And 60% of us inside the US too

Unfortunately, 68% of registered voters let him win.

Seriously this. I’m so sick of the rest of the world coming to Bluesky to criticize us and lecture us on American politics. Like if you want to hate Americans who voted for this - go to X. If you’re interacting with us on Bluesky, we already know.

It sort of stings, but I hate the image of what an American is right now too. I can't really blame our international friends for feeling the same way.

Look, Japan kinda gets it. Maybe this can be translated 😂

They need to update it though. Tesla, NYT, and CNN are on the wrong side.

omg 🤣🤣🤣

We’re holding the line

Yeah !!!!!!!

The rest of the world is hoping that America wakes up before the Orange dude ruins everything.

Yes, we’re well aware. We’re literally the woke ones. We’re open to helpful suggestions, but not to the attacks - those should really be directed to the republicans over on X.

Definitely at the GOP!!

Im sorry they're attacking you. I haven't had that yet, but Im sure they're out there. I agree that we don't need the extra agitation rn. I get it. Stay strong. 💙💪💯

I had never thought of that. No offence ever intended. Sadly, what happens in the US affects not just Americans. It’s hard not to think you have some say in the game when the influence of America throughout the world affects everybody, positively and negatively

Our political system had checks and balances to prevent a scourge like trump from taking over but the founders never imagined an entire party of sycophant, self serving, lying thieves, circling the wagons to protect the king of the worst.

Thanks for being kind! I’ve noticed it more often, I’ve been told it’s due to Trump following thru on tariffs. And I get that. But we are *really* suffering here. We’re trying to fix everything for ourselves and for the world. Bluesky is one of the safe spaces right now... so it’s frustrating.

I wish-I’m not sure-if people in the EU and Canada have seen any Murdoch media. I hope they realize what 30 years of right wing propaganda at (mostly) has done to 25-30% of the population.

I try to remain as positive as I can and remember that the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice. I hope.

We are the ones who have to bend it ✊

Canada is deluged with American media - ours is mostly owned by Americans. We just don't eat it up en masse. We are heavily tainted by American Christianity/capitalist greed too. But we are also more educated. And being multicultural, we have other news sources and hear other sides.

We (speaking on behalf of the normal, freedom/democracy loving Americans here) have a lot of work to do once (if) we get through this. I hope we’ll be able to repair our relationships w the the world - I assure you they matter to the average American. We’re not sitting here ignorant of our impact.

When/if California splits off we can make new relationships without all that baggage hopefully. #calexit

First, maybe consider what you mean by "freedom". Maybe "freedom" is not a particularly good goal. It is vague and means very different things to different people. Trump has had a great deal of freedom. Others, not so much.

It has been crushing, and nothing will be the same. Our light of hope for ongoing progress has been nearly snuffed out. I will never have the life I strove for, nor my kid. No way out of this but through, now. It will take decades upon decades to rebuild what has been destroyed.

Canada is on the same trajectory as us, and so is the UK. I fervently pray they will take a warning from our downfall and do everything in their power to turn aside. More broadly there has been a decades-long, worldwide, right-wing power grab, and it's coming to fruition everywhere. 😓

Couldn’t have said it better.

What I’ve noticed is we’ve lost all our dear kind Canadian friends. The first time around if I went on Twitter any time of day or night, they were there. Always so kind and encouraging. It makes me so sad to lose our best friends because of that asshole.

You haven’t lost us. We do feel for you, very much. We love our friendship. The power is however not in our hands.

Yep and LeClerc looms and fiber- btw paid the anti- for your powdered oat milk

We’re still here! Just waiting until cankles drops dead and your country starts healing (🤞🙏) and you have a government that doesn’t treat us like an enemy 😔.

We’re still trying to have a government that doesn’t treat us like the enemy

We're trying 🙏🏻✊💔

It’s mortifying and shameful. I feel so so bad about it. He’s an abuser. We’re not supposed to have friends.

He’s the abuser, that doesn’t mean you should be punished 🫶

Thank you @mostlyharmless2.bsky.social for sharing this wisdom, which is always worth remembering - and hearing 🫶 I’d honestly be happy - personally - if I went to sleep tonight feeling like at least one person outside of America knew we weren’t all bad. That were trying! And thinking about you!

