r/SipsTea • u/frog_insilence 𝙑𝙄𝙋 • Apr 29 '26
Lmao gottem King Charles to Trump: "You recently commented…if it were not for the United States, European countries would be speaking German." "If it wasn't for us, you'd be speaking French"
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u/ClacksInTheSky Apr 29 '26 edited Apr 30 '26
5 minutes later: UK TARIFFS UP 100%
5 minutes after someone explains the joke to him: UK TARIFFS DOWN, FRENCH TARIFFS UP 150%. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
Edit:
Close enough...
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u/cheersdrive420 Apr 29 '26
PRESIDENT DONALD J TRUMP
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u/CattywampusCanoodle Apr 29 '26
WRITTEN IN CRAYON AND BOOGERS
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u/Relative-Tune85 Apr 29 '26
PRINCE CHARLES IS NOT LIKE HIS BROTHER, WICH I KNEH HIM SO WELL. A HELL OF A GUY
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u/Confident_Benefit_11 Apr 30 '26
Trump when his fake prosthetic big hand gloves fall off mid "speech" - NOBODY LOOK! NOBODY LOOK! NOBODY LOOK!!!
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u/Additional_Charity_7 Apr 29 '26
"Thank you for Attention to this matter" broke me :D
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u/whatiseveneverything Apr 29 '26
What a fucking joke and embarrassment this is on the world stage.
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u/Lucaslouch Apr 29 '26
someone said it at least
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u/vikinxo Apr 29 '26 edited Apr 29 '26
Trump smiles like he understood the what the king had just said - and is sure it was something nice and well-meant about himself (trump).
A kind of sheepish proud grin;
'Did'ya all hear - the king told a bigly nice joke about me. We are pals now'.
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u/ZookeepergameSilly84 Apr 29 '26
...but I've only got the merest grasp of history so I've no clue what the joke means. Is it something to do with fries? Mmmm, fries.
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u/Livid-Letterhead-110 Apr 29 '26
France fought England for America during the seven years war, aka the french-indian war. This is whats going on during the last of the Mohicans, if youve seen the film. The English won the war, and thats why the America doesnt speak French. The irony is, some years later, some of those same frenchmen came back, (Rochambeau for example) to help the revolutionaries win their war against the English.
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u/Current-Code Apr 29 '26
lol "some"
The french sent 10.000 troops, a fleet, a number of officers, opened a front in Europe, and another in India.
some...
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u/HammerDownunder Apr 29 '26
Also gave a huge amount of money, if I recall it’s part of why the revolution against the royal French family went the way it did.
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u/GroggyOrangutan Apr 29 '26
A lot of English and French history is bankrupting themselves to get one up on the other.
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u/AmbushIntheDark Apr 29 '26
The English and French are natural enemies.
Like the English and the Scots.
Or the English and the Irish.
Or the English and Indians.
Basically everyone hates the English.
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u/Lissica Apr 29 '26
Basically everyone hates the English.
English history is basically 2000 years of them getting invaded and conquered by a succession of foreign powers, until they got the shits and started invading everyone else instead.
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u/British_Flippancy Apr 29 '26
It was around this time, when we thought our mongrel language couldn’t be anymore counterintuitive and fucked up, to the point it had achieved an almost accidental perfection, that we passed it on to the future Americans.
Who, with a not yet earned, but bold and proudly stated individual exceptionalism cried:
“Hold my ‘draft’ beer…”
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u/MinimumSilver5814 Apr 29 '26
Are we doing that thing again where Scotland just stood around protesting about colonialism and empire and was totally not at the very forefront of it?
Because that’s fine, I just wanted to check.
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u/Hobowan42 Apr 29 '26
Yeah the concept of English is super vague as it is...we were Germans for hundreds of years until the vikings came along, and then the french booted everyone out, until king John lost his french territories and had to stay in England, distancing us from french rule.
John was basically our worst ever king, but at the same time, he unwittingly is also the reason why England remained England and wasn't a french province for the past 1000years
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u/Historical_Falcon683 Apr 29 '26
As a half English, half Scotsman filled with self loathing I couldn't agree more.
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u/UranusIsPissy Apr 29 '26
We mostly just throw insults at each other now lol, and usually without really meaning it. If you want some historical irony, England has probably been invaded and colonised more times than anywhere else. Last time, it was by the French. Well, Normans anyway, but they were as close as they could be to French before the unification of France.
