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Ambivalence About America
Attitudes
in Europe toward an America that is regrouping are marked today by
extreme ambivalence. Europeans have long been known for finishing their
diatribes about the United States by asking how they can get their child
into Stanford. These days, European after-dinner conversation tends to
be dominated by discussion of the latest episode of “House of Cards” or
“Homeland” or “Mad Men.” A French diplomat told me that every meeting he
attended at the White House during his tour in Washington ended with
one of his party asking if it might be possible to see the West Wing. He
found it embarrassing.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/19/opinion/roger-cohen-ambivalence-about-america.html?ref=opinion
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