> As an American I would trust most countries in the EU with stuff like this over even my own country given the direction of the USA Why? Europe has had a lot

> As an American I would trust most countries in the EU with stuff like this over even my own country given the direction of the USA Why? Europe has had a lot of really serious internal problems over the last 150 years. > nonviolent political protestors are being prosecuted by the federal government > and officials are encouraging people to commit violence against the protestors Have they? I think you have been listening to a bit too much fake news. There has been a concentrated media effort to make the US look ignorant and backwards and to make the EU look enlightened.