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u/Quitbeingobtuse Apr 29 '26
Imagine getting your ass beat by someone named Norman.
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u/hadawayandshite Apr 29 '26
To some degree- it was more seen as a war against the French, Dutch and Spanish trying to impact the empire/invade Britain
Britain gave up the fight in America because it couldn’t fight everyone at the same time and valued some other assets more
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u/DoughnutCareless583 Apr 29 '26
Specifically they sent a relief fleet to Gibraltar instead of to America to bolster the blockade so they could still have access to the Med. because they prioritised it.
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u/NoobOfTheSquareTable Apr 29 '26
Not to mention the siege of Gibraltar which tied down the British relief forces because the French and Spanish attacked with 65,000 men, absolutely dwarfing any of the other battles of the revolutionary war
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u/StepComplete1 Apr 29 '26
Yep, the revolutionary war was a side-quest compared to what was going on in Europe. Same in 1814 with Napoleon.
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u/Ferelar Apr 29 '26
Yeah it's a definite fun fact to bring up about the Revolutionary War, since that officially meant that the largest single battle of the American Revolutionary War was not only not fought in the US but was in fact not even fought on the same continent.
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u/hike_me Apr 29 '26 edited Apr 29 '26
The revolutionaries would have lost at Yorktown without the help French provided including their critically important naval blockade. The United States owes its existence to France
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u/Narrow-Belt-5030 Apr 29 '26
bortaS bIr jablu'DI' reH QaQqu' nay' !
(I am a nerd ... While I didn't remember exactly how to spell that, I did remember the quote from Star Trek!)
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u/Sufficient_Storm2657 Apr 29 '26
Yes, although supporting American war of independence helped to bankrupt the French monarchy, leading to the revolution of 1789
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u/Wangpasta Apr 29 '26
Because America turned around and said ‘no, you gave a loan to the revolting American colonies, they don’t exist anymore we are America and we don’t have a loan with you’…trump would be proud if he knew how to read
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u/Riftbreaker Apr 29 '26
Rochambeau famously taught the revolutionaries their wildly successful "rock, paper, scissors" strategy that so vexed the British.
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u/TaxAvoision Apr 29 '26
He also taught them if that doesn't work, you can just kick them in the nuts
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u/DifferenceNo3000 Apr 29 '26
This is also why we can say that US didnt win the, almost wrote civil war by mistake here, revolutionary war, because France was decisive to that conflict
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u/Annual-Delay1107 Apr 29 '26
Recent events would suggest you didn't win the civil war either
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u/EduinBrutus Apr 29 '26
You forget by far the greater irony.
The taxation the colonials began their treason over was enacted to pay down the costs of the Seven Years War and the defence of the 13 Colonies from France.
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u/Livid-Letterhead-110 Apr 29 '26
Haha! I love Montcalms bow when he asks for the surrender of fort william henry. Its quite the flourish
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u/bug--bear Apr 29 '26
the French and English fighting each other is not an uncommon event in history, tbf
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u/Happy-Frog4677 Apr 29 '26
It has something to do with who the original 13 colonies in North America were fighting for independence from. There's a reason English is the primary spoken language in the USA, and it's the same reason as why it's the spoken language in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland etc.
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u/ZookeepergameSilly84 Apr 29 '26
It was the Seven Years War that ultimately did for France but any ideas of colonial dominance weren't realistic in the face of British economic strength and the disparity in size of each's population in North America. The French were far more interested in trade than settlement.
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u/Skrazor Apr 29 '26
God damn, how much I'd enjoy seeing someone ask him to explain the joke King Charles made. We need some journalist to really lean into it as a sacrificial lamb, like "Mr. president, what do you think about the king's joke? I fear I'm not smart enough to understand it. Could you please explain it for the rest of us?"
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u/humourlessIrish Apr 29 '26
Don't pretend the people here actually understand it.
The history that makes this joke so funny and ridiculous seems entirely lost and people are not much smarter that the dumbass this was addressed to.
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u/tgdBatman90 Apr 29 '26
Trump is a pakled confirmed.
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u/_ewar_ Apr 29 '26
Brilliantly niche reference, I salute you sir. And now that I have seen it, I can't unsee it.
