I've become (almost) obsessed with zero's lack of any American childhood, upbringing and memories.
It has occurred to me that our relationship with America, politics, the office of the president and almost everything we (have) ever read here in FreeRepublic is predicated on our memories of how and where we grew up (our memories) and the education we've received.
I'm 62 years old and spent the first 17 years of my life in a little, Roslindale, Massachusetts.
zero is almost 50 and spent his first 17 years in Indonesia and who knows where else, learning what.
I know exactly what you mean.
My husband from the git go has said “this man is not AMerican, he is a foreigner, an Indonesian, by his very history.
He is living in and head of what to him is a foreign country. Now if he were British or Scottish, or German or preferably Australian, he would know in his bones what we are as a country.
He doesn’t. Hubby and I are from families that were here in the 1700’s,,we know American. In our bones.