Try watching some traditional TV news that boomers and older watch, and you’ll quickly realize that it’s propaganda(doesn’t even have to be a right leaning channel). Many of them are completely unaware of what is actually happening. Whenever there’s a story about a school being bombed and children dying, the only thing they hear is terrorism this, terrorist that.

One of my neighbors in her sixties was shocked and acted like a serious crime had been committed when some kids wrote “Free Palestine” in chalk on the sidewalk. Because in her mind the kids were openly promoting terrorism, instead of trying to stop fellow children from dying.

If Musk fully crosses Trump, I wouldn’t be surprised if suddenly starlink and spacex were labeled as threats to national security.

Sadly, a bunch of things people buy are American owned but sold under a more local brand name, especially food or snack items, but also many other things.

For example: A scary amount of Europeans don’t know that Mondelēz International is an American company. It was started by Kraft, famous for their “processed cheese product”. And they own brands like Cadbury, Milka, Toblerone, Marabou/Freia, etc.

Coca-Cola also own a lot of “local” flavoured drinks.