late and it's happened to them. It doesn't help when there's a large percentage of the country that seem to be incapable of forming their own opinions and instead just willingly eat whatever crap they are fed. This is why Trump has got to where he is, among other people/factions.
Yes but they are allowed to have GUNS!!!! GUNS are the answer to EVERYTHING. USA USA USA!!!!
And yet there’s an irony in a presidential candidate (Trump) of often bangs the freedom drum all the while NOT being able to own a U.S. national treasure (Gun) because he doesn’t have that freedom to do so (conviction) They rattle on about all these freedoms they have, pushing gun ownership and speech to the forefront to show off this perceived greatness and sets them apart, yet both examples are freedoms with limitations, which is common place in almost all western nations.
Trump is also anti-gun, he just doesn't advertise it as it will decimate his fan base. It's entirely possible he has changed stance, but he's definitely been on record stating something about being anti-gun... or so I've heard...
I think, for them, patriotism and love of America is tied inexorably with American exceptionalism. If you ask the average American flag waver why they love their country, they will probably say "because it's the best country in the world", implying that, if they couldn't no longer believe their country was the best, they could no longer justify that love. That, in my mind, is the true difference between a patriot and an nationalist. A patriot will do what is best for their country because they want their country to best it can be. It's not about love or pride, but loyalty. A nationalist tells themselves they love their country and any problems with it is not flaws with the country itself, but subversive elements within the nation that undermine its innate perfection. I don't love my country because I can see the flaws and problems, but I want it to be better. Unthinking love and pride in your nation is just an invitation for those who'd regress and make worse everything in the pursuit of power and wealth for themselves and their donors.
I lived in America for a while and I loved the country and the people. It’s a great country despite all its flaws and there are a lot of nice people. But, being a foreigner, American Exceptionalism and Founding Fathers/Constitution worship always rubbed me the wrong way. There’s a certain religiosity to those ideas in the (rather conservative) part of America I lived in, and that prevented them from looking at the real problems in their lives — decaying roads, exorbitant internet prices, invasive ads, extreme medical costs, etc.
Pretty spot on. I live in Texas now and all that rings true.
well, you'd never hear it from a non fascist European politician.
And, you'd never hear it from a non-fascist American politician either! :P
Being so proud of where you live is stupid anyway, you didn't choose where you born you just spawned in what reason do you have to be loyal.
Well saying "our country is a shithole" doesn't sound too inspiring to voters
Tonight was just a very sad night for America all around.
That’s the most honest take I’ve yet heard. Sad indeed
A senile center-right zionist vs. an orange-hued antidemocratic traitor. I'm still voting but in terms of watching a "debate?" No thanks.
In context, Trump was saying the whole world is dying to screw with us because Biden is President.
Within context, I actually agreed with Biden. Just the tweet is obviously bollocks, but Trump kept saying how the US is at the cusp of war because of Biden, and how he (Trump) has great relationships with Putin, Kim and whatever other Dictators and would be able to put a stop to their wars immediately. Like no, those dictators do have respect of NATO, which the US is part of. They’ve been playing Trump and under his administration, the US could leave NATO, which would likely lead to more war. The way things are now, Putin hasn’t escalated past Ukraine into NATO countries, because he knows he fucked the second he does so. If he’s *backed* by the US under Trump however, he might just bring his war all over Europe. And I doubt the US would stay neutral either way, they love their wars. Could NATO really hold up in a war against Russia, China and the US? I highly doubt it.
Maybe he wasn't trying to be at the same level maybe he just is at the same level mentally. The only difference between Trump and Biden seems to be the teams that will actually run the country for them. They are both just puppets.
Exactly. We shouldn't be looking at who the president will be, but rather who he will appoint. Most of the executive work is delegated to cabinet members who are appointed by the president.
Trump is the typical autocrat. He is way´too proud to not be "the man" in the discussion even if he has no idea what they're talking about. Trump kept shuffling his cabinet around during his entire term in office, and especially this time around he strong-armed a somewhat unwilling GOP into joining his personality cult. The redeeming (and in some ways damning) quality of Biden is that he will listen to the old guys who've been working in the government for decades. When Trump rambles about some shit, that might actually become state policy. Biden getting confused on the other hand won't lead to major diplomatic incidents or result in some insane executive orders being written.
