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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump: "The United States and Russia Have Always Been Close Allies..."
And so the Newspeak goes. A lie told often enough, gets accepted as truth by ignorant people. We're seeing that in action more and more every day.
On edit: (apparently this was needed.... )
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)trump has been a Russia fanboy since the early 80's.
MineralMan
(146,364 posts)Listen to the Newspeak. It is truth.
standingtall
(2,787 posts)Russia was never even part of the Soviet Union. Got it. We never ever banned any of our citizens from traveling to Moscow any documentation that says other wise is also lie from the past.
MineralMan
(146,364 posts)Good citizen!
Coventina
(27,234 posts)MineralMan
(146,364 posts)with that horrible USSR. No. He's, well, almost an American, really. He only thinks of what is best for "The American People."
Yeah, that's the ticket!
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)Sure, haha
Coventina
(27,234 posts)unblock
(52,575 posts)particularly with those on the sanctions list.
rzemanfl
(29,589 posts)ck4829
(35,103 posts)SweetieD
(1,660 posts)MineralMan
(146,364 posts)Please read the original post again. Trump did not actually say that. The thread is satire. Have you read the novel, "1984?"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspeak
SweetieD
(1,660 posts)He has said so many crazy things. It would not be unbelievable for him to say this.
And nothing about the original post sounds like satire. They just write a quote attributable to him and say it sounds like newspeak.
MineralMan
(146,364 posts)SweetieD
(1,660 posts)MineralMan
(146,364 posts)Corgigal
(9,291 posts)The rest of us are well read.
MineralMan
(146,364 posts)Cosmocat
(14,606 posts)nm
TlalocW
(15,397 posts)Is double-plus ungood.
TlalocW
MineralMan
(146,364 posts)Historic NY
(37,469 posts)forgot that the Russians stole and copied by hand our B-29, forgot Russians only got involved in Pacific to gain territory, forgot Russians flew North Korean Migs against our troops. Forgot Russians flew North Vietnamese Migs against our planes, forgot Russians were bringing ICBM to Cuban 90 miles away from Florida, forgot Russians under the guise of Syrians attack American aligned fighters, there are just so many forgots.....with friends like the Russians who need enemies.
Satire vs reality.....the Onion is more real today, then was passes for journalism.
Buns_of_Fire
(17,226 posts)left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)no_hypocrisy
(46,380 posts)">
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Ethel Rosenberg was executed for spying on less evidence than there currently is for Donald Jr. and Jared Kushner.
sinkingfeeling
(51,514 posts)his school desk in private school.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)Nay
(12,051 posts)Johonny
(21,022 posts)lpbk2713
(42,785 posts)That is, until this asshole came along.
Now Trump wants to slap them in the face with his wall.
Vinca
(50,350 posts)Remember good old Nikita Kruschev banging his shoe on the table at the UN? Il Douche should look up Francis Gary Powers. I wonder if they make a Little Golden Book of U.S./Russia history we could send to the guy.
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