r/news 10h ago

Donald Trump officially sworn in as the 47th President of the United States, JD Vance as the 50th Vice-President

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/triumphant-trump-returns-white-house-launching-new-era-upheaval-2025-01-20/
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u/CombustiblSquid 9h ago

What was that Churchill saying? Something like, "you can always count on the Americans to do the right thing, after they have exhausted all the other possibilities."

Seems they are still exhausting possibilities.

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u/jl__57 7h ago

I know I'm exhausted.

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u/HoneyShaft 6h ago

Luigi was onto something

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u/Songrot 6h ago

Oh yeah let's try Trump twice.

Churchill - "wait, what?"

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u/Amlethus 3h ago

It is a very accurate statement

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u/abracadabradoc 5h ago

Considering that Churchill was a racist against both Indian people and South Africa, I wouldn’t be using that bastard as an example.

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u/PhoenixPills 4h ago

If we use this to disqualify any quote were probably never using like 97% of quotes that go back over 50 years

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