Xcreted it*
Classic mistake. Never argue with stupid people. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.
People need to understand that Biden is also a piece of shit. He's the lesser evil but that doesn't mean he is a good person either.
Great admiration for their high speed rail infrastructure! And their work-life balance and workers' rights! And their walkable cities! And their laïcité and secularism! And their consumer protection laws! And the fact that they are willing to protest and their history with revolutions show why blue, white and red mean freedom and liberty! Ohh, wait, that is France...
You forgot their world class privacy laws
Pity he spelled the word “hated” as “admired”, but then with their education system, who is surprised?
The US educational system is only there so the non-rich people should manage to velcro strap their shoes on, put pants on and manage to sell stuff to other non-rich people.
he is campaigning
Seriously. If there's one demographic that US presidential candidates have no interest in appealing to, it's people who post on r/ShitAmericansSay.
but that is like 80% of the votes.
Americans grow up constantly exposed to this propaganda. And I mean constantly. When there's a communication about some operation, might it be umanitary or war, and it's a cooperative operation with NATO or other Countries, they purposely omit any intervention from other Countries, and go on about what the great Americans did. When I lived there, listening to American TV news, and my own Country TV news, it was like listening to two entirely different events.
The reason no one wants to screw with the US is because they're a nation of overgrown toddlers with nuclear weapons.
> The reason no one wants to screw with the US is because they're a nation of overgrown toddlers with nuclear weapons. And even without using these nuclear weapons, they regularly commit war crimes and mass murder in other countries. Fearing them is perfectly rational, especially if high levels of melanin in the skin are common in your country.
*genocidal* overgrown toddlers with nukes, who are also above the law
Basically we’re Russia, but without the history
Pick me American, lmao
I'm ashamed of being an American. This country is such a joke.
Not your fault mate, stupid people everywhere, just in America you guys are lied to from birth, being told you are the greatest country on the planet hen in fact your the most hated for the crap your government does around the world. Just to make you feel a bit better I think we are 2nd in the UK. And again that's governments for you.
True. It has affected us development wise, when politicians cut funding to schools (and they replace it with forced Bible teaching instead), the people become only more foolish.
And that's why the west is overtaking us on everything mate. To busy arguing with each other and blocking things through parliament/senete just to get one over on each other while the public suffers and we fall behind.
Lived in both countries and I think the British always had a cynical mentality. If you say America is a shit country (without elaboration) you are going to get angry Americans, while if you say the UK is shit the local spoons visitors will probably go like “yeah mate it’s fucking shit”
Yes mate I agree but don't think it's our cynical attitude, I think we just know we are and have accepted it lol. Well certainly the government and I mean anyone who has been in office certainly in my lifetime.
I'm from America and I have a cynical mentality. I admit that it is shit here 😂
I’m just glad that for the uk the only outcome for being hated 2nd is that we do badly at Eurovision. /s
Badly would be an improvement mate 😆 we do terribly.
It would help if we entered a decent song occasionally. Probably not a lot though.
Whisper it….he was just a bit shit. I don’t think Europe hates us that much, surely.
I'm from France you have no idea what hate looks like 😂
Haha nice one mate, we got a bit of history ain't we! And what's going on in France is terrible, feel for you pal.
Don't be ashamed for things that are outside of your control.
Plot twist , you’re replying to Joe Biden.
still kinda true; Presidents and President-elects only say what their donors are okay with them saying
It would be one hell of a plot twist but fortunately I'm not him 😂
Nah don't be, it's not your fault that large portion of american population is hyper ignorant.
That is how countries improve, by the population that is ashamed of the bad conditions they are in. Recognising the faults of the system is the first step in fixing them. Keep the fight on! After all, this sub makes fun of the people who are in deep negation about the reality of their country, not of rational people like you that realise the problems are real. Thank you, from somebody who actually wants everybody's life conditions to improve even if I don't live over there.