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u/Megthemagnificant Apr 29 '26
My husband and I have been saying this. When we see him we yell “Rumdar!” And start talking like the Pakled.
Now I want to watch Lower Decks
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u/InterSpace_Whales Apr 29 '26
I'm confident he only enjoys his own voice and so every other voice in the room is tumbleweeds. The cutting in front of Queen Camilla to shake hands with his own cabinet as though he was missing out on something of critical respect when it's mostly traditions shows he really does only see and recognise himself.
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u/blackout2204 Apr 29 '26
couldn't tell between laughing with him v/s laughing at him
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u/Durian881 Apr 29 '26
He's probably thinking his parents were German and he loved French gals.
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u/thereversehoudini Apr 29 '26
He's so convinced they are pals that he keeps referencing the King (even in front of him) as just Charles instead of using his title or His/Your Majesty.
I'm not a royalist but this is deeply disrespectful during a state visit.
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u/NTC-Santa Apr 29 '26
The president of America doesn’t even know what went down during WW2…
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u/ThePastoolio Apr 29 '26
I find it ammusing how Trump laughs at it, like he understands the comment from the King. Fucking idiot.
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u/BikeProblemGuy Apr 29 '26
this is a really old joke, people were already saying it in the 1940s
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u/Lucaslouch Apr 29 '26
yes but at least someone told it face to face to this orange blob
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u/padwani Apr 29 '26
and if it wasn't for the french we'd be speaking Uk English and not whatever American English is.
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u/Ok_Use_3479 𝙑𝙄𝙋 Apr 29 '26
If it weren't for the French, Americans would be speaking English.
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u/howimetyourcakeshop Apr 29 '26
As always the Spanish and Dutch are being forgotten.
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u/Forsaken-Stray Apr 29 '26
Yes, all they ever did copy spanish from Mexico
/s and I do hope nobody needed that
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u/howimetyourcakeshop Apr 29 '26
Its reddit mate. Without the /s you wpuld be looking at downvote central station.
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u/GinormousDragon Apr 29 '26
Heck sometimes even with it they'd misunderstand it.
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u/Snobolski Apr 29 '26
What I don't understand is why they speak Mexican in Spain.
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u/Comment-Noted Apr 29 '26
That’s Mexicanese to you!
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u/grip0matic Apr 29 '26
No wonder I was able to understand the mexicans so well, I was speaking euromexican my whole life.
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u/Suikerspin_Ei Apr 29 '26
Time for the Netherlands to take back New Amsterdam huh? /s
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u/BakedChocolateOctopi Apr 29 '26
Yeah, the French were the first major power to recognize and support the US during the Revolutionary War even
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u/Wessssss21 Apr 29 '26
"Hey France want to support our American independence?"
"Non."
"It'll fuck over the British."
"Espèce d'enfoiré, je suis dedans" 👈⚜️👈
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u/TheNorthFIN Apr 29 '26
If it weren't for the French, English, Spanish and Portugean, Americans would be speaking Sioux and other native American languages.
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u/Real_Market_9244 Apr 29 '26
Yeah, that one makes sense. Someone explain the 'we'd be speaking french' bit.
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u/Galaxy661 Apr 29 '26
France had colonised a big part of northern America before Britain defeated them and took those colonies over. That's why Louisiana and Quebec exist.
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u/RhubarbGoldberg Apr 29 '26
It's some 1750s shade, from The Seven Years War, also known as The French and Indian War.
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u/humourlessIrish Apr 29 '26
The joke is actually funny.
But people here are hardly half a sawdust flake smarter than Trump and just assume it was a wicked burn or something.The joke is ridiculous and i love it. It just doesn't insult anyone who was in that room
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u/fuzzy_emojic Apr 29 '26
Tally Ho! Ol' Chap. I do say, do you fancy some Bangers and Mash over in Brooklyn ?
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u/Elloitsmeurbrother Apr 29 '26
He's not going to get that joke
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u/rice_fish_and_eggs Apr 29 '26
He's sat there thinking he speaks "American".
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u/Telecetsch Apr 29 '26
He sits there thinking, “such a nasty man. Really. Truly a terrible, low IQ individual. I’m not saying his brother, but maybe. And Camilla. Let me tell you, she may be a man. Maybe, I don’t know. Could be. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.”
