In April and May we visited friends and family in France and England. Every single person we met, including "working class" strangers in an English pub, was shocked and horrified by Trump's election.   In France, the approval ratings for Trump are in the single digits.  France rejected xenophobia and white nationalism, in spite of Trump cheering on Le Pen.  One anecdote does not reflect the values of all people in any given country, whether it is from your trip to Italy or mine to France and England. The official polls show that the overwhelming majority of western Europeans do not approve of Trump.  Some in eastern Europe, especially those countries that are more right wing and xenophobic (such as Hungary and Poland) approve of Trump in greater numbers than in western Europe.  Given what the leadership of those two countries stand for, this indicates that the values in our country may be in danger of going as off-track as those of the right-wing regimes in e. Europe.  A wake up call.