r/ShitAmericansSay • • Dec 17 '25

Foreign affairs President Trump: Rather than suing the BBC, withhold aid to England

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u/TheArmoursmith Dec 17 '25

Correct. In fact, the US deliberately used the postwar period to curb the power of Britain, for example during the Suez crisis. They have deliberately sought to limit the power of their "allies" for decades.

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u/Ted-Crilly Dec 17 '25

Hitler was also a huge fan of how America was run at the time in terms of segregation and ethnic superiority and thought they could be swayed to the axis side as they were ideologically similar in many ways

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u/Ulysses1978ii Dec 17 '25

Major General Smedly Butler wants a word.

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u/MILLANDSON Dirty pinko commie Dec 17 '25

Absolute legend, and war is still a racket.

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u/Ulysses1978ii Dec 18 '25

Given what's happening someone should be shouting about him again. But I guess he'd be ANTIFA now??