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CatWoman

(79,833 posts) Tue Jan 7, 2025, 09:32 PM Jan 7

"Back in 1867, Democratic President Harry Truman (1884-1972) tried to buy Greenland"

jesus fucking christ.

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"Back in 1867, Democratic President Harry Truman (1884-1972) tried to buy Greenland" (Original Post) CatWoman Jan 7 OP

Poor, poor Donny has run up against another nasty woman. tanyev Jan 7 #1

Saying that something is absurd is being nasty? Irish_Dem Jan 7 #4

The vocabulary of a playground bully and the emotional maturity of a cranky toddler. tanyev Jan 8 #31

Who is now one of the most powerful men in the world. Irish_Dem Jan 8 #33

Mump is Ugly and Nasty... Just look at their faces. Cha Jan 8 #23

It's true, but the circumstances were very different, Ocelot II Jan 7 #2

was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor??? CatWoman Jan 7 #7

No, it's when the Germans attacked Hollywood. KS Toronado Jan 8 #22

Only 80 years off, but what's a few decades amongst friends? Wounded Bear Jan 7 #9

Oh, geez, I didn't even notice the date! Ocelot II Jan 7 #11

But NOT in 1867. Truman was president when I was born wnylib Jan 7 #13

Yup, I missed the date. Ocelot II Jan 7 #14

Me too. The attempt in 1867 was under Andrew Johnson when we bought Alaska vanessa_ca Jan 7 #17

I'm often amazed at how many people, like the Fox commentator, have no sense of time in wnylib Jan 8 #21

I know right? It's absolutely crazy that so many people have no idea of basic timelines. harumph Jan 8 #30

A 100 years Before my son was born. Cha Jan 8 #24

So Truman basically used it as a playing card to create NATO. LisaM Jan 8 #20

How could it be Truman in 1867? He wasn't even born then. brush Jan 8 #27

Interesting 🤔 "hhmmmm" indeed! Deuxcents Jan 7 #3

1867....Imagine that, even before he was a glint in his father's eye. Sogo Jan 7 #5

LOL question everything Jan 7 #6

time traveling is FUN!!!! CatWoman Jan 7 #8

I just posted about that. I wish I'd seen your thread first. vanessa_ca Jan 7 #10

That's nothin' Turbineguy Jan 7 #12

Just as Nostradamus predicted JoseBalow Jan 7 #15

Right and General George Washington led the US airforce to victory over the British. applegrove Jan 7 #16

He took the airports Johonny Jan 8 #37

Harry Truman was an amazing man Norbert Jan 8 #18

Are you drinkin with me, Jesus? struggle4progress Jan 8 #19

So, let me see if I understand this. AZLD4Candidate Jan 8 #25

A moron and a meglomanic. CentralMass Jan 8 #26

Ha-ha! Mike Nelson Jan 8 #28

Right after he dropped the atom bomb on Richmond to yellowcanine Jan 8 #29

"House was built in 1825 by General Custer..." Tommy Carcetti Jan 8 #32

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA Passages Jan 8 #34

Five Fucking Morons spanone Jan 8 #35

They will Trumpsplain any fucking thong he says Johonny Jan 8 #36

tanyev

(45,040 posts)

1. Poor, poor Donny has run up against another nasty woman.

Reply to CatWoman (Original post)

Tue Jan 7, 2025, 09:38 PM

Jan 7

"I thought that the prime minister’s statement, that it was 'absurd,' that it was 'an absurd idea,' it was nasty, I thought it was an inappropriate statement," Trump told reporters before departing the White House for a speech to a veterans group in Kentucky. "All she had to do is say 'no, we wouldn’t be interested, but we can’t treat the United States of America the way they treated us under President Obama.'"

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/danish-pm-says-she-was-surprised-learn-trump-canceled-trip-n1044771

Has he EVER called a man "nasty"?

Irish_Dem

(61,924 posts)

4. Saying that something is absurd is being nasty?

Reply to tanyev (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 7, 2025, 09:47 PM

Jan 7

I guess Trump has never been treated in a nasty way by most people.
What a spoiled entitled nepotism baby.

tanyev

(45,040 posts)

31. The vocabulary of a playground bully and the emotional maturity of a cranky toddler.

Reply to Irish_Dem (Reply #4)

Wed Jan 8, 2025, 08:16 AM

Jan 8

Irish_Dem

(61,924 posts)

33. Who is now one of the most powerful men in the world.

Reply to tanyev (Reply #31)

Wed Jan 8, 2025, 08:20 AM

Jan 8

Cha

(306,463 posts)

23. Mump is Ugly and Nasty... Just look at their faces.

Reply to tanyev (Reply #1)

Wed Jan 8, 2025, 01:33 AM

Jan 8

Ocelot II

(122,320 posts)

2. It's true, but the circumstances were very different,

Reply to CatWoman (Original post)

Tue Jan 7, 2025, 09:39 PM

Jan 7

and Truman suggested it in secret, without being a dick about it. Here's the story: https://www.npr.org/2019/08/22/753192368/fact-check-did-harry-truman-really-try-to-buy-greenland-back-in-the-day

CatWoman

(79,833 posts)

7. was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor???

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #2)

Tue Jan 7, 2025, 10:08 PM

Jan 7

KS Toronado

(20,116 posts)

22. No, it's when the Germans attacked Hollywood.

Reply to CatWoman (Reply #7)

Wed Jan 8, 2025, 01:18 AM

Jan 8

Wounded Bear

(61,079 posts)

9. Only 80 years off, but what's a few decades amongst friends?

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #2)

Tue Jan 7, 2025, 10:14 PM

Jan 7

Ocelot II

(122,320 posts)

11. Oh, geez, I didn't even notice the date!

Reply to Wounded Bear (Reply #9)

Tue Jan 7, 2025, 10:40 PM

Jan 7

wnylib

(25,183 posts)

13. But NOT in 1867. Truman was president when I was born

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #2)

Tue Jan 7, 2025, 11:05 PM

Jan 7

I am old, but not that old.

