• TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    I suppose, but we’re talking about international diplomacy. And a modern one at that.

    Trump’s strong arming sounds so 19th century. His open threat of taking Panama canal, Canada, Greenland, and renaming the Gulf of Mexico is so manifest destiny.

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      Trump’s strong arming sounds so 19th century though

      20th century too! If a government didn’t do what we wanted them to do, we just couped their government, and installed a dictator.

      I mean, how do you think Sadaam Hussein got into power?