big outspoken personalities tend to
attract controversy as the people on
this list can attest I feel like in some
ways like I’m a soldier of culture
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
most controversial Americans abroad for
this list we’re looking at Americans who
however they may be perceived at home
tend to generate controversy among
people from other countries number 10
Sarah Palin politician what newspapers
and magazines did you regularly read
before you were tapped for this to stay
informed and to understand I read most
of them again with a great appreciation
for the press for the media what one
Mema cific Lee I’m curious that you um
all of them one of the leading lights of
the Tea Party movement Palin’s expertise
is not really evident to many overseas
after all she has confused North Korea
with South Korea indicated that merely
living in Alaska is enough to make her
knowledgeable about neighboring Russia
because they are right there they are
right next to to our state and does not
believe global warming is man-made and
it doesn’t matter at this point
Oh as we debate what caused it her
fundamentalist beliefs also polarized
those in other countries much as they do
in America I would hope at least that
those protestors have the courage and
the honor of spanking our veterans for
giving them the right
number nine Kanye West musician
recording superstar Kanye West isn’t
exactly known for being humble and that
outsized ego costs him fans abroad as
well as at home from interrupting Taylor
Swift in the middle of an acceptance
speech but Beyonce had one of the best
videos of all time to banning critics
after his fashion line got bad reviews
West’s strikes some as insufferable
if undeniably talented they want to
marginalize me until I’m no longer
relevant but talent only goes so far and
when West played a private gig for a
relative of Kazakhstan’s notoriously
dictatorial president many felt he
crossed an important line Kanye West has
got a big mouth he’s always fountain off
about this and you know Kanye I think
Assad might ever get for you you should
go over there and sing you a little rap
song number eight Michael Moore
filmmaker documentary filmmaker Michael
Moore likes nothing more than to be a
gadfly a pose which has earned him both
accolades and condemnation if I was to
try and stab you through this right
right here that I’m only you’re gonna
have to be really close right right and
here’s and here’s the bottom line on
this what if I had a spear many in the
international community find him
arrogant dispensing advice about Austin
English and Italian leaders and getting
his facts wrong about South Korean
citizens actions concerning the Iraq war
some accuse him of intellectual
dishonesty and emotional manipulation
the same kind of criticism many US
critics have leveled against him you
don’t have any opinion as to why that is
a wheel of the unique country the only
country that does this that kills each
other on this level with guns well we
have probably more mixed ethnicity than
other countries some other countries
number seven Bernard Madoff businessman
Bernie Madoff smash a Ponzi scheme
robbed investors of billions of dollars
and ruined lives among those most deeply
affected were spain’s banco santander
Austria’s Bank Medici and Francis
natixis and one source estimates that
half of the amount lost by investors
came from non-us sources
with that kind of crushing effect on the
international scene is that any wonder
Madoff’s name draws curses in many
different languages I know I will die in
prison but I lived the last 20 years of
my life in fear now I have no fear
because I’m no longer in control of my
own life
number six Donald Trump you don’t get to
be a billionaire businessman by being
shy and retiring that guy is a loser so
it’s no surprise that Donald Trump’s
vocal outbursts offend many his
perceived egotism also doesn’t always
play well abroad in fact a whole film
you’ve been trumped was even made about
Trump’s insistence on creating a one
hundred fifty million dollar golf course
in Scotland despite massive opposition
from local residents politicians and
environmentalists some could say that’s
par for the course when dealing with the
Donald if the country’s going bad and
you’re doing well you’re not gonna do
well long because you can’t really
counteract all that negativity number
five Edward Snowden whistleblower over
time that awareness of wrongdoing sort
of builds up and you feel compelled to
talk about it Edward Snowden’s leaking
of thousands of classified documents
makes them a hero to some in the US and
a traitor to others d NSA specifically
targets the communications of everyone
it ingests them by default abroad the
view of him is largely much more
favorable than it is in America but
since his actions revealed complicity in
invasive surveillance programs by many
European governments he’s not always a
popular figure especially with
international intelligence communities
if we want to be able to enjoy an
empowered government a strong government
that can only happen if it’s a trusted
government we have to believe in these
people and they have to win the public’s
trust
number four Lance Armstrong athlete yes
or no did you ever take banned
substances to enhance your cycling
performance yes
cyclist Lance Armstrong’s reputation
took a severe thrashing when it was
revealed that he had used
performance-enhancing drugs
he ended up being stripped of his seven
Tour de France titles and was placed
under a lifetime ban
competitive cycling Armstrong’s
vilification of his critics didn’t earn
him any fans and his half-hearted and
belated admission that he did use drugs
did little to mollify opponents either
in your opinion was it humanly possible
to win the Tour de France without doping
seven times in a row not in my opinion
number three harry s truman the 33rd
President of the United States the
Japanese began the war from the air at
Pearl Harbor they have been repaid
many-fold and the end is not yet
president Richard Nixon was removed from
office for the Watergate scandal I shall
resign the presidency effective at noon
tomorrow but he brokered many foreign
affairs successes including opening up
relations with China and to many in
