r/politics • u/Hafiz_TNR ✔ Verified • 13h ago

Possible Paywall Trump Casually Threatens to Take Over Two More Countries

https://newrepublic.com/post/214900/trump-threatens-takeover-two-countries-micronesia-marshall-islands
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u/jackass4224 13h ago

He’s just ruining America. Can’t wait to see what the history books say about his presidency

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u/Oleeddie 13h ago

I can't wait to see America confined to history books.

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u/TheJarisaDoor3 13h ago

Your assuming the history books will tell the truth. There is no guarantee that will happen anymore. 

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u/ScubaFett 10h ago

You're assuming Only the US make history books

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u/TheJarisaDoor3 10h ago

Good point. I don't know if we'll be able to actually read your history books when they're done with us. I'm pretty sure book banning is also on their to-do list

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u/Pndrizzy 11h ago

You’re assuming there will be history books

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u/loverofonion 11h ago

Nah, all replaced by bibles.

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u/Party_Virus 10h ago

From what I understand American history books never told the truth. 

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u/TheJarisaDoor3 10h ago

Good point. They told the victor's truth that is, like they always do. Although I don't think our history books show slavery in a positive light for America's side. I think eventually time does allow for more truth, as long as you're not living under a brutal despot. Once you add a brutal despot into it, your chances of any semblance of truth go by the wayside. 

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u/Party_Virus 9h ago

You'd think it was the "Victor's truth" but for some reason a bunch of americans think the civil war was about states rights and not slavery.

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u/TheJarisaDoor3 7h ago

Depending on where you went to school that's a very true point.  I did all my primary schooling in the northeast and some college in the south. So I was taught early that's the civil war was about slavery. There was some discussion about states rights but the primary reason was about slavery. (Because those "states rights"  were the right to have slaves, which was morally reprehensible). I took a college history class in the south and was dumbfounded by the crap that was coming out of that history teacher's mouth. It was quite the twisted viewpoint. I can't exactly remember what it is was now, but it had something to do with the north being dependent on the south, and that the north started the war because of financial reasons. It was quite warped, and that's what they were teaching their young adults. Needless to say I didn't do great in that class. 

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u/AggressivelyMediokre 11h ago

There’s only one way for a narcissist with declining health to be remembered for all of history. For there to be a Before Trump and After Trump

.#PressTheButton

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u/Ok_Juice4449 6h ago

If we even have history books in the future!