yes I apologize - i should have removed these comments

As this is not the political board I would only add it certainly hasn't helped how the World Cup has been perceived globally.
I became a citizen two decades ago and our daugther decided to go to ND and not to our french Ivy I feel something is off
in 30 years living in the US, I've never experienced anything quite like it, a contrast made even starker during our recent travels across Asia and Europe last month. I even had some very tough conversations with CEOs and friends in Korea China Germany UK that are pointing to me the FT opinion polls on US perception. I truly hope we can get back to some normality. On my end, I'm trying to play a proactive role, including creating among several US CEOs and Tech donoirs and fundting through our family trust to endow Lafayette Scholarships for US Master's students (rhodes scholars equivalent but spending a year in a French Ivy)