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CatWoman

(80,222 posts)
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 09:32 PM Jan 2025

"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 2025 OP
Poor, poor Donny has run up against another nasty woman. tanyev Jan 2025 #1
Saying that something is absurd is being nasty? Irish_Dem Jan 2025 #4
The vocabulary of a playground bully and the emotional maturity of a cranky toddler. tanyev Jan 2025 #31
Who is now one of the most powerful men in the world. Irish_Dem Jan 2025 #33
Mump is Ugly and Nasty... Just look at their faces. Cha Jan 2025 #23
It's true, but the circumstances were very different, Ocelot II Jan 2025 #2
was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor??? CatWoman Jan 2025 #7
No, it's when the Germans attacked Hollywood. KS Toronado Jan 2025 #22
Only 80 years off, but what's a few decades amongst friends? Wounded Bear Jan 2025 #9
Oh, geez, I didn't even notice the date! Ocelot II Jan 2025 #11
But NOT in 1867. Truman was president when I was born wnylib Jan 2025 #13
Yup, I missed the date. Ocelot II Jan 2025 #14
Me too. The attempt in 1867 was under Andrew Johnson when we bought Alaska vanessa_ca Jan 2025 #17
I'm often amazed at how many people, like the Fox commentator, have no sense of time in wnylib Jan 2025 #21
I know right? It's absolutely crazy that so many people have no idea of basic timelines. harumph Jan 2025 #30
A 100 years Before my son was born. Cha Jan 2025 #24
So Truman basically used it as a playing card to create NATO. LisaM Jan 2025 #20
How could it be Truman in 1867? He wasn't even born then. brush Jan 2025 #27
Interesting 🤔 "hhmmmm" indeed! Deuxcents Jan 2025 #3
1867....Imagine that, even before he was a glint in his father's eye. Sogo Jan 2025 #5
LOL question everything Jan 2025 #6
time traveling is FUN!!!! CatWoman Jan 2025 #8
I just posted about that. I wish I'd seen your thread first. vanessa_ca Jan 2025 #10
That's nothin' Turbineguy Jan 2025 #12
Just as Nostradamus predicted JoseBalow Jan 2025 #15
Right and General George Washington led the US airforce to victory over the British. applegrove Jan 2025 #16
He took the airports Johonny Jan 2025 #37
Harry Truman was an amazing man Norbert Jan 2025 #18
Are you drinkin with me, Jesus? struggle4progress Jan 2025 #19
So, let me see if I understand this. AZLD4Candidate Jan 2025 #25
A moron and a meglomanic. CentralMass Jan 2025 #26
Ha-ha! Mike Nelson Jan 2025 #28
Right after he dropped the atom bomb on Richmond to yellowcanine Jan 2025 #29
"House was built in 1825 by General Custer..." Tommy Carcetti Jan 2025 #32
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA Passages Jan 2025 #34
Five Fucking Morons spanone Jan 2025 #35
They will Trumpsplain any fucking thong he says Johonny Jan 2025 #36

tanyev

(48,516 posts)
1. Poor, poor Donny has run up against another nasty woman.
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 09:38 PM
Jan 2025
"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

(78,907 posts)
4. Saying that something is absurd is being nasty?
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 09:47 PM
Jan 2025

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

wnylib

(25,355 posts)
13. But NOT in 1867. Truman was president when I was born
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 11:05 PM
Jan 2025

I am old, but not that old.

Truman was not born yet in 1867.

vanessa_ca

(611 posts)
17. Me too. The attempt in 1867 was under Andrew Johnson when we bought Alaska
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 11:53 PM
Jan 2025

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

(25,355 posts)
21. I'm often amazed at how many people, like the Fox commentator, have no sense of time in
Wed Jan 8, 2025, 12:28 AM
Jan 2025

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

(3,066 posts)
30. I know right? It's absolutely crazy that so many people have no idea of basic timelines.
Wed Jan 8, 2025, 08:06 AM
Jan 2025

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

 

brush

(61,033 posts)
27. How could it be Truman in 1867? He wasn't even born then.
Wed Jan 8, 2025, 02:42 AM
Jan 2025

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

God, the ignorance has taken over.

Sogo

(6,919 posts)
5. 1867....Imagine that, even before he was a glint in his father's eye.
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 09:56 PM
Jan 2025

How'd you do that, Harry??

applegrove

(129,772 posts)
16. Right and General George Washington led the US airforce to victory over the British.
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 11:22 PM
Jan 2025


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

(25,218 posts)
37. He took the airports
Wed Jan 8, 2025, 08:31 AM
Jan 2025

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

Norbert

(7,509 posts)
18. Harry Truman was an amazing man
Wed Jan 8, 2025, 12:04 AM
Jan 2025

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

AZLD4Candidate

(6,720 posts)
25. So, let me see if I understand this.
Wed Jan 8, 2025, 01:40 AM
Jan 2025

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.

Mike Nelson

(10,882 posts)
28. Ha-ha!
Wed Jan 8, 2025, 05:52 AM
Jan 2025

... 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.

yellowcanine

(36,701 posts)
29. Right after he dropped the atom bomb on Richmond to
Wed Jan 8, 2025, 06:29 AM
Jan 2025

end the Civil War!
Alternative history is fun!

Tommy Carcetti

(44,362 posts)
32. "House was built in 1825 by General Custer..."
Wed Jan 8, 2025, 08:19 AM
Jan 2025
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