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American exceptionalism | IN OUR SHORT HISTORY, THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN 
PRAISED, ENVIED,  RESPECTED, 
FEARED, HATED, FOUGHT AGAINST. BUT ONLY DONALD TRUMP 
HAS MADE AMERICA PITIED. 
FOR THE FIRST TIME, 
OTHER NATIONS PITY US. | image tagged in american flag,trump,united states,america,embarrassed,incompetence | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
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4 ups, 5y,
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By who?
1 up, 5y,
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Germany for example, though I do not presune to speak for anyone but myself and those that I have observed doing the same. Most of the rest of the World as well probs.
3 ups, 5y,
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if that is the case, why does the usa have so much problems with illegal immigrants trying to come here?
1 up, 5y,
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Because America is still better than a Warzone or ya know poverty? if given the choice between lets say Cuba or the US, Id take the US in a heartbeat. However if given the Choice between the US and lets say Canada or Italy, Id take Italy or Canada.

America is at the bottome of the Barrel Quality of Life wise, but its in a whole other barrel than countries like Sudan or Brazil.
2 ups, 5y,
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maybe america should stop spending its money on other countries and spend it on itself to make it like Germany..

"America is at the bottome [sic] of the Barrel Quality of Life wise"

so when are you guys going offer your financial help to us?
0 ups, 5y,
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Idk about Foreign aid so cant really comment.

Eh. As far as I know America isn't Helping Germany and infact relations over the past few years have deterioated thanks to the Isolationist policy of the Trump Admin. Though I do belive there is a moral obligation for the EU to help its Allies, especially when your Government is doing so little to help their own.
2 ups, 5y,
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"Eh. As far as I know America isn't Helping Germany " NATO doesn't help u? Because if it doesnt, maybe the us should stop the $$$ it spends on it..

"Isolationist policy of the Trump" For years the world has been telling the US to butt out of world affairs and now when we do, its a problem? that sounds like Damned if you do, damned if you dont?
1 up, 5y
As you know I ain't a Trump fan but I've asked that very question myself.

The very prospect of Uncle Sam not duking it out for them and changing their diapers while we're at it suddenly loses its sheen when their wishes that we won't just might come true.

Remember the Phillipines when we started pulling out like they cried for for decades? There were people complaining that their daughters that they sent to w**re themselves out near the military bases wouldn't be sending them bucks home anymore! Not to mention the rest of the economy dependent on American soldiers.

Same thing happened in Puerto Rico with Vieques, the people were shocked when the local economy tanked once they closed that base like they hollered for for years.
0 ups, 5y,
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"NATO doesn't help u?"

I thought we meant directly. No I do acknowledege that NATO is pretty good. But as far as I know America isnt helping Germany in the crisis rn.

"For years the world has been telling the US to butt out of world affairs and now when we do, its a problem?"

I do belive the US shouldn't interfere directly, this does not mean that the US should completley retire from the Global stage. Besides Diplomatic relations with the EU and US interference are two issue that, while connected, are still seperate
2 ups, 5y,
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"as far as I know America isnt helping Germany in the crisis "

at this time, you are probably right, but as you stated, Germany doesnt need help and the US does,I know since WW2 the US has helped Germany at different times..

The US has been giving aid to some of the less self sufficient countries of the EU though.
1 up, 5y
To ALL of them. Don't know about recent years, but we have funded at least certain projects in France and Ireland and whatnot. They're all getting an allowance in some form or another.
0 ups, 5y,
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I agree. We do have a moral obligation to assist you. Though the recent cool down of relations certainly dosent help things
1 up, 5y
it takes 2 to tango
2 ups, 5y,
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Really?

Let us know when you're memeing on il imgflippio or not spending all day obsessing only about the USA because everything in your hemisphere (and the rest of ours) is about as interesting as a lovely bowl of boiled potatoes left overnight in the fridge.

America's budget is overextended babysitting over yonder because a certain country decided in 1871 that is made more sense to attack the rest of Europe than Mecklenburg-Schwerin warring against Wuttermberg for centuries over whose Bratwurst tasted worse or some other ridiculous thing.
Sheesh, today the 'military' of said country consists of what? 500 of what amounts to traffic cops armed with pens and notepads to note down atrocities in whatever country they go to as 'peace keepers.'

Even when Britain still had some teeth left, they rioted in 1982 because the US military didn't go to the teeny Falklands to fight their war against the awesome Argentine forces invading them.

Europe sucked it's thumb during the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s, waiting for America to do something while the Euros watched women getting raped and males 12 and up forced to dig a ditch so they can then be shot en masse into them. THEY STOOD BY AND WATCHED.

But at least ya'll got a higher standard of living with our allowance because we don't want to repeat what happened on account of reparation payments after WWI so we made you fat and lazy instead.

