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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

But then they bitch about China and their wrongdoings in the South China Sea

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Yeah because a stupid old man wanting to change the name is totally the same as building islands and putting military bases on then

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Ahh the important things that will improve all American lives

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 weeks ago

This will go over about as well as the Sacagawea dollar coin, and the coin had the advantage of actually being a good idea.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago

2016-2020 : President of Alternate Facts 2025-2029: President of Alternate Reality

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago

Delusional LMAO.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

This is not good obviously, but it's also very US-centric to think that name Gulf of America indicates it belongs to the US. In an alternate timeline it would totally make sense to have a gulf between two Americas called the Gulf of America or even the American Sea. But the US has effectively hijacked the name America

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm so fucking tired of this shit.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

America isn't even the countries name, it's "The United States OF America" with North America being the continent it's on.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I feel like it's not great to say "Congress is already prepping" instead of "Marjorie Taylor Greene is prepping legistlation"

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago

More meaningless culture war bullshit.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

How about New Mexico state?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Trump tomorrow: "we're renaming the state of New Mexico to the state of New Murica!"

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

And French Fries are now Freedom Fries /s

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

20 some years ago when that happened, I remember saying "What? That's stupid....". I was a teenager at the time. I was yelled at by adults saying "NO! IT'S NOT STUPID!!! WE'RE AMERICANS!!! FREEDOM FRIES ARE AN AMERICAN FOOD!!! WE GROW POTATOES IN IDAHO!!! NOT PARIS!!!!"

Today, I'm 41. Teenager me wasn't immature. Well, ok, I was, on a lot of things. But NOT on this. 41 year old me looks back and says teenager me was right.

This IS stupid.

French fries then, french fries now.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago

Fine, then we gotta spend the money to care for the natural life there as if it were ours.

Oh you don't want to spend the money? Figures, you cheapskate "conservatives".

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago

I guess "Bumpkin Bay" is a little too on the nose.

Or maybe "Gulf Of Florida Man."

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

He won, he doesn't have to make pointless stands anymore but I guess old habits die hard.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Well the US can call it the Gulf of bullshit all they want, for the rest of the world it IS the gulf of Mexico. Renaming it doesn't give them anything extra, or any rights.

Its actually just really really petty and little, just some nonsense so that his base can say " look ge is really working hard for us!"

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Freedom fries all over again

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