Truman was not born yet in 1867.

Ocelot II

(122,320 posts)

14. Yup, I missed the date.

Reply to wnylib (Reply #13)

Tue Jan 7, 2025, 11:08 PM

Jan 7

vanessa_ca

(105 posts)

17. Me too. The attempt in 1867 was under Andrew Johnson when we bought Alaska

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #14)

Tue Jan 7, 2025, 11:53 PM

Jan 7

and negotiated for Greenland too.
Please tell me that was spliced... or that she misread her notes. Not that I have much room to talk because I didn't pay attention to the bad date.

wnylib

(25,183 posts)

21. I'm often amazed at how many people, like the Fox commentator, have no sense of time in

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #14)

Wed Jan 8, 2025, 12:28 AM

Jan 8

regard to history.

If I mention that my mother's parents were immigrants from Germany as very young children in 1888 and 1890, people ask if their families were Jews fleeing Nazis, or if they were Nazi resisters or Nazis themselves.

Even when I give dates for the Nazi party's development and rise to power, they don't get it until I spell out that my grandparents grew up in the US and were adult US citizens with American born children during the FIRST World and one of their adult sons fought as a US soldier AGAINST Germany in WWII.

harumph

(2,463 posts)

30. I know right? It's absolutely crazy that so many people have no idea of basic timelines.

Reply to wnylib (Reply #21)

Wed Jan 8, 2025, 08:06 AM

Jan 8

Apparently, they were sleeping in class or didn't give a shit. Either way...

Cha

(306,463 posts)

24. A 100 years Before my son was born.

Reply to wnylib (Reply #13)

Wed Jan 8, 2025, 01:38 AM

Jan 8

Fucking Nasty Ugly Demented Fascist Asshole.

LisaM

(28,880 posts)

20. So Truman basically used it as a playing card to create NATO.

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #2)

Wed Jan 8, 2025, 12:26 AM

Jan 8

And it worked.

brush

(58,547 posts)

27. How could it be Truman in 1867? He wasn't even born then.

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #2)

Wed Jan 8, 2025, 02:42 AM

Jan 8

Whoever that republican harpy is she's going on like she knows what she's talking about.

God, the ignorance has taken over.

Deuxcents

(20,576 posts)

3. Interesting 🤔 "hhmmmm" indeed!

Reply to CatWoman (Original post)

Tue Jan 7, 2025, 09:40 PM

Jan 7

Sogo

(5,921 posts)

5. 1867....Imagine that, even before he was a glint in his father's eye.

Reply to CatWoman (Original post)

Tue Jan 7, 2025, 09:56 PM

Jan 7

How'd you do that, Harry??

question everything

(49,411 posts)

6. LOL

Reply to Sogo (Reply #5)

Tue Jan 7, 2025, 10:00 PM

Jan 7

CatWoman

(79,833 posts)

8. time traveling is FUN!!!!

Reply to Sogo (Reply #5)

Tue Jan 7, 2025, 10:10 PM

Jan 7

vanessa_ca

(105 posts)

10. I just posted about that. I wish I'd seen your thread first.

Reply to CatWoman (Original post)

Tue Jan 7, 2025, 10:23 PM

Jan 7

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219882497#post24

Turbineguy

(38,641 posts)

12. That's nothin'

Reply to CatWoman (Original post)

Tue Jan 7, 2025, 10:59 PM

Jan 7

Obama tried to buy it in 1862.

JoseBalow

(6,176 posts)

15. Just as Nostradamus predicted

Reply to Turbineguy (Reply #12)

Tue Jan 7, 2025, 11:12 PM

Jan 7

applegrove

(124,073 posts)

16. Right and General George Washington led the US airforce to victory over the British.

Reply to CatWoman (Original post)

Tue Jan 7, 2025, 11:22 PM

Jan 7

I've noticed on the internet that AI is starting to state the wrong dates and the wrong places on posts. That is the degradation of space and time. Maybe Fox is into it too. People will not be able to fact check history at all if they have no sense of year or place.

Johonny

(22,563 posts)

37. He took the airports

Reply to applegrove (Reply #16)

Wed Jan 8, 2025, 08:31 AM

Jan 8

No one ever credits the importance of Washington's air superiority over the British.

Norbert

(6,698 posts)

18. Harry Truman was an amazing man

Reply to CatWoman (Original post)

Wed Jan 8, 2025, 12:04 AM

Jan 8

He became president of the United Stated 17 years before he was born.

struggle4progress

(120,926 posts)

19. Are you drinkin with me, Jesus?

Reply to CatWoman (Original post)

Wed Jan 8, 2025, 12:05 AM

Jan 8

AZLD4Candidate

(6,449 posts)

25. So, let me see if I understand this.

Reply to CatWoman (Original post)

Wed Jan 8, 2025, 01:40 AM

Jan 8

In 1867, seventeen years before he was born, Harry Truman tired to buy Greenland as president 78 years before he became president in 1945.

Thanks Fox.

CentralMass

(15,795 posts)

26. A moron and a meglomanic.

Reply to CatWoman (Original post)

Wed Jan 8, 2025, 01:45 AM

Jan 8

Mike Nelson

(10,443 posts)

28. Ha-ha!

Reply to CatWoman (Original post)

Wed Jan 8, 2025, 05:52 AM

Jan 8

... I noticed how quickly the others corrected her! I don't think she even had the President correct... at least not when there was a serious offer. History and historical context means nothing to them.