I'm British, the same age as this dude, I dropped history at 16, have never taken a politics class, and don't work in poktical journalism. I've heard of FDR, the new deal, and his constitutional shenanigans.
The British press is an extreme evolutionary machine to select for the ability to confidently present yourself as stupider that you would think humanly possible
Speaking as a Brit in the US, the damage Piers Morgan did to the cachet of a British accent was bad enough, then Brexit tanked what little unearned respect remained.
Seeing British journalists’ gross misunderstanding of US politics (even those who live here) has made me much more cautious about talking about other countries.
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