u/RRY1946-2019

I'm currently a US citizen and a permanent resident of a second country where I reside most of the time (I have a remote job so it's easy for me to hop back into the States for vacation and I've done so two or three times this year). Personally, I recognize that immigration and the USA are hot-button topics in a lot of places (one step below AI) and so I make sure to be extra polite and thankful to the people who have chosen to let me build a life here. I also make sure to set a good example by tipping more generously than the local custom and explaining that I'm a newer resident who wants to support local businesses over American imports. In general, I've had no problems at all. People are very welcoming and supportive where I live now, even more so than in some parts of the US.

My personal advice:

A lot of the fear of immigration is due to online hysteria or deliberate disinformation, and the best way to reduce nativism is to have positive experiences. Show them that immigrants don't bite.

Tip a bit more than the custom if you can afford it, unless the idea of tipping is alien to the country's culture.

If you go into a business you know is locally owned, you can say "I'm a newer resident, and I want to support locally owned businesses. Are you locally owned?"

Put your phone down and take your headphones off and try to immerse yourself in the local language (or dialect if it's an English-speaking country.)

Don't use a VPN unless you need to. Google etc. will serve you local results and it helps you more integrated and, if you dislike the culture or politics of the old country, less triggered.