M$Greedia can't sell the short fingered vulgarian to the world
We're not buying it - he remains the quintessential definition of the 'ugly American' - and he's a woman hating racist, crass and racist to boot. Fuck this shithound. Sorry America - here endeth all pretense of moral standing.
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I am always so interested in hearing how the rest of the world sees our madness.
Also, have a lovely time. Strasbourg is beautiful! Make sure you try the tarte-flambe and the choucroute as well as their wonderful crepes. At night they do a light show on the cathedral. It's really beautiful! Of course Paris is wonderful and I have not been to Lyon or Bordeaux, but I would really love to hear of your travels if you get a chance.
I don't have the money to travel these days, so I have to live vicariously of the tales of others. 
and folks still prefer Obama 
I get my local news from our local newspapers, which sadly are shadows of their former selves. I get my national and international news from international sources.
Television news in the U.S.A. is largely useless. We used to make fun of Soviet Pravda. Our TV news is now like that, but with really obnoxious advertising, some of it posing as news.
Even most "public" broadcasters in the U.S. are entirely dependent on corporate donations and avoid stories of corporate malfeasance, not wanting to bite the hands that feed them.
In this environment I think it's almost better to be an uninformed non-voter than a misinformed voter. That's certainly the case with most Trump voters.
The most disturbing Trump voters are his affluent white male voters. Many of them are grifters just like Trump, little remoras catching a ride on the great Republican Party shark and feasting on its victims.
