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Eugene

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12. The Falklands and other European "imperial possessions" - really?

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)

Fri Apr 24, 2026, 09:41 AM

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Aside from this being a thuggish threat to America's NATO allies, this shows jaw-dropping hypocrisy, even by MF47's standards.

Emperor tRump obviously wants Greenland. Does he also want to grab the British, Dutch and French dependencies in the Americas as well? Even the Monroe Doctrine left them alone.

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