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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
edited 18th Jul '16 5:43:34 PM by Eschaton
And now more "greatest country in the world" and American Exceptionalism bullshit. America got it's ass kicked by a bunch of rice farmers in Vietnam, do they really think they can take on other fully armed technologically modern armies, especially other countries with nukes like the UK, France and Russia?
Edit: And barely anybody is cheering the speech.
edited 18th Jul '16 8:25:27 PM by Bat178
Man, Trump can't do anything original, can he? His businesses and money came from his dad, his wall came from Arrested Development, and his wife stole her speech from Michelle Obama. Jeez dude.
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I swear I remember a previous election cycle had one of the people running for the Republican nomination suggest building an electrified fence between the U.S. and Mexico. So Trump wanting to build a wall is technically toning the rhetoric down a little.
edited 18th Jul '16 9:21:29 PM by RavenWilder

Trump's plan if memory serves was to stop any and all money transfers from anyone of Mexican ethnicity to anyone in Mexico until the Mexican government built the wall.
Oh really when?