Katrina was almost 20 years ago dude. Peoples memories are like goldfish, you think they cared? The only thing they learned was the president did not like black people.
Most people saying that also are either tourists, or live near a military base, where a lot of the German population know how to speak English. Knowing danke, bitte, and entshuldigung does quite a lot. Wer ist döner is the most essential phrase in German though. Unsure about danish. Probably similar sounding but slightly more English since the closest language to Denmark for quite some time was Anglish.
Office of Strategic Influence says sup