Hilarious! Trump having problems finding artists.

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Is the left-right configuration the same in Europe and the US?

Course not. America was always paranoid towards any sign of leftism. What's considered left in America would be moderately conservative in Europe. The current republicans would be in competition with rightwing populists and neonazis. Mind the emphasis on current. They degraded into rightwing extremists during the last decade. Before that they would have been comparable to the right wing of mainstream conservatism in Europe. It speaks for itself that only the extreme European right celebrated the Trump victory.

It's also that only the UK has a similar political system. In every other country every vote counts. So there are more parties and they are represented in parliament. Such as the Green party or liberal parties in many European countries. Liberal shouldn't be mistaken for the American term but rather leaning towards Libertarianism.