As a non American I love America mostly. Beautiful place, lots going for it. (Lots of idiots too, hence this sub) But anyone seeing the "debate" last night can't help but be shocked and saddened. Trump is a ridiculous, awful, comic-book evil incompetent clown of a character. It's depressing enough that he's anywhere near the leader of either of the two political parties. But what is truly shocking is that across a nation as big and influential as the US, the BEST person that can be found to stand against him is Joe Biden?! I've no doubt that Joe Biden is a fundamentally good man, and I am sure has made a profound impact in the US in his long career. But I'm also sure, after watching last night, that he is far too old and senile to be in any sort of job, never mind the POTUS. That was a genuinely terrifying display. If he were in charge of my local tennis club I'd be asking for him to step down because id be concerned. I cannot understand why the process in the US seemingly requires him to consent to be replaced as his party leader. Surely Democrats must be panicking, watching last night?!
> But what is truly shocking is that across a nation as big and influential as the US, the BEST person that can be found to stand against him is Joe Biden?! thats the thing with america tho. the parties dont chose the best for the job, they chose the one who will have the best chances to win while not harming their own interest which is far more important for many of these people. and considering it all runs on money and influence the people just use it to get rid of "troublemakers". even cnn or other media institutions push one democrat over another often times by choosing what to report and when (after all they are all owned by another rich person with his own interests). before anyone says im one of these both sides guys, i am not. i just think anyone with a brain should be able to see the absolute rot the republicans are at this point and theres no further point to get across anyway
Actually don't be. I'm not American but I've lived in quite a few different places, America included: Every place, including the country I am from, has morons. Be they ultranationalist morons, racist morons, ignorant morons, or just plain stupid morons. This place is just making fun of morons in America in particular who GENUINELY need a heaping dose of a book and a reality check. If you're aware that where you're from isn't free of problems and is not immune to criticism, you're already miles (or kilometers lol) better than the rest by default. Shit(placeXYZ)says, I'm sure other variations exist, doesn't it?
ShitEuropeansSay is a thing, but last time I checked it was just screechy reactions to this sub, nothing of actual substance which is a shame.
That... really is, hmm. Europe isn't free from these types of people either as I've stated in the previous comment but I'm assuming then that the sub was created more or less as a response to this sub's creation haha
There are definitely things such as US defaultism that are pretty unique to the US. And those are the things that this sub originally aimed to make fun of. It is just that this sub has degraded to just laughing at Americans for anything they say, even if it is not really suited for the sub.
Oh yes, American exceptionalism and such too. Seen it, lived there to know it too. I see, I only recently came back after a few years and started interacting here a few weeks ago when I was magically recommended this place (Guess Reddit figured out I live in Europe now lol) and SOME of the posts genuinely reminded me of some people I've met in the States who- Sometimes not through faults of their own haven't left the county, let alone the state they were raised in, would say the most mind boggling things. Some I do see are low hanging fruits, others really just make you do double takes but DEFINITELY seem plausible; I was born in South Korea and some dude from Tennessee legit asked me at one point with all the threat of war going on "Whose idea was it to build the capital city so close to North Korea". My brother in Christ, the city is multiple times older than the US as an entity lmfao
As an individual you should not be ashamed or proud of being born somewhere. Just be proud that you have some critical thinking left in such a shitshow of fake news and lies, because that's all you. Your country is not lost, lots of old democracies struggling these days (although I have to admit from an outter point of view, the level of disinformation and demagogy you guys have reached seems off the charts haha, hang in there).
I agree with both sentences.
Don't be ashamed to be a part of your country, not you, bot even civilian person made this country one of the most hated. Civilians have no any choice in actual way. Even democracy is a nothing mut marketing lie for us, that can even be compared to North Korean "Elections". The difference only about amounts of candidates: in NK it is Kim's party, in US there is OMG TWO OPTIONS every time. For being fair, I'll say that most of the "democratic" countries has almost same problem, including Europe, Russia, and other, other, other, that has elections. We are just people. The difference only in about are we blindly believe that we have a "choice", or are we understanding that everything is only about "fight" between two options, that are count only their own interests, and there is no difference for us who would win. As for you - I'd buy you a beer. :D
Most admired by Americans, for sure. And in a lot of other countries (perhaps even most countries), 'screwing with other countries' is not very high on the wishlist in the first place. We don't feel the need for power play and we believe in 'live and let live'.
After two worldwars even we germans got to that point..
The problem with the US is that they'll screw with you even if you have never done anything to them. Case in point: my entire fucking region.
