If Only They Didn't Speak English: Notes From Trump's America

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Too much religion in politics, too much in public policy, too much in education, too much butting in where it doesn’t belong. Jon Sopel, the BBC's North America Editor has released the paperback version of his book, If Only They Didn't Speak English: Notes from Trump's America, to explain how this happened, and offer a more general cultural description of the state of modern America.

From his experience as the BBC's North America editor, Jon Sopel gives facts and insider's anecdotes which illuminate American politics, history and culture.Sopel did supply me with some interesting historical background about the NRA (they once supported sensible gun safety laws and didn’t believe in open carry—wow, huh? F.Benson earthquake ebook ebooks eddie redmayne Editing elementals evolution exile expat experiments fantasy father brown felicity jones fiction finance flat earth folklore fonts food Fred Benson free stuff gaiman gangsters good omens grant guernsey hamish macbeth historical fiction history homages html hypochondria illness interview interviews isaac newton italics japan javelin kabbala kabbalah kindle kit language libraries lichfield listening literary lockdown Lucia lunar society m. One of my favourite parts was when an American described the UK as, “socialist and overly governed…” It just shows that there are misunderstandings on both sides and anything which can help two countries, which share so much, understand each other more, has to be a good thing. In another section, he also compares and contrasts the elaborate precautions that the USA takes when the President moves around, compared with the seemingly casual nature of British security around the Prime Minister (there’s a lovely anecdote of John Major in a roadside café).

He addresses head-on such difficult questions as why it is America's most God-fearing opponents of abortion who are also the most passionate supporters of the gun lobby and the death penalty. This anecdote is covered in the opening Section of this book which goes on to reflect on Sopel’s time in America and his thoughts on Trump and the country he now leads.The author goes to some lengths to demonstrate how much more religious Americans are than any other Western country. Instead, Sopel thinks we are very, very different and those differences would be easier to see if we didn’t speak the same language.