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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 hour ago

To be fair, Trump is quite very damn old.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

~~No one can be this stupid, surely?~~

the quote has been deliberately misrepresented

He actually said "The United States and Italy are bound together by a shared cultural and political heritage dating back thousands of years to Ancient Rome."

which could be inferred to be a reference to the large number of italian americans especially on the east coast and their effect on the US culture and politics

kinda?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Also that the Roman legislation principles is the foundation for all modern counties with a court, parlament and executive power. The American fumbling fathers event went so far as to copy many parts of it. Hence the name senate for instance. And much of the architecture was inspired or copied from Palladio. So toy get that neoclassical look that is the hallmark of DC

[–] [email protected] 0 points 59 minutes ago

you read my mind, was just editing my previous comment when you sent this

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 hour ago

ITT a bunch of ripe misinformation targets.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 hours ago

Well, the fasces is an ancient Roman symbol.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Where did Pechenegs and Cumans go? Oh, right, that was another Putin.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

It always boggles me how the hell he can even string a coherent sentence together

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 hours ago

By perseverance, eventually something coherent comes out.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 hours ago

It ain’t a world war until Italy changes sides

[–] [email protected] 0 points 13 hours ago

Trump University, World History 101 and US History 101...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 13 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Please, I need this

Edit: Did it myself, so he did say it, but the translator face was a different incident

Ancient rome: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htgnBODcB-I

Funny translator face: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7nSlWu0ICI

[–] [email protected] 0 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 hours ago

In God we trust. Probably because our presidents are useless.

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