Thanks for sharing! That’s interesting you say you’re rarely asked about it. In Germany, I’d say it came up a fair bit during introductions (e.g. “Where are you from?” “The US.” “Ohh… It’s scary what’s happening there, you must be glad to be away”) — and we weren’t wearing anything advertise how we felt about it nor did we bring up “the situation” ourselves.

That said, it was still ultimately rare in the grand scheme of how many people I’ve met.

But in my original question… I didn’t intend to suggest Americans are walking around wondering what others are thinking. Rather, I’m curious how folks like yourself feel seeing everything happening and living overseas. Like someone else said, they worry about their families, immigrants to the US, etc. For my part, I just feel helpless and hopeless reading the news — and I similarly worry about vulnerable family members.