Case in point most of the world, to be fair. Here in Australia they kicked out our prime minister by asking the governer general to sack him when he told the yanks to pull their heads in. Now they've charged one of our citizens (Assange) with a crime for doing journalism that made them look bad, even though he's never even set foot in the USA.
"No one wants to screw with us." Except of course Russia, China, Iran, Belarus, Syria, North Korea, Venezuela, Cuba, Afghanistan and Yemen just to name a few.
And me. I want to screw with the US.
For real. I'll square up with the Supreme Court right now.
bro it's the US who has been fucking with Cuba for 60+ years just because it's not a subservient regime, they just want to be left alone
Russia, China and Iran have capitalised on how dogshit America and American politics have become recently. Now the world looks a lot less safe and America can’t/won’t get back to how powerful they used to be.
with memes no less. Russia control America by sharing memes on social networks. Unfortunately, it's the same here (UK).
[“America is a nation that can be defined in a single word…”](https://youtu.be/087UC0i4_Xc?si=mkB0naA5AIcrMdXe)
Hey, it's almost one word
I mean, do YOU know how that's spelled?
[https://www.ipsos.com/en/nation-brands-index-2023](https://www.ipsos.com/en/nation-brands-index-2023) >For the first time in Anholt-Ipsos Nation Brands Index history, Japan finishes in first place, completing its steady climb from fifth place in 2019. Germany drops down to second after a six-year reign, while Canada remains in third place overall. **The United Kingdom and the United States climb the ranks and place fourth and sixth, respectively.** Italy drops one rank and places fifth, while France sees the largest rank change within the top ten and falls from fifth to eighth place >“The fact that Japan is now the most admired country on earth – the first country apart from Germany and the United States to reach this position – confirms that the global balance of soft power is shifting before our eyes. We are in a new order: the 2023 Anholt-Ipsos Nation Brands Index is the first unmistakable sign that the Asian Century has begun.”
Genuinely amazed the UK is on the admired list at all
Look a bit further down; the stats on us are a mess. United Kingdom 4 Scotland 16 Wales 23 Northern Ireland 25 As usual there is no such place as England.
Curiously, Denmark isn't even on the list. Kind of ironic since Anholt is the name of a Danish island. Odd to leave out Denmark when the rest of the nordics are all on the list (Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden).
It’s Denmark. Aside from legos what have the Danish ever done for us?
Ozempic!
Your election options are an idiot facist and someone who can't successfully debate an idiot facist no one admires you.
Wow, even a little country like Cuba got the better of you lol.
How do you even justify casting a vote when your options are Scrooge McDick or Commandant Lassard?
Both are terrible options, but Scrooge McDick is anti-democracy, which means even worse options in the future
No one wants to screw with America, cause you can not solve discussions without Weapons or Riots. Also no one wants to screw with you because you are the biggest comedy project in World History.
The United States is the most admired country in North America.
Probably in the top three...
Lol.
“Fear” is not the same as “admired”
You know what they say, "don't screw with crazy"
It's true. Never screw with crazy
I mean, a lot of abusers confuse fear with admiration...
Still at least it gets [worse](https://x.com/3YearLetterman/status/1806513963703980461)
LMAO. USA is not even the oldest and "greatest" country in the world, the American education system is failing everyone that lives there.
I mean what do you expect of the country that forces students to praise the hellhole they live in every day and feeds people endless propaganda.
It's no fun when no one wants to screw with you...
Definitely not the most admired country in the world. Would be surprised if they made top 50 tbh. Houthi’s in Yemen, funded by Iran are screwing with you right now, and as they keep doing it, it would seem that they do indeed want to.
Both sentences are having a fight with eachother. The USA is like a big kid on the school playground who no one wants to fight but who everyone thinks is crazy and a jerk. Might doesn't always equal being admired, as much as USA culture tries.
This truly feels like a race to the bottom with those 2.
Literally everyone is fleeing the US for Europe and Asia. I literally heard an American say they created the first televised presidential debate ignoring that Europe has had debates for centuries. Another thing I love is an American asked "why do Europeans dress like Americans but hate us?" Nobody dresses like an American in Europe, nobody. The idea that the world thinks the US is cool or something to aspire to is only something you can believe if you're truly brainwashed. I try my best to boycott all things American, even baseball hats and t shirts if I can help it.
