• HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.org
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    1 year ago

    This is embarrassing.

    “We fucked up.” It’s not hard. Blame the intern who invited the first Ukranian of the right age they could find without doing any background on him.

    • ProxyTheAwesome [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      1 year ago

      Except they said “Fought the Russians in WW2” and then everyone clapped. Not one person stopped and thought about it, or threw a jeer.

      Trudeau and Zelenskyy had a 1-on-1 private chat with him before the meeting too, and it’s documented in photos by Hunka’s own granddaughter on social media

      • UlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.net
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        Except they said “Fought the Russians in WW2” and then everyone clapped. Not one person stopped and thought about it, or threw a jeer.

        Historical ignorance is not an obstacle for attaining a leadership position in many countries. It probably helps. doomer

      • SoyViking [he/him]@hexbear.net
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        The eastern front of WWII was a three-day fight between Nazis(bad, totalitarian), Russians(bad, totalitarian, communist) and freedom-loving Ukrainian pro-democracy fighters (wholesome chungus)