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Trump's Second Term

Andy_Ross said:
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump

Happy Birthday to the United States Navy!
It is now 251 years of Victories, Old and New.
What they’ve done with the impenetrable Steel Wall (Sometimes referred to as the Blockade) in the Hormuz Strait is another Historic Achievement, one of many.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY U.S. NAVY!
President DONALD J. TRUMP
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But he never sent cake to the USS Abraham Lincoln.
 
steenkh said:
Perhaps we should also be reminded that none of them were women, none of them blacks, none of them Asians, and so on … The world has changed a lot since the days when freedom was only for Christians.
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Resume said:
Jefferson didn't believe in any of the supernatural claims in the bible, nor did he believe in Christ's divinity.
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More generally, adult white male landowners were the only people who could participate in the political process back in the early days. Religion wasn't a necessary condition, though some states did make it necessary for their state when they had the chance. For the Founding Fathers, as Resume poked at, lumping them all together as if they followed the same religion is problematic. There was quite a range of actual beliefs, after all.
 
"our new and beautiful Greenland"

Donald J. Trump
@realDonald Trump

Massive Oil, Gas, and Mineral Exploration is getting ready to begin in our new and beautiful Greenland!
There are Experts that are saying that the amount of easily available Oil is far greater than that of almost any land, anywhere in the World and, even more importantly, from a Security Purpose in the Defense and Offense of both the United States of America, and Europe, is second to none.
Any future attack on the United States will have to come across Greenland, where our Defense will routinely knock down drones, missiles, or any other form of weapon not yet even conceived.
It gives us time, location, and sightline, like nowhere else in the World!

Thank you for your attention to this matter.
President DONALD J. TRUMP
 
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump

THIS IS WHERE WE SEND OUR KILLERS, DRUG DEALERS & THUGS.

THIS IS WHY MURDER AND OTHER CRIMES IN AMERICA ARE AT RECORD LOWS.

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MeidasTouch
@MeidasTouch
🚨 NEWS: Trump is backing out of a scheduled deposition with BBC lawyers THIS FRIDAY, citing “matters of national importance” after weeks of radio silence. His team now wants to delay his testimony until JANUARY 2027—after discovery closes—and the BBC is asking a judge to FORCE him to testify.

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Gawdzilla Sama said:
Oh, no no no, the slavers introduced the African kidnap victims to the Christian God and therefore saved their souls. Their asses were still slaves, however. "Your reward is in the next world, but only if you say the right things when prompted."
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AND American and some European businessmen bought slaves from "factors", middlemen in the slave trade. British and American navies patrol off the Ivory Coast et al. The study I did while in grad school indicated that USN warships captured more slavers than the Brits.

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The slave trade : the history of the Atlantic slave trade, 1440-1870 : Thomas, Hugh, 1931-2017 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

925 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : 25 cm
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Planigale said:
If we are going to do this. Responding to others as well.
1) It was not plunder; this is taking things by force during military action. This was regarded as legitimate under the rules of war for many centuries, but the circumstances were restricted. E.g. the British army took part in plunder during the Peninsula war under orders from an Irish man. Viz naval warfare and prizes.
2) It was not loot; this is the illegal taking things by force during military action. This was regarded as illegitimate under the rules of war. E.g. the British army hung soldiers who looted during the Peninsula war under orders from an Irish man.

The Elgin marbles were not taken by force nor as a consequence of military action, therefore they were neither plunder nor loot. The Benin Bronzes were taken as plunder, contemporaneously this was legitimate. Now plunder is not regarded as legitimate consequence of military action except by Trump.

3) The absence of documents is not the same as forgery; which is what you originally claimed. The translation is evidence for the existence of an original. The lack of any objection by the local authorities was also evidence that authority had been given.
4) What we now call Greece did not exist then, and was part of the Ottoman Empire; they had an absolute right to do whatever they wanted within their empire. There was certainly no alternative authority.
5) I gave a link to a legal opinion by an actual lawyer that contradicts your opinion.
6) The ethical / moral issue is irrelevant as this is a thread about Trump. This is about might not right.
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You're entitled to your beliefs. Forgive me for not relinquishing the truth.
 
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