Posted on 06/24/2026 6:21:59 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Social media has been filled with countless postings from visitors relating their experiences in this country.
The World Cup, as everyone knows by now, has been taking place across several cities in stadiums that have surprised foreign visitors by being gigantic and air-conditioned. As usual, fans have been having a lot of fun. Many of the visitors have come to the United States for the first time.
Social media has been filled with countless postings from visitors relating their experiences in this country. Overwhelmingly, they are blown away by the abundance of food, both in restaurants and in grocery stores, not just in amount but in variety (e.g., the dozens and dozens of varieties of coffee, or cereal, or snacks). They have been likewise overwhelmed by the size of everything, from onions to sandwiches to steaks to stores to cars. They found refreshing the unashamed patriotism, evident by all the flags. The availability of fireworks to be bought by anyone was surprising. As with the wide variety of food, wildlife, and cars/trucks, they are shocked at the variety of climate, whereas they come from areas that are uniform in climate. They keep repeating how well Americans have it here -- even the health-care system was praised.
Some sampled firing guns in gun ranges (but they should be careful in returning home; last year, someone who did so was arrested by the British Stasi). They openly stated that we have more freedom than they have in their country.
Visitors found that Americans welcomed them with open arms, sometimes even giving them free rides, drinks, or food. The Scots, in particular, made such a splash in Boston that Scotland was threatened that we were going to keep them here; one woman responded that if we did, then we had to send
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I read about a recent poll that found that 9 out of 10 Europeans don’t consider the USA as an ally and over 50% considered the USA as a threat.
And their leftist governments warn of the dangers of disinformation.
What must it be like for people to realize that their country’s prosperity and freedoms have been slowly smothered by their government, and that it doesn’t have to be that way
Will they even be able to have an open public discussion about it when they get back home?
You have to be careful looking at their polls just like ours: the pollsters are paid by elites to produce results that tell the proles what to think and the proles tend to say what they think the elites want to hear.
This is good to hear, but I’m also hearing hotel owners report huge amounts of vacancies and fewer visitors than last year. Some of the dip in visitors may be due to those same hotels hiking the price of their rooms way up.
Similar to what’s going on in Las Vegas.
Exactly because the propaganda their govts spread
Believe them or your lying eyes…
Read once that if you removed three counties ( let you guess which counties)from crime statistics and our crime rate plummets to near bottom of list.
My favorite vide is the one where the black woman is complaining that all the positive reactions by foreigners visiting for World cup is making her feel patriotic and she hates that😂
I was born in 1947, and grew up un the 50’s and 60’s. I remember reading of the constant distain European had for America, Americans, and American culture. I got sick of it and them.
Most of the stadiums seem full. Maybe people are staying at hotels outside the host cities.
“benevolence”? Wrong word.
Kindness, warmth, or welcomeness are all better, more accurate words.
If they are English they likely will be imprisoned.
Of course! At least until the polezie, gendarmes, or bobbies show up.
Yes, the Ugly American...I heard that
I don’t care a dime about the World Cup, but am glad to see that visitors from other countries are impressed with our way of life. If they are enjoying the World Cup activities, that’s fine, too. Maybe they can take some ideas back to their home countries where it maybe is called for.
Build any 10 question poll. Word the first 3 questions to give the context you want. Then the last 7 questions will result in the answers you want.
Some point out that CNN is the prevalent US-originated news source in Europe. Then they have their own party organs like the BBC, etc.
We really don’t hate the “news media” enough.
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