Americans aren't too bright.
The very same Americans who scream that there are high prices and food shortages then turn around and say imports must be banned.
Americans say that the answer to a bad economy is to outlaw exports.
Americans think that the only possible solution to cheap home prices is to ban foreigners from buying houses.
Americans say that the Soviet Union collapsed and then say the USA should become the USSR.
Maybe living in a free country leads people to be trusting and friendly and living in a police state causes people to be suspicious and rude.
Americans used to be surprised Russians from the Soviet Union were unfriendly.
Now that the USA is also a police state, you might understand why.