other countries president harry s truman
would have been a more likely candidate
for impeachment it is an atomic bomb
it is a harnessing of the basic power of
the universe as the only national leader
to have allowed the use of atomic
weapons which caused massive death and
destruction he is viewed by many in the
global community as something
approaching a war criminal must be clear
to everyone that the United States
cannot and will not sit idly by and
await foreign conquest the only question
is when is the best time to meet the
threat and how is the best time to meet
it
number two George W Bush the 43rd
President of the United States we come
to Iraq with respect for its citizens
for their great civilization and for the
religious faiths they practice while
President Barack Obama certainly has
many detractors and very vocal critics
abroad his predecessor George W Bush is
generally held in lower regard it’s hard
for me to explain why that was the case
just take my word for it Bush’s
good-old-boy persona which resonated
deeply with many Americans made him come
across as ignorant and naive to many in
other countries his decision to invade
Iraq and incorrect information
concerning weapons of mass destruction
was viewed as a disastrous act of
imperialism by many and caused him
serious
political capital in the foreign market
we will defend our freedom we will bring
freedom to others and we will prevail
before we reveal our top pick here are a
few honorable or in this case
dishonorable mentions
you gotta look at you got you got 10
guys here 10 guys here they have left
their families left a dem families to
help this country s is a sports venture
got 10 guys always guys here do anyone
understand that we do what would you
have us do with all the gays and drive
them my dear back into the closet where
they belong
those people don’t want the right to
fornicate anally privately they want to
do it out on Main Street and command all
the rest of us to stand up applaud
that’s what I’m preaching against number
one Dick Cheney
politician george w bush’s Secretary of
Defense Donald Rumsfeld
and Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul
Wolfowitz were among the architects of
America’s controversial invasion of Iraq
but Vice President Dick Cheney is
generally considered the real force
behind the plan I think are our friends
no longer count on us no longer trust us
and our adversaries don’t fear us
Cheney’s Warhawk attitude and perceived
willingness to disregard human life in
pursuit of political and nationalistic
goals make him a lightning rod for
criticism and controversy this is not a
new concept we’ve done it all over the
world we still have forces in Korea
today in Germany and Japan for good and
sufficient reason because it’s in our
interest to be there because we can help
stabilize the area do you agree with our
choices what other outstanding
controversial Americans should we have
put on this list for more enthralling
top 10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com i I’d like to
stay here all day but I got a I got to
go to Vegas
you
attract controversy as the people on
this list can attest I feel like in some
ways like I’m a soldier of culture
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
most controversial Americans abroad for
this list we’re looking at Americans who
however they may be perceived at home
tend to generate controversy among
people from other countries number 10
Sarah Palin politician what newspapers
and magazines did you regularly read
before you were tapped for this to stay
informed and to understand I read most
of them again with a great appreciation
for the press for the media what one
Mema cific Lee I’m curious that you um
all of them one of the leading lights of
the Tea Party movement Palin’s expertise
is not really evident to many overseas
after all she has confused North Korea
with South Korea indicated that merely
living in Alaska is enough to make her
knowledgeable about neighboring Russia
because they are right there they are
right next to to our state and does not
believe global warming is man-made and
it doesn’t matter at this point
Oh as we debate what caused it her
fundamentalist beliefs also polarized
those in other countries much as they do
in America I would hope at least that
those protestors have the courage and
the honor of spanking our veterans for
giving them the right
number nine Kanye West musician
recording superstar Kanye West isn’t
exactly known for being humble and that
outsized ego costs him fans abroad as
well as at home from interrupting Taylor
Swift in the middle of an acceptance
speech but Beyonce had one of the best
videos of all time to banning critics
after his fashion line got bad reviews
West’s strikes some as insufferable
if undeniably talented they want to
marginalize me until I’m no longer
relevant but talent only goes so far and
when West played a private gig for a
relative of Kazakhstan’s notoriously
dictatorial president many felt he
crossed an important line Kanye West has
got a big mouth he’s always fountain off
about this and you know Kanye I think
Assad might ever get for you you should
go over there and sing you a little rap
song number eight Michael Moore
filmmaker documentary filmmaker Michael
Moore likes nothing more than to be a
gadfly a pose which has earned him both
accolades and condemnation if I was to
try and stab you through this right
right here that I’m only you’re gonna
have to be really close right right and
here’s and here’s the bottom line on
this what if I had a spear many in the
international community find him
arrogant dispensing advice about Austin
English and Italian leaders and getting
his facts wrong about South Korean
citizens actions concerning the Iraq war
some accuse him of intellectual
dishonesty and emotional manipulation
the same kind of criticism many US
critics have leveled against him you
don’t have any opinion as to why that is
a wheel of the unique country the only
country that does this that kills each
other on this level with guns well we
have probably more mixed ethnicity than
other countries some other countries
number seven Bernard Madoff businessman
Bernie Madoff smash a Ponzi scheme
