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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Wed Jun 6, 2018, 03:50 PM Jun 2018

Twitter Fights Back Against Trump's War of 1812 Revisionism: Canada 'Didn't Even Exist' Then

by Caleb Howe | 2:47 pm, June 6th, 2018

In what is being described as a “testy’ call with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, President Trump reportedly referenced the War of 1812 and implicated the nation of Canada in the burning down of the White House during the conflict.

Twitter, via Wikipedia and Google, was quick to jump on corrections for the President’s particular oral history of Canadian aggression. To much comic effect, in some cases. In others…

There were the outraged, flabbergasted, or just exasperated.

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A nice shot at young Justin Trudeau.

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The rare crossover news hook:

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And of course, the “correcters”…

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https://www.mediaite.com/online/twitter-wages-war-on-trumps-war-of-1812-revision-canada-didnt-even-exist-then/

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Twitter Fights Back Against Trump's War of 1812 Revisionism: Canada 'Didn't Even Exist' Then (Original Post) DonViejo Jun 2018 OP

But they're such nice polite peoples C_U_L8R Jun 2018 #1

This will be fun to watch Gothmog Jun 2018 #2

I mean it would be hilarious if it wasn't so damn scary Docreed2003 Jun 2018 #3

Next question for Spanky greatauntoftriplets Jun 2018 #4

And DesertRat Jun 2018 #6

That's a good one! greatauntoftriplets Jun 2018 #7

What color is the White House? Laffy Kat Jun 2018 #8

Indeed DesertRat Jun 2018 #10

I like this one too DesertRat Jun 2018 #5

Make it stop. Make it stop. Make it stop. Solly Mack Jun 2018 #9

KICK!!! Cha Jun 2018 #11

C_U_L8R

(45,003 posts)

1. But they're such nice polite peoples

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Jun 6, 2018, 03:55 PM

Jun 2018

you'd think they'd never stop apologizing if they'd actually done such a mean thing like burn down the White House. What's that all aboot? Eh?

Gothmog

(145,321 posts)

2. This will be fun to watch

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Jun 6, 2018, 04:03 PM

Jun 2018

Docreed2003

(16,864 posts)

3. I mean it would be hilarious if it wasn't so damn scary

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Jun 6, 2018, 04:04 PM

Jun 2018

"Didn't you guys burn down the White House" as an excuse to impose tariffs on one of our closest allies over 200 years after the fact would be absurd even if the Canadians had done that...

We have an idiotic, dangerous man baby as our so called president!