When you had seen the blinking stars in american eyes after they recognize im german, what else then love could it be?
I always imagined, what if i told them i was mexican or smth, trust me, no stars in eyes.
I think a lot of it comes from over-romanticizing German military efficacy in the world wars. Waves of unarmed Soviets overwhelming brave and few Germans with superior weaponry. Billions of games and movies pumping them up as formidable bad guys. German cars tend to look cool and be expensive in the states. No offense but IMO it's a tad overrated, all of it. German military performance in WW2 was in my nerdy amateur historian's opinion pretty lacking. They did great when all their opponents were pathetic, but against the Brits, Soviets, and Americans, they quickly found themselves in an impossible situation. And also the cars are indeed cool, but every American who buys a BMW is a fucking douchebag for some reason