robbed investors of billions of dollars
and ruined lives among those most deeply
affected were spain’s banco santander
Austria’s Bank Medici and Francis
natixis and one source estimates that
half of the amount lost by investors
came from non-us sources
with that kind of crushing effect on the
international scene is that any wonder
Madoff’s name draws curses in many
different languages I know I will die in
prison but I lived the last 20 years of
my life in fear now I have no fear
because I’m no longer in control of my
own life
number six Donald Trump you don’t get to
be a billionaire businessman by being
shy and retiring that guy is a loser so
it’s no surprise that Donald Trump’s
vocal outbursts offend many his
perceived egotism also doesn’t always
play well abroad in fact a whole film
you’ve been trumped was even made about
Trump’s insistence on creating a one
hundred fifty million dollar golf course
in Scotland despite massive opposition
from local residents politicians and
environmentalists some could say that’s
par for the course when dealing with the
Donald if the country’s going bad and
you’re doing well you’re not gonna do
well long because you can’t really
counteract all that negativity number
five Edward Snowden whistleblower over
time that awareness of wrongdoing sort
of builds up and you feel compelled to
talk about it Edward Snowden’s leaking
of thousands of classified documents
makes them a hero to some in the US and
a traitor to others d NSA specifically
targets the communications of everyone
it ingests them by default abroad the
view of him is largely much more
favorable than it is in America but
since his actions revealed complicity in
invasive surveillance programs by many
European governments he’s not always a
popular figure especially with
international intelligence communities
if we want to be able to enjoy an
empowered government a strong government
that can only happen if it’s a trusted
government we have to believe in these
people and they have to win the public’s
trust
number four Lance Armstrong athlete yes
or no did you ever take banned
substances to enhance your cycling
performance yes
cyclist Lance Armstrong’s reputation
took a severe thrashing when it was
revealed that he had used
performance-enhancing drugs
he ended up being stripped of his seven
Tour de France titles and was placed
under a lifetime ban
competitive cycling Armstrong’s
vilification of his critics didn’t earn
him any fans and his half-hearted and
belated admission that he did use drugs
did little to mollify opponents either
in your opinion was it humanly possible
to win the Tour de France without doping
seven times in a row not in my opinion
number three harry s truman the 33rd
President of the United States the
Japanese began the war from the air at
Pearl Harbor they have been repaid
many-fold and the end is not yet
president Richard Nixon was removed from
office for the Watergate scandal I shall
resign the presidency effective at noon
tomorrow but he brokered many foreign
affairs successes including opening up
relations with China and to many in
other countries president harry s truman
would have been a more likely candidate
for impeachment it is an atomic bomb
it is a harnessing of the basic power of
the universe as the only national leader
to have allowed the use of atomic
weapons which caused massive death and
destruction he is viewed by many in the
global community as something
approaching a war criminal must be clear
to everyone that the United States
cannot and will not sit idly by and
await foreign conquest the only question
is when is the best time to meet the
threat and how is the best time to meet
it
number two George W Bush the 43rd
President of the United States we come
to Iraq with respect for its citizens
for their great civilization and for the
religious faiths they practice while
President Barack Obama certainly has
many detractors and very vocal critics
abroad his predecessor George W Bush is
generally held in lower regard it’s hard
for me to explain why that was the case
just take my word for it Bush’s
good-old-boy persona which resonated
deeply with many Americans made him come
across as ignorant and naive to many in
other countries his decision to invade
Iraq and incorrect information
concerning weapons of mass destruction
was viewed as a disastrous act of
imperialism by many and caused him
serious
political capital in the foreign market
we will defend our freedom we will bring
freedom to others and we will prevail
before we reveal our top pick here are a
few honorable or in this case
dishonorable mentions
you gotta look at you got you got 10
guys here 10 guys here they have left
their families left a dem families to
help this country s is a sports venture
got 10 guys always guys here do anyone
understand that we do what would you
have us do with all the gays and drive
them my dear back into the closet where
they belong
those people don’t want the right to
fornicate anally privately they want to
do it out on Main Street and command all
the rest of us to stand up applaud
that’s what I’m preaching against number
one Dick Cheney
politician george w bush’s Secretary of
Defense Donald Rumsfeld
and Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul
Wolfowitz were among the architects of
America’s controversial invasion of Iraq
but Vice President Dick Cheney is
generally considered the real force
behind the plan I think are our friends
no longer count on us no longer trust us
and our adversaries don’t fear us
Cheney’s Warhawk attitude and perceived
willingness to disregard human life in
pursuit of political and nationalistic
goals make him a lightning rod for
criticism and controversy this is not a
new concept we’ve done it all over the
world we still have forces in Korea
today in Germany and Japan for good and
sufficient reason because it’s in our
interest to be there because we can help
stabilize the area do you agree with our
choices what other outstanding
controversial Americans should we have
put on this list for more enthralling
top 10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com i I’d like to
stay here all day but I got a I got to
go to Vegas
you
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