European liberals have a weird relationship with the US. They have a grovelling admiration for the US system and the elite liberals running it and see them as high-minded defenders of lofty ideals of freedom and democracy and thank then from saving Europe from fascism and from communism. The people of the US on the other hand are seen as uncultured swines, a bunch of obese racists stuffing their faces with cheeseburgers, too dumb to build a welfare state, pass gun regulation or even point out where Mexico is on a map.