Posted on 04/12/2025 6:35:28 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Strolling in bright sunshine across the immaculately raked gravel of Paris's Tuileries gardens, Barbara and Rick Wilson from Dallas, Oregon, were not exactly in disguise. But earlier that morning, on their very first trip to France, Rick, 74, had taken an unusual precaution.
Before leaving his hotel, he'd taken a small piece of black tape and covered up the Stars and Stripes flag on the corner of his baseball cap.
"We're sick about it. It's horrible. Just horrible," said Rick, as he and his wife contemplated the sudden sense of shame and embarrassment they said they now felt, as Americans, following President Trump's abrupt moves on global trading tariffs.
Barbara, 70, even had a Canadian lapel pin in her pocket – a gift from another tourist - which she thought might come in useful if further subterfuge proved necessary.
"I'm disappointed in our country. We are upset about the tariffs," she explained.
A few yards away, towards the crowds gathering outside the Louvre Museum, another American couple was also trying to keep a lower profile than usual. Chris Epps, 56, an attorney from New York, had decided he would dress a little differently on today's tour.
"No New York Yankees hat. I left it in the hotel. People might come up to us, treat us differently. But so far, so good," he added.
To be clear, there are no indications that Americans are any less welcome here than before. Our interviews with a random selection of tourists were also carried out shortly before President Trump reversed some of his tariffs.
Nonetheless, the shock and anger generated in Europe by events of the past week have added fuel to perceptions of a much larger transatlantic rift – of a shifting of the tectonic plates of international relations.
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Stupid people.....Anyone wearing a baseball cap in Europe is KNOWN AS AN AMERICAN!
Stay at home. Pump up AMERICA’S economy.
MO SHAME HERE. MAGA.
I don’t know, but the reports I hear from friends who’ve been to Paris say they have never treated Americans very nicely. Snobs. People in the countryside are nicer and the view there is a lot prettier. I’ve visited the French countryside myself and I agree.
At first, I thought it was Lincoln Project Rick Wilson.
“...said Rick, as he and his wife contemplated the sudden sense of shame and embarrassment they said they now felt, as Americans, following President Trump’s abrupt moves on global trading tariffs.”
So, why don’t the gutless idiots stay over there? I suppose visiting the cemetary at Normandy would make them feel shame.
Just remind the that their 'shame and embarrassment' were annulled for all time at Normandy!
You forgot the barf alert.
Hoping Parisians like us is a disgusting sentiment
Paris and the rest of France are great. The food, wine, the vistas. The flowers.
Touring Catholic religious sites, going on pilgrimages through Paris and the rest of France. I appreciate when I meet French people who realize how God blessed France
Why should any American give a crap what the parisians think sbout Trump, a subject they know absolutely nothing about, less than they know and care about how great America is. Our people saved them from the Nazis and they despise us.
A**holes. I’ve been to France. It’s not very clean.
CC
“…another American couple was also trying to keep a lower profile than usual”
By and large, that’s a good thing!
The Democrat/Communist Party's definition of a "patriot" (much like the cult's re-definition of the word "democracy".)
The two times I’ve been to France I found Frenchmen to be real pricks. Both trips were during the Obama administration.
I have found the French much nicer than the British
Only you can prevent feeling ashamed! Likely they didn’t vote for PDJT. THAT should cause shame on them. Gay paree sux anyway.
I’ve never been, but I hear that’s how most Europeans, not just the French, regard American tourists. Part of it was due to Americans assuming everyone speaks English. It is maybe basic English that they do speak, but Americans should try to learn their languages or at least show the effort.
I have found ordinary Europeans to be quite nice.
Unfortunately, a large percentage of their leaders stink as badly as our own and in some cases, worse.
One from Oregon and one from newyork so “American” might be a stretch.....
Scumbags
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