Friends since Ancient Rome #memes #uspol

Seems like this isn't 100% factually accurate: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-italy-ally-ancient-times/

Regardless, this is just a meme shitpost, and it would be nice if it made you laugh even just a bit.

Did Trump Say Italy and U.S. Have Been Allies for Thousands of Years?

The phrase “dating back thousands of years” caused many commentators to misunderstand President Donald Trump’s remarks.

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@kaito02 But this is true.... The italians were the ones who send the planes to the USA during the civil war...

XD

Maybe the translator needs a translator. No one understands the gibberish that comes out of his mouth.

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(2019)

Trump said: "The United States and Italy are bound together by a shared cultural and political heritage dating back thousands of years to Ancient Rome."

*Heritage*

@kaito02 It’s going to be a looong four years (:
Did Trump Say Italy and U.S. Have Been Allies for Thousands of Years?

The phrase “dating back thousands of years” caused many commentators to misunderstand President Donald Trump’s remarks.

Snopes

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Shorter Trump: "I took a class in western civilization once and all I remember is it started with ancient Rome...."

@kaito02 Listen, I hate the guy and he says lots of stupid shit, but what he actually said, was they share a cultural and political heritage going back centuries. In an era of deliberate misinformation we have all got to be guardians of the truth. #tRump

@kaito02 I once asked a translator what they did if what they were told to translate was a bit wrong, or complete bollocks, or even outright lies.

Translate it accurately with a straight face, they said, that's the job.

@kaito02 OK, so there was some context to this.

I wasn't quite sure whether I believed what a Japanese politician was telling me through this (English) interpreter. So later on I asked the interpreter this question ... and they really weren't giving anything away. 🤣

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Yeah, when Caligula was President. 🇺🇸 🐴
@kaito02 on first glance it appears he was not paying attention at elementary school when the teacher offered this mnemonic
In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue.
But then even if he did know that, it would have been cast aside. Never let the truth get in the way of a good (but false) pretence.

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I don’t normally respond to stuff shared from there, on principle, but this is priceless.

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Son réflexe d'inculte pour vendre de la merde est de signifier le message:
- "c'est moi qui ai la plus grosse".

Même si cela révèle qu'il est inculte tout est bon pour exprimer un séparatisme ethnique, même les bobards.