'Backfired spectacularly': European officials reportedly now view US as an 'adversary' - eviltoast

If Vice President J.D. Vance hoped to earn respect among international leaders with his speech in Germany last week, it wouldn’t work, according to one senior diplomat.

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    5 days ago

    Left wing elites can’t help but call right wing leaders idiots for behaving like the average voter.

    and despite what you think of them they are at least smart enough to make that connection.

    Meanwhile the left keep making the exact same mistake by taking them at face value.

    First rule of politics, learn to count.

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      4 days ago

      The far right party in Germany had 10% last election, and is likely to get 20% this election.

      1/5 is a lot, but it’s not the average voter.

      (Btw, why use the framing “elites” for left wing and “leaders” for right wing?)