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we have the best overreactions, perhaps the greatest exaggerations in history, you've never seen overreactions like these folks, trust me.


I think what sets Trump apart is how straightforward his hyperbole is. It's present throughout American culture but it's usually a bit more subtle. It's even in basic things like answering "How are you?" (in the US, "great!" is a neutral answer and "could be better" would be cause for concern - in e.g. Germany on the other hand, "great!" would prompt a request for elaboration whereas "could be better" would be understood as fairly neutral).

I also haven't seen another country (in Europe at least) where politicians across party lines so frequently emphasize in so many ways how great their country is - not even in a jingoistic way, just as a shared cultural consensus.




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