Having just come back from a two-week vacation in Europe, I can assure you that...
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Nothing more needs to be said! You’re so smart.

To be fair, the same comments might have been raised from time to time about Mr Vance and Mr Trump. I presume even their biggest boosters recognize that they have negligible personal insights into the politics or economics of European countries and their inhabitants. Generally everyone the world understands it's all aimed primarily at a US domestic audience anyway, despite any real world consequences for better or worse. Note, none of that is to say that everything they say is wrong, just that it's primarily performative. Much like a lot of European political stuff these days.

My wife spent a week in St Louis once, so we can write an outstanding polemic on how they should run their state(s). Smash that "like" button to subscribe for details.

Jim