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2 June 2025

Stuff Americans say
US steamroll part 1

Stuff Americans say

An Apache attack helicopter flying low over the desert with barren mountains in the background, Afghanistan

Quora question page. Topic tag: "Greenland" with pencil icon. Question in bold: "Can the US free Greenland by force?" with Answer, Follow (2), Request, and More buttons below.

Quora post. Question in bold: "Say the US told Europe, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand they must stop giving their subjects free healthcare, education and other communist programs, or else face sanctions. Would these countries listen up and privatise their countries as told?" Reply (username scribbled blue): "And here we have an example of delusional American exceptionalism. Someone who thinks that the USA only buys goods from these countries as a charity, someone who believes that the USA is the promised land and totally self sufficient in every way, but most obviously, someone who doesn't understand the definition of the word communist. Go ahead my friend, sanction away."

Instagram/Threads post. First post: "Champagne is exclusively produced in the Champagne region of France, and the term 'Champagne' is legally protected. There are no Champagne businesses in the U.S. This is the same man eliminating the Department of Education." Embedded Trump tweet (@realDonaldTrump, 3h) threatening 200% tariff on all wines, champagnes and alcoholic products from France and EU countries. Post has. Comment below (7h): "This is America. If we say we make champagne here then we make champagne."

YouTube comment in Swedish interface ("for 1 d sedan"). Username scribbled. Text: "Relax before we make you use that healthcare bud. There's a reason we don't have any guaranteed healthcare, and it weighs 2000lbs."

Reddit mobile app. r/ScottishPeopleTwitter. Comment thread: buckygrad (1h): "It's an American website. Go to Scottish Reddit or whatever if you don't want Americans to comment." kotorinico (1h): "youre on r/scottishpeopletwitter mate". buckygrad (1h): "You're on Reddit.com 'mate'. Like everything of value, created and hosted in the US." Model_Maj_General (45m, italic): "Laughs in world wide web". buckygrad (8m): "Born here bitch. We allow you plebes to have access. Can you imagine what your pathetic life would look like if you banned American-created items? Good lord. Any moron can access - but we create."

TikTok mobile. Video shows a forest/nature scene. One comment (username scribbled, 9-21): "We don't use the metric system because we got a flag on the fucking moon [two laughing-crying emojis]"

Instagram/Threads post. Username scribbled red, 9 h. Text: "Canada done fucked up now, the tariffs for them is probably gonna be so high, they'll literally come back begging to be the 52nd state [laughing-crying emoji]", 1.7 tis. (1,700) comments.

Quora question. Question: "If President Trump dies of the Chinese virus should we declare war on China?" with Answer, Follow (3), Request, and More

Reddit old design. Post with "Personal Win" flair: "Today I became an American citizen [American flag emoji]" by EEUU09. Comment thread: YarOldeOrchard (8h): "My condolences". TasteTheRaimbow (-2 points, 3h): "Be careful making fun of USA in a USA thread. They don't like it when you joke about daddy." Glumjuice978 (1h, highlighted yellow): "So many sensitive Americans here. Do they actually think their country isn't a global meme at this point?" puuuuupi (20m): "America isn't a 'meme'. America is the dominant culture and you follow its every step. Your country is irrelevant on the world stage [hugging emoji]"

TikTok/Instagram with Venn diagram image: three overlapping circles labeled "Good at Football", "Good at Rugby", "Good at Cricket" with country flags placed in overlapping sections. USA flag sits outside all three circles in the bottom-left corner. German interface ("Kommentare"). Comment (username scribbled red): "Are we forgetting that USA could singlehanded invade every country on this list at once and win?" "Antworten", "Ubersetzung anzeigen".

Instagram/Threads post. Username scribbled red, 23 h. Text: "I mean if we take Greenland by force who's going to stop us? Denmark?", 1.3 tis. (1,300) comments.

Facebook post. Photo of someone wearing a black t-shirt outdoors: "YOU'RE IN AMERICA, SPEAK AMERICAN. TRY ONE OF THE 381 INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN AMERICA BEFORE 1492. LIKE LAKOTA, NAVAJO, OJIBWE, MOHAWK, SENECA, KICKAPOO, SHOSHONE, PIMA, APACHE, SALISH, OR MUSKOGEE." Comment below (44m, 2 angry/sad reactions): "The languages of those who lost. Get over it and speak some English. Want everyone to speak Indian fight a war and win it."