You're welcome.
1 up, 5y,
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A f**king men, maybe the best post here ever
1 up, 5y,
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Thank you.
1 up, 5y
yw
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0 ups, 5y,
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I hated it
0 ups, 5y
Oh look, the stalker tranny from hell got his silly ass deleted again.
0 ups, 5y,
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"not spending all day obsessing only about the USA because everything in your hemisphere (and the rest of ours) is about as interesting as a lovely bowl of boiled potatoes left overnight in the fridge."

You presume a lot
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Oh, that's right, at the moment of this typing you're complaining about calling Covid the "Chinese Virus" and yet not a pip complaining why the Chinese said it was American made and introduced to China by American soldiers (our soldiers are there protecting them from themselves too? Sheesh, when will the oldest country and the rest of the world be potty trained?), so yeah, I presumed wrong. A lot.
0 ups, 5y,
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" yet not a pip complaining why the Chinese said it was American made and introduced to China by American soldiers "

Ah I remember hearing about that. I thought it was just as Childish and moronic as calling it the Chinese Virus. As to why i have not underlined why the Chinese Propaganda is no better, because it hasn't come up.

Id really like to know why you would asume that i would favour Chinese Propaganda over Trumps Propaganda. Its all the same Populist bs to me
0 ups, 5y,
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Well it just did, come up, that is.

Assumption is irrelevent, your words speak for themselves.

Anyways, glad to see you back. Thought you had returned a few days ago but then when I was gonna say hello I realized it was that Col imposter Alt Right idiot.
0 ups, 5y
"Well it just did, come up, that is."

I see. Well you have my opinion on the matter now

"Assumption is irrelevent, your words speak for themselves."

Im sorry you feel that way

"Anyways, glad to see you back. Thought you had returned a few days ago but then when I was gonna say hello I realized it was that Col imposter Alt Right idiot."

That C**t is still around? Fecker
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"But at least ya'll got a higher standard of living with"

Yes. And I value that over Military might

Well honestly we are in NATO together so tough luck I suppose, besides the EU has the same principles as NATO and we do have the French Nuclear arsenal, so MAD would still go.
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OUR military might and the Marshall Plan is what made that possible.
Or do you need to read some books about the DDR to see what life would have been like if Russia occupied the western part of the Germaniac's country as well?

Would you like to have ich bin ein Berliner back then? NEIN! NEIN! NEIN!
(Yes, I know it means jelly donut or some crap)
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An intresting Alternative History Scenario. Luckly it did not go down as such. To be honest, it is thanks to American Military Might that we have such a great Quality of Life here in Europe, or atleast Western Europe. However, I still do not belive that Military Might is more important than Quality of Life. Id much rather live well and rely on NATO than poor but have a Strong Military

Besides, that was in the past. The present has the EU and NATO sooooooo.... ya know. Nice of you to do so.
0 ups, 5y,
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So you're saying there was:
no Marshall Plan,
no DDR/East Germany
and that ALL of Germany wasn't under Russian control was because they already had Eastern Europe, so only half of the country that tore up Europe will suffice?

The EU is beginning to fall apart. Brexit is stage one and now countries who begged to join for decades from Italy to Poland have movements wanting to leave. And I don't have to remind you the gymnastics those two countries had to do just to get the chance to enter.

NATO is nothing more than an excuse to have US Military protect Europe from itself - or rather, from Russia or Germany.
0 ups, 5y
"no Marshall Plan,
no DDR/East Germany
and that ALL of Germany wasn't under Russian control was because they already had Eastern Europe, so only half of the country that tore up Europe will suffice?"

You misunderstand. I meant that a complete Soviet victory and occupation over Europe is an intresting Alternative History plane. i was mentioning things like the Marshal plan when I said "To be honest, it is thanks to American Military Might that we have such a great Quality of Life here in Europe"

"The EU is beginning to fall apart."

Pish Posh. If Brexit was just Stage one, then Stage two is taking its sweet ass time.

" from Italy to Poland"

Technicaly Italy still has a majority that want to stay. And I wished Poland and Hungary would leave, sadly they probably wont do so on their own. Like the one time I want someone to leave the EU.

Besides, its not the EU's fault their response to COVID19 has been lackluster. Cant do much if you are given next to no power to do anything. This just highlights that the EU doesnt have enough power

"NATO is nothing more than an excuse to have US Military protect Europe from itself - or rather, from Russia or Germany."

Saying NATO is there to protect against Germany is laughably cute. But in essence yeah, you are right. And its great
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0 ups, 5y,
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Too scared
0 ups, 5y
Sadly you are. And quite the frightening site, from what I gather.
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0 ups, 5y,
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Is that an obesity reference. You f**ken hypocrite you just dish out where it suits you
0 ups, 5y
Why, you hunguh?

Anyways, I could handle a dish of chunky honey lovin. REAL chunky honey lovin.
2 ups, 5y,
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and btw, we dont need your pity, but thanks for caring
1 up, 5y
HA HA
1 up, 5y
No Problem.
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0 ups, 5y
And back then the world did have a reason to pity us. Of course NotAFan here was probably born in the 2000s. The dumbass.
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