I would argue this has more to do with the infancy of America as a country. It's arguably only been a true world-aware power since WWII. So the US only knows h

I would argue this has more to do with the infancy of America as a country. It's arguably only been a true world-aware power since WWII. So the US only knows how to exploit anti USSR sentiment because that's the only sentiment it has institutional knowledge of. Europe however has multiple millenia of various institutional knowledge and history. It is fascinating to me how the generations transfer, but these strong institutional and cultural memories continue in such seemingly vivid fashion.