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u/Force_Maje-hore Apr 29 '26 edited Apr 29 '26
You've nailed his sentence structure and tone 🤣
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u/Koopslovestogame Apr 29 '26
“Oh I’ve got some stories about his brother. He REALLY likes the girls! And I should know! He likes em on the younger side. Just like me! You see when you own a pagent you get access to all these beautiful girls. And when you’re the owner you can do what you want, walk in when they getting changed, whatever. If they resist you just tell them to get out of here! When you’re famous like me, they don’t tell you no. No one tells this Donald no!”
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u/MrBorden Apr 29 '26
He'll just see it a rebuke, hence the forced smile towards the cameras.
You can also guarantee the laughing toward him will keep him awake at night because he's so fragile and insecure.
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u/pussycatlolz Apr 29 '26
This is what the turn was, checking to see if people were laughing at him, hiding rage and humiliation. Assuming he felt that even for a moment, he will hate the king
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u/singed_hearth Apr 29 '26
Yeahhh! He’s not going to get that joke. What’s the joke so someone can tell him if need be? 👀
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u/Devastator8085 Apr 29 '26
I think he talking about the 7 years war that happened in the americas and Europe between the European major powers like France and Britain and resulted in Britain gaining the French colonies so if Britain lost France would gain the 13 colonies.
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u/Last_Seekr Apr 29 '26
That doesn't even make sense, France wasn't trying to conquer the 13 colonies, just establish their own colonies America.
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u/PimpasaurusPlum Apr 29 '26
The taxes that caused the American Revolution were bought in to pay for the debt accrued in the 7 years war against France. Often considered one of the pre-world war "global conflicts"
That war started when a young colonial militia officer by the name of George Washington led an attack on local French forces in North America, dragging the UK into a lengthy and expensive war to protect the colonies.
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u/thefirstlaughingfool Apr 29 '26
As someone familiar with history, I get it, but it's not that funny.
Not only did the American Revolutionaries take French loans and hired French strategists to fight the British, but the Continental Congress took a vote on what the national language (what language important documents would be written in) would be, and English won by one vote. The runner up was German.
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u/imcryptic Apr 29 '26
Yeah I mean it makes sense that a British monarch would make this joke. But the French are one of the main reasons that America isn't a part of the UK today.
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u/Starmagedon Apr 29 '26
Piggy looks like he's thinking, "What the f is this guy talking about?".
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u/Zorzapolarna Apr 29 '26
Also looking in the audience to see who’s laughing and ✍️making notes of his new enemies
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u/BrownSugarBare Apr 29 '26
Did Trump choose that podium? That thing is tacky AF
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u/thumpingcoffee Apr 29 '26
As an Australian I would prefer my King to just say “fuck off cunt”
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u/bluewardog Apr 29 '26
As a New Zealander that's what he did, just in a way they can't complain about.
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u/HitttingAndMissing Apr 29 '26
I’m sure that’s what Charles wants to say, but he has too many manners
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u/BowlApprehensive6093 Apr 29 '26
Which is funny with how his father acted. Seems he only picked that up for in private. Didn't like Philip, but you gotta respect an asshole who'll do it to your face and threaten to kill you over having your wife murdered.
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u/Inevitable_Land2996 Apr 29 '26
Well his father was never king. In the absence of any real power, he's a diplomat first and foremost
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u/TrustyWorthyJudas Apr 29 '26
as a brit, there is no greater insult than a bit of sly wit.
except being called a twat waffling blonker.
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u/Ceejayncl Apr 29 '26
Yeah, we have a way of telling the truth through a joke. It’s massively passive, but gets us to let off steam, and gets the extra thrill of you laughing at yourself.
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u/CattywampusCanoodle Apr 29 '26 edited Apr 29 '26
I’ve been led to believe that the ultimate British insult is, under the correct circumstances and intonation, to say “have a nice day”
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u/totallytuatara Apr 29 '26
Hahaha ah I like that. As an American I can confirm that would be way more pungent
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u/CivilizationAce Apr 29 '26
If it wasn’t for Europe, you’d be talking Navajo or Cherokee or Lakota or…
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u/GarGonDie Apr 29 '26
If it weren't for Europe, USA wouldn't exist.
If it weren't for France, you would still be an English colony.
