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29. I used to travel a lot internationally and sometimes I was embarrassed to say where I

was from. Sometimes people internationally take a dim view of Americans. I found it better to let people see me for what I was than for them to launch into a stereotyped vision of me.

I was once at a luncheon with some scholars from Oxford. Afterward one of the top dogs, so to say, came over and said he was impressed with my behavior. I was thinking to myself, although educated I had no F'en idea what they were talking about, why was he saying this. He said what I did was typically un-American? He said I had kept my mouth shut, was polite, and did not claim to know something when I knew nothing about the topic. It was definitely meant as a complement.

One another occasion I was with some Brits, and one distinguished gentlemen told me he would never visit America. I was disappointed and asked why. He said, too many guns and too many reckless people with guns. He was not about to be killed on vacation.

On another occasion, I had my passport thrown at me by a French Custom's Agent.

I'm not saying all people feel this way, but many do. I've thought about Trump a number of times, and he does represent what many do not like about some Americans in other countries. And likewise here in America too. We think he's an obnoxious bore.