Your story reminded me of this post-election observation by an American who had to deal with Europeans gnashing their teeth after PDJT’s victory. It’s inspiring.
http://thefederalist.com/2016/11/16/watched-donald-trump-blow-hole-european-elites-minds/
I had never seen that article before but its perfect. Anything the Yurps want or think....we should do the EXACT OPPOSITE.
I know these people. I lived in 4 European countries. I did exchange programs for college and both of my grad degrees over there. I worked over there twice as an expat in two completely different professions. Individually, they’re nice enough but collectively, Yurps...ie Western Europeans - ESPECIALLY ELITES - are an utter disaster. They also do not have our best interests at heart and that comes through loud and clear. They are insufferably arrogant, think themselves the pinnacle of civilization and cannot understand why everybody else on earth doesn’t share this opinion and want to be just like them.