It's a fiction. At the end of WWII -- so far as I know, Britain did not return the surviving destroyers to the United States. So it's a convenient fiction . . . like the concept of patriotic leftist . . . only not as ludicrous.
The latest survey indicates that most leftist women secretly want to hook up with conservative men -- toxic masculinity included -- because increasingly leftist beta male types are leaving them utterly unimpressed in the bed room.
A YOUNGSTER PAINTED HIS FACE RED AND BLACK TO HONOR HIS TEAM, WHOSE COLORS ARE . . . RED AND BLACK. LEFTISTS WANT TO DESTROY HIM FOR WEARING BLACK FACE . . . WHEN HE WASN'T DOING ANYTHING OF THE SORT. THE NUMBERS OF STUPID LEFTISTS IS TOO DAMN HIGH!