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What does any of that have to do with citizens of Nation A refusing to trade with companies in Nation B because some of the citizens of Nation B elected a leader whom the citizens of Nation A don't like?

That is the kind of attitude that drives people apart, creates hostility, and eventually leads to war. In what world is that a good idea?

Can you imagine Americans refusing to buy BMWs because they don't like Angela Merkel?

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You mean Americans rebranding French Fries as Freedom Fries because France didn't want to get in Irak?

And this is the fucking US here, it's not a backwater country the size of a town. When the US sneezes the rest of the world catches a cold.

People are right to pressure others as long as it's done on legal terms.

Barely, because for the most part USA citizens are politically inert and/or incompetent and they wouldn't care, but in theory it would be perfectly normal. Some people feel guilty for wearing (or even owning) furs, supporting an "evil" country or an "evil" corp is clearly a worse conduct.

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