People who have studied geography know that the land area in the Northern Hemisphere is larger, and the world's most powerful and developed countries are concentrated in the Northern Hemisphere.
August happens to be the summer in the Northern Hemisphere, the hottest season of the year.
The hot weather, combined with explosive topics, can easily stir up people's emotions and then excite the masses.
To be honest, if you look across Europe, you'll find that on many levels, many people don't really respect or like the United States.
Especially for the educated elite in these countries, the fact that culturally unsophisticated Americans have somehow become the forefront and representatives of Western civilization in the contemporary world is more infuriating than the superficiality of the country's culture itself.
Of course, they can only be indignant, and under normal circumstances, this manifests as simply making a few jokes.