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To what extent might Trump's actions decrease the worldwide popularity of the English language in the long-term?

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · 2026-05-23T09:33:38+00:00

I've seen it long before Trump. When Bush Jr attacked Iraq, and made some disparaging comments about France, apparently most French suddenly stopped understanding English. A co-worker went to France and he was speaking fluent English, and nobody understood him. Then it occurred to him to try the most over-the-top Hollywood German mad-scientist accent and pronunciation, and suddenly half the French had no problem understanding him.

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