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You think over 500,000 people peacefully demonstrating in 1200+ locations across 50 states, Canada, and Western Europe were Anti-American? A solid portion of the protests were in tiny red counties and protesters were pissed about cuts to the VA, firing of veterans, screwing farmers, rural hospitals, etc. USAID bought American food from American farmers. Trump cut the program where schools get grants to buy from local farms so school lunches are healthy. Trump is managing to piss off everyone, from wine moms to bankers to retirees (so long 401(k)) to military families to farmers and it’s only been 3 months. And the effects aren’t even being fully felt yet. Wait until the tariff-inflation really kicks in.
If you’re just talking about Western Europe, basically all the interviews I saw/read were Americans who were in Paris, London, Berlin, etc. They weren’t Anti-American. (Maybe some in Paris.) I mean, just think about how many veterans were stationed in Germany or another base and married a German citizen. They and their families might live in Germany but certainly aren’t Anti-American.
Ok, there's a lot here to respond to, imma keep it short n simple.
Before we continue, what exactly was being protested? I'm honestly still unclear. I've heard multiple differing opinions about what was being protested. It's always trump related though, or trump specifically. But what does that even mean? Or accomplish? To protest a president
500k people disagree with a US president? Okay? So what? Those 500k probably represented millions of US citizens I'm sure. But so what?