The disagreement over the use of British sites is behind the US president’s withdrawal of support for the Chagos Islands deal, The Times understands

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    He added: “We will always be ready, willing, and able to fight for the UK, but they have to remain strong in the face of Wokeism, and other problems put before them.”

    Does Trump think attacking Iran is over people being woke? Wtf is this even supposed to mean

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      In 2022 maga lawyers working for Ron Desantis in Florida had to legally define woke:

      “the belief there are systemic injustices in American society and the need to address them.”

      So I guess Trump is saying “he’ll always be ready, willing, and able to fight for the UK, but they have to remain strong in the face of the belief there are systemic injustices in American society and the need to address them, and other problems put before them.”

      It would appear he’s asking UK to ignore objective reality, and other problems.

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        That was always the point. Words have power, and woke was a powerful word emerging in the early-mid US referring to awareness of racial prejudice and discrimination. The Trump admin purposely co-opted the word to use in as much bullshit as possible to make it meaningless, and take away it’s power. It worked.

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          Well that’s mostly true but I believe that for Trump he’s now just adding it into his salad because he rememebers it works for his base, just like ‘Mexicans’ a few years ago, but thay doesn’t mean he’s able to connect it to reality anymore

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      “We will always be ready, willing, and able to fight for the UK,

      Anybody who believes that is a fucking moron.