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Ancient Rome? Really? (lemmy.wtf)

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[–] [email protected] 248 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (42 children)

False, according to snopes:

What Trump actually said, in his opening remarks during the press conference, was as follows: “The United States and Italy are bound together by a shared cultural and political heritage dating back thousands of years, to ancient Rome …”

Edit: Even after reading this quote twice, I can't really understand what Trump wanted to say.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (9 children)

I think he meant culture and politics has been similar since the time of ancient Rome, maybe thinking the United States existed that long ago.

It did not.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 days ago (8 children)

To play the ultimate Devil's Advocate, the Romans did leave a lasting cultural impact on Brittain. So in a way we have a cultural bloodline that is distantly connected to Rome.

[–] Soulg 5 points 3 days ago

While you are correct, he deserves absolutely 0 benefit of the doubt

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