The world knows it’s your current administration and MAGA that are the problem, that 60% of your country is along for a ride it didn’t vote for. You have support and sympathy even if it doesn’t feel that way. Sleep well 😴💤

I understand what you are saying. We feel very threatened and our economy is being affected by these tariffs. It seems as though people have forgotten what Canada and Canadians have done for the US.

I know. I hate this. It’s bad enough that we’re dealing with this terrible situation but it’s causing the rest of the world to suffer in too many ways. I am so so sorry.

❤️

83% of us love our neighbours and friends to the south.

We are being attacked and crushed by our own government, it's the disenfranchised who are getting the worst of it here and will die first. The disenfranchisement has been decades in the making. We don't love that our violent "stepdad" is also harming the entire rest of the neighborhood, either.

It’s hard to express how much say we do NOT have. Only 8% of us are millionaires but they control everythingggggg. 60% of Americans can’t afford the basics but when you watch the news, it’s all about Taylor Swifts engagement

Sadly what is happening in your country is affecting our country, and many politicians are following Trumps lead.. we are all worried and anxious, America is now showing us our possible future..

SO sick of it. It’s not helping and it’s depleting us. We fucking KNOW😤

I feel this so hard! I had a dude in Ireland get mad about me and try to lecture me about the USA, like dude... I'm an autistic and a flavor of LGBT. I KNOW ALREADY! I've been through too much sh*t to be unaware.

💙 well… i appreciate you!!

The Europeans from other countries that I have met abroad do not hate us. They're disappointed and concerned because, as we know, our politics affects the world.

they hate Trump…not America or Americans. They are truly concerned about what is happening here

WhY DoNT yOu JuST mOVE?! Or WHy DoNt yOu JuST sInGlEhaNdeDlY ReFORM a BrOKEN pOlItIcal SyStEM?!?!

I'm so sick of the why don't you just move narrative, because i couldn't fucking move if i wanted to because of being disabled, trust me, I've been wanting to move overseas since i was 15!

For f*cking real! I've been friends with a lot of Europeans and they honestly DON'T F*CKING GET IT! Moving to another country even if you're healthy and have some money saved up is hard asf for Americans. It's only easy if you're a multi-millionaire or have an awesome job already lined up.

RIGHT?!?! It's not that simple!!

Forget it when you're elderly. The countries don't want you when you're elderly. I'm 78 and on a fixed income. The only move I'll probably make is to the grave when project 2025 euthanizes me

Oh I've never even thought of that!! Yeah, socially, countries only want rich, healthy, young, and fluent speakers of their language. People say "we're a civilized nation" but sweep ALLLLLL their own issues under the rug and never ever self reflect ever.

You can still fight like a motherfucker I am sure

And relatives 😓

Hard agree. My dad's working on getting his Croatian citizenship since his mom was Croatian. Keeping my fingers crossed he gets it. At the same time, I'm like "I've seventh cousins still living in Canada can I come join?" and the answer is how much money do you have? It's all about money.

Money and blood ties. And it has to be close blood ties too.

Yeah i have family from all over Europe, from Poland to Ireland so yeah, i can trace roots on one side to the austrian-hungarian empire!! Does it matter? No. And then other people are like, "but why does that matter" it's like ??? Why is this a hard concept to understand?

I've honest to god met Irish people complaining about Americans whose grandparents were Irish and coming to visit so often. THEY DON'T GET IT. Zilch, nada, absolute zero comprehension.

Yeah it's crazy, how hard is this to understand?!?!

Pretty much everywhere in the world is going crazy right now.

Kinda yeah but still lol! I just think the USA is boring plus i love European and Scandinavian climates

I was fortunate enough to live in Taiwan for about 4 years. Loved it but just uprooting everything (especially for a country that might be invaded by an asshole dictator) sooner than later is not possible. That would be my family's choice to move normally as my wife is from there.

I’m sorry to hear that… I can only imagine how hard it is, bearing the brunt of - all of this - . Maybe one day you can make the move!! For now, I’m happy to know you’re still here in America, fighting the fight! 💙

🫶🫶🫶🫶

Or maybe, just maybe.... people are so stunned by what's happened, that they say things you find offensive when no offence is intended.

Surely you can’t be responding to something you found offensive when no offense was intended.

I haven't found anything offensive.

I block them

Took your advice!

Same 🤷🏻‍♀️ They can go yell at someone who is promoting this catastrophe, not its targets.

Agree 💯