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Originally posted by @wolfgang59Well... it's confirming that the long established lack of confidence in the USA is well-founded. But otherwise, yeah, he's in for a fun time. Our darling PM Rutte suffers fools gladly - well, he'd better, how else is he going to live with himself? - but the people and much of the journaille do not.
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-42462190/fake-news-blunder-from-us-envoy-to-the-netherlands
Bare-faced liar.
Must have been personally appointed by Mr Fake-News himself.
Stuff like this is destroying confidence in America.
28 Dec 17
Originally posted by @shallow-blueHe even tried to pull an American-style faux apology (tinged with plastic patriotism) in the vain hope that it would make a difference. You should look it up, it's toe-curlingly cringeworthy.
Well... it's confirming that the long established lack of confidence in the USA is well-founded. But otherwise, yeah, he's in for a fun time. Our darling PM Rutte suffers fools gladly - well, he'd better, how else is he going to live with himself? - but the people and much of the journaille do not.
28 Dec 17
Originally posted by @wolfgang59What you are witnessing is the fall of the US empire. It happens to ALL empires and the US is no exception. Another 20 years we will just be one of the boys. China will overtake us in many sectors, science, finance, political power and the assswipe Trump will just be sucking his thumb in bewilderment, 'what the hell just happened'?
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-42462190/fake-news-blunder-from-us-envoy-to-the-netherlands
Bare-faced liar.
Must have been personally appointed by Mr Fake-News himself.
Stuff like this is destroying confidence in America.
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Originally posted by @kazetnagorraYeah, obviously both too stupid and too insular to realise that that kind of superficiality doesn't wash with a more sophisticated, continental (!) European audience. He's going to be a whipping boy, all right.
He even tried to pull an American-style faux apology (tinged with plastic patriotism) in the vain hope that it would make a difference. You should look it up, it's toe-curlingly cringeworthy.
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Originally posted by @sonhouseWell, except that the Han Empire is itself already a thing centuries past. India, maybe? But no. The next empire will not be a national, but a commercial one - GoogleTesla, I'd wager - and I do not want to be here for its Mammonic hegemony.
What you are witnessing is the fall of the US empire. It happens to ALL empires and the US is no exception. Another 20 years we will just be one of the boys. China will overtake us in many sectors, science, finance, political power and the assswipe Trump will just be sucking his thumb in bewilderment, 'what the hell just happened'?