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It's hard to believe an American Ambassador would say this but in the Trump era, it's completely normal... Just being honest. It's called imperial prerogative. Historically, this is the tradeoff when there is an empire. The American Empire is just being true to form.HullaballooYou wanna trade with the US? Well, we own you if you do.digby
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Mike Norman considers the following as important: American Empire, Anglo-American Empire
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It's hard to believe an American Ambassador would say this but in the Trump era, it's completely normal... Just being honest. It's called imperial prerogative. Historically, this is the tradeoff when there is an empire. The American Empire is just being true to form.HullaballooYou wanna trade with the US? Well, we own you if you do.digby
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Mike Norman considers the following as important: American Empire, Anglo-American Empire
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It's hard to believe an American Ambassador would say this but in the Trump era, it's completely normal...Just being honest. It's called imperial prerogative. Historically, this is the tradeoff when there is an empire. The American Empire is just being true to form.
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You wanna trade with the US? Well, we own you if you do.
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