I originally tried to explain the whole campaign, which was a five-minute ten-subject lecture. Germans typically didn't get any part of the understanding.
After a while, I went to a lecture that was mostly built around explaining five or six issues with the Democratic Party ever since the 1980s and the arrival of Bill Clinton. Well....the Germans didn't really get any part of that understanding either.
Then I went to explaining social media, fake news in detail, and the general hoax of the Russian hacking....which most Germans respond that Americans can't be that consumed with social media, or that stupid to believe fake news and that the hacking stories don't seem to carry much weight.
So, I've kinda decided to shift gears and when the topic comes up....I'm using the Clint Eastwood explanation....too many people got tired of the kiss-ass generation (both in the Republicans and Democrats). This voting group figured that sending Trump as the messenger....was a good message. And they don't really care about disturbing people....they deserve whatever comes. I expect Germans intellectuals to be disturbed by this....likely saying that in Germany, they don't have kiss-assers. I'll ask them to go out into various pubs and talk to working-class Germans. It won't be a friendly matter.
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