Germans no longer see US as trustworthy partner – DW – 03/07/2025
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Two weeks after the German election, voters are concerned about the response to Donald Trump's policies, the fate of Ukraine and the issue of massive investment and record debt.

The response to Donald Trump’s policy initiatives, the fate of Ukraine, and the issue of massive investment and record debt are on German voters’ minds two weeks after the federal election.

  • nednobbins@lemm.eeEnglish
    91·
    24 hours ago

    Rammstein released “Amerika” in 2004. That was during the 1st Bush Jr administration but the complaints in the song aren’t limited to Republicans.

      • Klear@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        10 hours ago

        I love the song, but I always thought the “This in not a love song!” part was not necessary. We get it! Don’t need to spell it out like that.

        Then I saw (on shitamericanssay) someone write a wall of text explaining how despite that part it is still a love song to the USA. So yeah. Apparently the part is not only necessary but also not explicit enough.

        • nednobbins@lemm.eeEnglish
          1·
          5 hours ago

          As a joke, I once asked an LLM to produce a review of Top Gun that argued that it was actually a trans allegory. It made terrible arguments but it did produce words that technically met that requirement. (It included some kind of hilarious lines about the satirical use of hypermasculinity)

          I imagine an argument that “Amerika is a love song” would look similar.

      • You@feddit.orgEnglish
        2·
        10 hours ago

        I suspect a large overlap with people complaining about RATM suddenly turning woke or playing ‘We’re not gonna take it’ at rallies without ever having seen a band pic of Twisted Sister.