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"Because for Europeans, Trump is like a meteor strike that hit their neighbor’s yard and keeps making noise at night. They can’t quite look away, and you’re standing there with “American” written on your face like you just crawled out of the crater. So they ask what you think — not because they expect deep insight, but because they’re trying to see if you also worship the meteor.

It’s part curiosity, part anthropology. Europe’s politics are messy too, but Trump is such a distilled form of chaos that he’s become a sort of Rorschach test for Americans abroad: are you embarrassed, amused, defiant, or secretly a cult member?

Basically, they’re not asking about Trump. They’re asking if you’re safe to talk to. "