Very aware of how the electoral and political system work there. It's broken here too, just differently. We all still manage to get by without threatening to annex our allies.

While I appreciate the explanations, I'm not sure it's counterproductive to be angry right now. You all need to know that we're actually legitimately upset with America. Being our usual polite selves isn't appropriate for the kind of behaviour that's been directed this way, we feel pretty betrayed and hurt by our closest friend and ally.

Consider it a signal for change. Maybe enough Americans are left that care enough about what your neighbours(and increasingly the world) think of them to make a difference, maybe not. But no free friend passes until this stops.

Anyways, no one was calling the US democratic. It's more like... competitive authoritarianism at this point.