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As Europeans Bake, Their Leaders Blame America Instead of Embracing Air Conditioning

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02.07.2026

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As Europeans Bake, Their Leaders Blame America Instead of Embracing Air Conditioning

It’s too darn hot across the pond, but Europe’s ruling elites have decided that to remain holier than thou their people need to forgo grubby, American air conditioning.

That’s the talk of the internet this Fourth of July week as much of Western Europe recovers from a hellacious heat wave that has claimed the lives of thousands of people.

Europeans are burning up in a hell of their own making, yet somehow, some way, they found a way to blame America for their troubles.

Paris Deputy Mayor Audrey Pulvar just couldn’t take all the snide comments from Americans comfortably posting and meme-ing on their couches in cool, 72-degree air from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

“Dear American journalists and social media ‘influencers’: for days, some of you have been criticizing and making fun of Paris because the city does not have A/C in every room. OMG, this is so rich!” she posted on Instagram on Friday.

I’d really like to know which meme set her off. I hope it was this one.

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The European mind cannot comprehend this pic.twitter.com/72lIwbvfzw— Dustin Grage (@GrageDustin) June 30, 2026

The European mind cannot comprehend this pic.twitter.com/72lIwbvfzw

Pulvar’s ranting at those bully Americans with their abominable, newfangled air conditioning units invented in 1902 continued.

“As the second-largest emitter of greenhouse gas emissions in the world, you bear a significant........

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