I love the US, I've never lived there but I feel patriotism for it, it's where my heart is. My dream is to move there someday. I've defended it for so many years against ill-informed, downright malicious AmericaBad™ attacks.

But now, seeing all the anti-Americanism increase around the world, whether rightfully or wrongfully from actions of the current admin, including with people in my own life... even family members... it just hurts so deep, and upsets me so much. I don't know how I'm going to make it these next 4 years without burning out from this. And even beyond these 4 years, I feel like a lot of the damage will be here for many years to come.

american thinks canada is not a real country

I think the reaction to her is completely justified, and classically Canadian. But what do you think?

I believe the United States will ultimately prevail, but my optimism comes with reservations. While European nations often employ assertive rhetoric, their actions frequently fail to align with their words. Unlike the U.S.—which maintains strong national cohesion across all 50 states—Europe’s historical legacy as a collection of individual nations continues to hinder unified action.

My greatest concern lies closer to home: the risk of electing leaders who might revert to outdated policies. In the past, the U.S. extended considerable goodwill in trade agreements but was often met with exploitation and unfair practices. I earnestly hope our policymakers will resist the temptation to return to such one-sided arrangements, prioritizing America’s interests in future negotiations.

If there’s one thing that rolls my eyes a lot, it’s pick me yanks. Now on one hand, it’s completely fine, and good for an American to criticize his or her own country. America has tons of problems, but if you criticize these problems, and point them out, sooner or later, these problems will be fixed and the country will improve. If not, and you just give out blind patriotism, then the nation will collapse. America was built on learning mistakes and taking baby steps achieve their freedoms. Just look at the history. I (Canadian) am critical of my own country because like sooo many countries, Canada has its problems, but I do it out of a place of love, and not out of a place of hate. I am a proud Canadian, and for America, that’s like 95% of you guys as well. Criticizing out of love and not hatred. I love my country for what it has become and what’s it’s going to become.

Yet on the other hand, there’s like a faction of yanks who just HATE THEMSELVES. They criticize their country, becuase they genuinely hate it, and they want to feel included and loved by Europeans. Which is a very odd thing. Like this sort of attitude screams insecurity, and low self esteem. The comments that these self hating Americans make are so outrageous and cringe, like I saw one comment that went along the lines of: “Please hate us we deserve it” or some shit like that.

Like why do you hate your country so much?

I support implementing tariffs because the United States has historically been treated unfairly in many international trade agreements. While I acknowledge that building new domestic manufacturing facilities is a time-consuming process, short-term price increases on certain goods seem inevitable during this transition period. However, I remain skeptical about simply shifting our reliance to Canadian imports as an alternative solution. This approach might not address the core issues of trade imbalance and domestic industrial revitalization that these tariffs aim to resolve.

Not sure this is actually America bad but…

Do I need to even say anymore? 🤦

This was in response to a Swedish guy whose home was colorfully decorated.

My first post here. Please don't ban me if this is against the rules