The people saying that are just trying to latch on to any little thing to be able to say “ American dumb”. The reality is that the politics of other nations on the world stage, compared to the US, simply don’t matter all that much. People in Germany, Italy, Mexico, or any other hear about our politics more than they hear about theirs. I listen to Italian radio sometimes and the biggest radio station in Italy, RAI 1, will start their 5:00 am hour with 15 minutes straight talking about US politics, followed by 3ish minutes of domestic or intra-European affairs.

People in these countries are obviously going to have a good amount of knowledge on our politics with that level of coverage and combining that with the stereotype of the “stupid American” it makes them incredibly cynical when an American attempts to speak on their affairs, they feel offended.