This is SO typical of German elites, you can’t imagine. I was an exchange student there both in undergrad and in law school. I grew up with the language such that they don’t realize I’m an American until I tell them....ergo I’ve heard what they really think. I’ve heard this from them since the early 90s.
They really do think they’re oh so much smarter and more sophisticated than everybody else - especially non western Europeans. They’re just sure of it. They’re incredibly smug about it. Of course the reality is that they are hopelessly naive and laughably wrong - often. For example they thought Reagan was a “stupid cowboy” and that actually winning the Cold War was a pipe dream and gosh, we’d all better get used to the Commies because they were here to stay and say, didn’t we really have some good things to learn from them, etc.
So after this latest German FACE PLANT, they will do what they always do.....get up, dust themselves off, pretend nothing happened and hope nobody notices what sophomoric IDIOTS they truly are.
.....and yes, my heritage is mostly German.
Wow your post is very informative .
Everything you described , is the smug European attitude that we Americans see.
And it also is the smug liberal attitude in this nation.
In reality they really aren’t good at making the world work. They just don’t see that.
This clip of Trump is about the most perfect illustration of that that exists .