Comments by "B Bodziak" (@B_Bodziak) on "Hoarding Is Sinking Couple's Houseboat | Storage Hoarders S1 Ep1 | Only Human" video.
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@ericzerkle5214 I spend 3 months in London, 3 in Buenos Aires and 6 in Atlanta every year for the last six. Trust me when I tell you I'm tired of defending myself against being categorized as being like Trump for 6 months of each year when I am not in the US. At least 3/4 of everyone I come in contact with that quickly recognizes I am an American, immediately begins talking about Trump. They do so in a way that indicates, collectively, they believe all Americans are either like him, back him or both. I am none of those, and it is not too much of an issue if this happens outside of work in a social setting or even in a supermarket, but work introductions over the last 3 years have been much different than they were in the first 3 years. Since Trump was initially elected to office 3 years ago, it has progressively gotten worse. People outside of the US, maybe even outside of North America, have this notion that most, if not all, Americans support Trump and also hold what he, by his behavior and his words, has put forth as his morals and belief system. You are probably right. I have been conditioned to automatically "go there" (defend myself as not being aligned with Trump) in many situations I encounter outside the US. This video obviously wasn't produced in the US and I automatically defended myself and the majority of Americans as being as anti-trump as the overwhelming majority of both Britons and Argentinians currently are -- or at least, present themselves as being.
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