Text (comment or post). White text: "The United States of America is and will be the symbol of freedom in the world and the best, most beautiful and most powerful country in the world. If the United States wants to, it can completely destroy these countries and remove the name of these countries from all maps and history books, until now it has decided to show mercy for the people who live in these countries."

TikTok screenshot. Top post (username scribbled, Subscribe): "It's funny to me that they've decided Americans are the only ones who might not realize they're foreigners" with photo of an airport sign showing "Foreign Passports / Passeports etrangers" with an American flag. Italian interface ("Commenti"). Comment: "Let's be real. The only reason the world isn't actually America is because we don't want it. But apparently everyone wants to be America". "Rispondi", "Vedi traduzione".

Reddit comment thread. Illustrious_Welder94 (yellow Snoo, 11h): "Can we extradite Prince Andrew?" [deleted] (5h, -1 points). CapoWaya (11h, -61 votes): "We are the United States. We can drone strike anyone we fucking want without anyone's approval outside of our borders. This fucking guy better take this shit seriously."

Reddit post in German interface ("kommentare", "Antworten"). Title: "EU is strong if it acts in unison on Trump tariffs, Germ..." (30 kommentare). Comment from Euphoric-Pangolin848 (green Snoo, 23min, downvoted): "You will bend the knee to us or we will break you... your choice E.U."

Reddit comment thread. ClemyNX (7h): "It's illegal to publicly post people's photos in Europe without their consent." Collapsed replies from Nerd_gazm (7h): "since when? besides Europe is a pla..." and zaryaguy (blue verified, 1h): "Good thing I was there for 2 hours a..." SnoopySuited (5h, -8 votes, downvoted): "Americans don't listen to Europe. Sorry." ClemyNX reply (5h): "When you are in Europe you do honey, just like we listen to American laws when we are in America."

Two-panel meme comparing nuclear submarine strike capabilities. Top panel: map of USA titled "China's nuclear sub strike capabilities" showing limited strike zone (red/orange/yellow gradient) covering only the west coast, with Chinese text distance markers. Bottom panel: map of China titled "Murica's nuclear sub strike capabilities" showing China completely covered in red with dozens of black dot targets, text "Your move, China..." and small globe inset.

Threads/Instagram mobile reply thread (5:58, 4G). Original post partially visible with "Read Captions" button. Comment (username scribbled): "Isn't this illegal? Wouldn't agricultural agencies in Italy want to prevent this from happening because it could and would introduce invasive microbiology into the ecosystem?" Top replies: (7h) "It's our base, it's legally our domain". (6h) "That isn't true." (1h) "We are America, the whole world is our God given domain"

YouTube comment. Username scribbled orange. Text: "And you say this as a Danish subject? You are still living as a subject of a literal monarch! [three laughing-crying emojis] Tell me, do you bend over for your monarch like your ancestors did with the Nazis? I think America is too big of a country for someone from little, insignificant Denmark to comprehend. Seriously your little white ethnostate is a joke on the world stage - don't make me keep laughing [two laughing-crying emojis]" Thumbs up/down buttons visible.

Reddit comment thread. TheKittynator (3h): "Hey now, the hospital on our side is missing the sign out front that says 'No poor people allowed!'." bizzabee (1h): "Laughs in free health care". mangogamer45 (55m, -19 votes, downvoted): "Laughs in lower taxes and free speech". bizzabee (49m): "Last I checked I had free speach" [sic]. 0134356Jc (47m, -9 votes): "Laughs in nukes".

Washington Post screenshot. Black header with gothic masthead "The Washington Post" and slogan "Democracy Dies in Darkness". Navigation bar: Opinions, Editorial Board, The Opinions E... Below, under "Opinions" section label, article headline in large serif text: "In the long run, wars make us safer and richer"

YouTube comment in French interface ("il y a 3 jours (modifie)", "REPONDRE"). Username scribbled pink. Text: "Denmark isn't really a country. It's a US colony. Their entire existence is dependent on the US. Sorry to inform you Danes out there."

Tags:US foreign policy·SAS·USA