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Trump thanks Carney after ‘extremely productive’ call. #markcarney #donaldtrump #canada #tariff #news
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·3-28Trump Goes Full Dictator & Rewrites History? #usa #america Trump is now openly using the authoritarian playbook and is now targeting the Smithsonian and the National Zoo for “anti-American ideology”. He signed an executive order that instructed JD Vance to "eliminate improper, divisive, or anti-American ideology" in the Smithsonian museums and the national zoo. He also ordered the interior secretary to restore statues, memorials, and parks that were changed or removed in the past five years due to “a false revision of history” — which means they are putting confederate statues back up. The order also says that Congress should not fund Smithsonian exhibits that quote “degrade American values” and “divide Americans by race”, and then he singled out the ‘National Museum of African American History and Culture’ as being problematic. Many say it’s hard to see this as anything but an authoritarian attempt to rewrite American history. Historians say that one of the first things authoritarians do is rewrite the history of their country. This is because it helps them control thought. If people believe a certain version of the past, they’re more likely to behave the way the regime wants in the present because once objective history is compromised, the truth itself becomes relative and manipulable. Stalin would remove political rivals from photos to erase them from history. Mussolini rewrote the Italian experience in World War 1 to fuel nationalism. Putin rewrote Russian history to justify the invasion of Ukraine. In 1949, George Orwell wrote this book based on Stalin’s USSR called ”1984” and in it he writes “Who controls the past controls the future; who controls the present controls the past.” And in 1951, Hannah Arendt warned of the same saying that authoritarian movements thrive on destroying objective truth, confusing people, and manufacturing alternate historical realities. Experts say this is a very critical moment.
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·3-28President Trump has introduced a new idea where Americans who buy vehicles made in the United States will be allowed to deduct the interest payments for income tax reasons. #cars #interest #trump #americanmade #vehicles #incometax
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