The set-up.  In Wales starts this open thread asking what the bretheren and sisteren are doing this weekend. After three (count 'em, 3) comments, the thread turns to US politics.  This is EEEEEE T, right?

So my question:

How does it feel, as a European, having your discourse (and lives?) affected so strongly by a bunch of assholes across the pond?  Is this the essence of an Empire?  

Man, I don't know how I'd react in a similar situation.  I tend to want to "solve problems", if you catch my drift.

In the end, might makes right. Nothing has changed since the caveman.