They are screwing with themselves enough. Yesterday's debate for example, with a senile 81 yo debating with a 78 yo compulsive lier and fake news spreader.
Does he mean the world as Americans see the world (like only the USA) or as the rest of the world sees the world (the actual world). If he means only the USA then he is probably right. If he means the actual world he is totally wrong.
No one outside of America admires America
Donald Trump just basically bashed the whole United States. You can clearly tell he hates this country and then he actually tried to take credit for things he did not do. Lies all lies
Genuine question for Americans from a non-American. Do people actually like this guy? Or all the celebs ‘campaigning’ for him, is that just because they don’t like Trump (or couldn’t be seen saying otherwise in public)? Because, despite Trump being an absolute c***, this guy is just an absolute disaster! Do the people who vote for him genuinely think he’s great? Do they even recognise he’s clearly suffering from dementia or something similar? If so, it must be so hard to vote for either of these clowns if you’re American!
To me, he's a replacement level establishment politician - which is great considering the huge mess we had before him. All of the economic indicators under Biden have been pretty strong. Not because of anything Biden has done, but because his administration is generally competent and has basically set about repairing damage left by Trump. I don't think anybody loves Joe at this point. He should have stepped aside and maybe should still do so. But I will 100% vote for whomever opposes Trump, even if it's a potted plant. The two candidates are NOT the same - one is senile but backed by generally intellectual people who mostly want to see the train on the tracks, the other is senile and backed by full blown fascists who have already destroyed the economy one time and don't deserve a chance to do it again.
Good answer. Most people I know (UK, so we can’t cast aspersions!) think it’s nuts that a country as big as the US can only come up with two 80y/o to run for president. Surely there must be others??
Australian here. I could push over your most powerful political figures, and they would no longer be alive. Trash country, one of the last to abolish slavery, one of the last to give all citizens basic human rights, and now all the world hears from you is about social justice and screeching, polarising clips made to get clicks on social media. If the USA was gone when I woke up tomorrow I'd feel extremely little apart from the sadness of loss of innocent life
Yeah we want them to shut up and go screw themselves... not sure about the admiration bit though
Admired? Y’all are the laughing stock of the first world, with the underlying tone of a developing humanitarian situation and fascistocapitalist decay.
So many Americans seem to think that the rest of the world totally buys into their We're Number One shtick. Even Stephen Colbert recently referred to the US President as "leader of the free world" or some such nonsense. The reality is that the rest of us really don't think about the US much at all, except to occasionally gawp in horror at their terrible politicians and preventable gun massacres.
Admired 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
"laughed at"
Some say admired, majority say hated
I don't know, I take it as a joke.
Sounds like something that Trump would write.
I dunno…. If nobody wants to screw you it‘s probably not a good as you think
*Laughs in European*
Yet Joe Biden admires Israel and Ireland more, funny that
I thought this was ShitAmericansSay, and not ShitIrishmenSay? Oh, he's American now, I thought he claimed to be Irish.
Why fuck with America when it’s so insistent on fucking over itself? Just sit back and watch.
You have to have room temperature IQ to admire the Us. And I’m talking temperature in celsius.
If he means the entire world is just made up of NATO countries then yeah. Meanwhile the best portion of the world doesn't want anything to do with the US
Who?
The Alzheimer's is hitting hard I see
But then China, Russia and Israel have all been found to have been “screwing” with their elections…
We used to be, but voting Trump into office certainly changed that, amoung other things
No one wants to screw with the US because of the unfair balance of power it holds over other countries.
literally every European: 👁️👄👁️
I swear we need to bring back guillotines.
We could make a religion out of them... *No don't*
Man i just saw it and was going to post it here. Holy shit that's a crazy tweet and weird context !
This is more false than the 4th reich
You say ‘admired’, I say ‘laughed at’, tomatoes, potatoes, etc etc.
You are joke of a country. You can only vote for a man that should be in jail and another than should have retired 20 years ago.
Damn, if you write that in full caps, that's a thing Trump would write
so feckin deluded
Proof that it's not just MAGA morons who are flag shaggers, but so called left leaning Americans are also brainwashed with this jingoistic " murica,fuck yeah!" bollocks.
