No, Paris didn't ring church bells for Biden. And London's fireworks had more to do with Guy Fawkes.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

No, Paris didn’t ring church bells for Biden. And London’s fireworks had more to do with Guy Fawkes.

Sorry, America, it’s not all about you.

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No, Paris didn’t ring church bells for Biden. And London’s fireworks had more to do with Guy Fawkes.

By Karla Adam
November 9, 2020 at 2:30 p.m. EST

LONDON — Sorry, America, it's not all about you. ... Not long after former vice president Joe Biden was pronounced victorious in the U.S. presidential race, church bells could be heard in Paris and colorful firework displays lit up skies over several British cities.

The displays prompted many media outlets and social media users to conclude that Europeans, who aren’t sad to see President Trump go, were celebrating the outcome of the election. ... The Hill website ran an article with the headline: “Fireworks in London, Edinburgh as Biden win celebrated abroad.” ... On “Saturday Night Live,” Weekend Update host Colin Jost quipped: “Do you know how bad you have to be for Paris to ring church bells when you lose?”

But while many around the world were obsessing about the U.S. election, not everything that happened Saturday was related. ... Fact-checkers with French newspaper Libération reported that while the Paris mayor does sometimes ask the Paris Diocese to ring bells to mark political events, that did not happen in this case. Indeed, the bells that could be heard were not in Paris at all, but the suburb of Meudon.

The Diocese of Nanterre, which oversees the area, confirmed that the bells of Notre-Dame de l’Assomption did sound on Saturday evening, but only because they were automatically programed to announce the 6 p.m. mass. ... A similar debunking took place in Britain.

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Karla Adam
Karla Adam is a London correspondent for The Washington Post. Follow https://twitter.com/karlaadam

[Blue Owl]

1. Now go suck your thumb if that makes you feel better, little Donny

[exboyfil]

2. I would prefer our allies to keep hands off anyway

and of course are enemies as well. It should be whatever side wins, our foreign policy shouldn't be driven by the needs of other countries, and those coalitions which support liberal democracy should transcend whatever party is in charge.

[CatMor]

3. But newspapers in various countries sure had headlines about the election....

and seemed happy about the outcome.

[Thekaspervote]

4. +1000

[BlueMTexpat]

5. This! eom

[CatLady78]

6. That is being a bit of a buzz-kill

Most countries would like America to have sane leadership. Or Xi Ping/Putin would be among the most powerful leaders in the world.

[JI7]

7. Maybe those things weren't but the world WAS and IS excited and relieved

If you look at comment sections of those happy about Biden winning and Trump losing , many of them are from people in other countries.