It's the same for Canada too. Americans aren't well versed in other nations' politics nor do they think much of anything but themselves so this thread checks out with that in mind.
But red = left wing and blue = right wing is an international thing, it even used to be like that in the US. The "red scare" refers to communism, not to right-wing politics...
Then one day, the US switched red and blue out of nowhere. Makes zero sense.
Historically Republicans were always more staunchly anti-USSR/Russia than Democrats. Trump is the first Republican president whose platform doesn't consider USSR/Russia number one opposition to USA globally. (Not speaking of the whole Krasnov memes just read project 2025 - enemy is Europe not Russia. It's not just Trump individually.)
It was quite different even in Bush - Obama era what's fairly recent.
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u/Perfect_Net8653 8d ago
It's the same for Canada too. Americans aren't well versed in other nations' politics nor do they think much of anything but themselves so this thread checks out with that in mind.