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Silent Type
(12,031 posts)ICE guy can play golf 24/7 on federal payroll as far as Im concerned.
BannonsLiver
(20,124 posts)Response to BannonsLiver (Reply #2)
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BannonsLiver
(20,124 posts)I wouldnt enjoy that bus ride either. Like you I dont like talking about politics while on vacation, especially when abroad and locals ask me about Trump or our politics. I answer them, but dont exactly appreciate the reminder.
fujiyamasan
(993 posts)I dont mind talking politics with foreigners and only to explain the situation here. Most people abroad despise Trump anyways so thats not an issue.
Last summer was interesting we stayed in Paris where the owner and I got speaking and ended up on Trump, and somehow he mentioned he spent time in the UK, and how he personally knew Nigel Farage at one point. He mentioned he was just a terrible person.
Id probably avoid talking politics with other Americans though. As you said, I prefer taking in the food and culture of the place Im in, and not spend that time worrying about the hellscape that orange menace is trying to create back home.
UTUSN
(76,361 posts)yaesu
(8,821 posts)nilram
(3,424 posts)Old Crank
(6,432 posts)Politics rarely came out. Mostly US with about 10 percent Canadian.
One couple wore matching No Kings Day shirts on the last day.
I would expect that bike tourists would be on the more liberal side of the meter.
BaronChocula
(3,796 posts)from the 70s.
"Lou Fyre is an attorney and immigrants rights advocate. He just found out the father of his daughter's fiancé Works for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. You can be sure it'll be Fyre and ICE."
orleans
(36,552 posts)gator "mask" so no one will know who he is
DFW
(59,403 posts)The ICE guy can ask them for their ID and then try to arrest them, where the attorney tries to get him to leave them alone.
One minor difference to what would have happened if they had all been in the USA: the ICE thug would have been arrested, tossed in jail, and then expelled from the EU with a stamp in his passport saying he was never again to be allowed to return. His name, head scan, and personal data would be fed into both an EU database and that of Interpol, in case he should try again with a new passport if the current one should expire or be conveniently lost.