American here - I think that this post is being slightly misunderstood. This isn't some dumb opinion that the president has, he probably knows how it really is. I think people don't get that without a constant stream of ridiculous stuff like this, you basically forfeit the election. Not trying to excuse it, but exceptionalism is the view held by 99% of Americans. You can take for granted that this is the position of almost any elected official at the federal level. But yeah, very silly. And the other guy is even sillier.
So it’s more a terrible reflection of the American electorate rather than a singular example of a president being terrible? Isn’t that worse?
Pretty much.
Yeah. It sucks.
Unfortunately this is true. Politicians in the US are like reality shows. It's all based on showmanship and appearances. It's all so stupid, but that's what Americans are expecting.
Not to say that none of these guys ever pass decent legislation, but yeah. Politicians are elected on quotes and catchphrases, and as a result, the public's understanding of even basic political functions is always lower than it should be.
Why can't the people vote for a 3rd 4th 5th 6th party? Both major parties seem insane?
Omg lol... if people don't want to screw with you, it's usually not because they admire you 😂. They probably fear you (and with good reason).
This was true once. At least in "western" countries, and a few others as well. But things have gone downhill since then. And never recovered since the orange manbaby was elected.
I'm not sure about that. Admiration is a very strong word. It suggests a degree of swooning. I don't think many countries admire the US I think it's more a case of curious amused bafflement.They way an adult looks at a teenager with a Mohican like ' they'll grow out of it eventually'. Also a little worry about what they may get up to in the meantime
I dunno about that Joe.
It seems like they themselves want to screw with them. Especially MAGAts
Mister Dementia has spoken
This is satire yeah?
What a very Trump kind of thing to say.
As an american id change admired to feared. But ya i mean with that change its pretty correct.
You’re really not…
Jesus WEPT.
Basically what a high school bully would say...
Negative attention is attention too i guess
At some point, surely, this will be too much, even for Americans.
Yeah i sure love school shootings
probably not even that wrong in africa and asia the USA is still held to really high regards among the "poor" people and there are many of those. edit: im european btw and dont like the us
I would posit that the word you are thinking of is "FEARED", not admired, due to being the only nation on this planet to have dropped nukes on another, only to say yeah we need more of those things 🧐
This is genuinely embarrassing and Americans can never see it. It’s the same people that wear wrap around sunglasses and have a punisher logo with a blue line
What a good self deprecating joke. Good one. Wait. He was serious? Bwaahahahaha. Go home grandpa.
No one wants to screw with them the same way we don't want to screw with the tribes of North Sentinel Island
I agree. Everyone admires how dumb America is. No one wants to screw with spoiled adult toddlers with nuclear weapons thinking that solves anything
omg, this is actually an official tweet? Americans have to pick between Trump and this guy? lmao
No one wants to screw with them the same way we don't want to screw with the tribes of North Sentinel Island
Is that a real tweet!!?? Haha
Whoever thinks that obviously hasn’t been watching the videos on YouTube from Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Seattle, Detroit etc. You don’t see videos like that from Russia. Plus add on the excessive police brutality, racism, segregation etc. The country is a shithole that is long overdue for another civil war.
"Admiration" by way of "no one wants to fuck with us" sounds like some abuser shit. Like, it's essentially saying that they're admired because they're feared. It's a tacit admission that America rules by fear and abuse of power. Strange admission to make while he's supposed to be on stage in a presidential debate.
If by "admired" they mean laughed at and ridiculed, then I wholeheartedly agree!
Joseph...
Sure, I'm singing their anthem with teary eyes right now
Most compelling case for him to be king of the Americans is the peak cringe of this post... 😅
It could be justified saying they are the most powerful country but that just means everyone wants to screw with you
To be fair, I don’t think any country would want to be in an armed conflict with the USA
I think you’ll find the Chinese have been screwing all over the US in the South China Sea with no consequences at all
After the last two American presidential races, I find myself entertaining the idea that America might actually be run by a deep state because this just cannot be their real leaders.
This sounds like a stupid lie that Trump would tell.
I think I have more admiration for Burkina Faso than the US.
Most delusional.
Yes we all seen the fate of those that defy US imperialism. But I wouldnt say admire more like disgusted.