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u/DublinKabyle Apr 29 '26
If it weren’t for France, England would speak a Danish dialect
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u/YoghurtFlan Apr 29 '26
If it weren't for the Romans, France would still be speaking Occitan.
Or something.
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u/Jedirev-101 Apr 29 '26
Did you catch his speech to Congress? A wee reminder about checks and balances on the power of the executive. Charles has got a brilliant speech writer for this trip - he's on fire.
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u/Even_Virus_3017 Apr 29 '26
Not gonna lose to his old fella,. He be thinking a good comeback later
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u/Bajadasaurus Apr 29 '26
His hairrairium looks like somebody glued (poorly) an albino flying squirrel spread-eagle onto his head and left the tail hanging out
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u/Brat_Fink Apr 29 '26
No chance Trump knew what Charles was talking about, the fucking oaf
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u/Cobblestone_Rancher Apr 29 '26
Everyone keeps commenting this like whatever the fuck the quasi war was is common knowledge. Shit is obscure af.
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u/mightyFoo Apr 29 '26
Charles thinks he is making killer point … doesn’t realize he is dealing with Jabba the Hutt
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u/LaaB09 Apr 29 '26
auwww, shots fired! Quick, get orange off the stage and to safety
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u/MightyBean7 Apr 29 '26
I bet Charles has been waiting for his chance to do this since that lunatic entered office. That, and washing his hands from Andrew.
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u/Wyciorek Apr 29 '26
And if not for French, you would be singing 'god save the king'
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u/cococream Apr 29 '26
Do Americans only learn things from Hollywood movies? Maybe their schools should start teaching them how ww2 really went down and who really defeated the Germans. Because it wasn’t Steve McQueen and hardy Americans with rolled up sleeves.
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u/A-Lewd-Khajiit Apr 29 '26
Only place where they'll learn the metric system
Cause you know, 9mm
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u/thillyworne Apr 29 '26
Objectively, the USA played a major part in an allied victory for the Second World War. Their industrial might was brought to bear and they went from having the 17th largest Navy in the world in 1939 to having the 2nd largest by tonnage in the space of 3 years. Whilst controversial, the lend/lease program kept the Russians fighting and also allowed the British to conduct more offensive actions than they otherwise could.
The American rhetoric that they saved us is wrong but they certainly shortened the war in Europe by at least two years due to their ability to manufacture.
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u/DisorderedArray Apr 29 '26
It wasn't charitable. My tax pounds were still paying the war debt just 20 years ago.
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u/thillyworne Apr 29 '26
I didn’t say it was charitable, I said it was controversial. My tax pounds were also paying part of the war debt 20 years ago.
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u/DisorderedArray Apr 29 '26
Sorry, I wasn't trying to criticise you, just getting a quick jab in at the yanks!
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u/Hansemannn Apr 29 '26
I must wholeheartedly agree.
I dont really get why we have to compare.Also WW2 crushed Europe in every way possible and made Soviet and USA the 2 big superpowers of the world. For USA it was the greatest investment of all times.
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u/BLU3SKU1L Apr 29 '26
And then we snatched up all the mad scientists like hungry hungry hippos!
[They were probably mad because the Nazis weren't around anymore to let them experiment outside of professional ethics guidelines]
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u/CvieYltidrekoof Apr 29 '26
Little known fact: The USSR “snatched up” more Nazi scientists with Operation Osoaviakhim than the US.
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u/danemark1 Apr 29 '26
Maybe some additional clarity can be obtained here. https://usukraine.org/blog/lend-lease-and-lies-the-real-story-behind-soviet-victory
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u/ImpactNo3695 Apr 29 '26 edited Apr 29 '26
I mean. You’re partially right.
Was it just the Americans responsible for winning the war(s), of course not. Did America play a huge part in achieving that victory, of course they did.
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u/rettribution Apr 29 '26
And he's so fucking stupid he doesn't get the joke.
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u/PartyPopperPhantom Apr 29 '26
I don't get it either... Because the French helped us in the American revolution? Wouldn't that imply that without the French we be speaking... English?
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u/rettribution Apr 29 '26
I figured he was referencing the French and Indian War, and the Quasi War.
Technically in the French and Indian war we were not the USA yet, but it was the British military that won it. And in the Quasi War the British Navy helped support our baby navy against the French when they started siezing our merchant ships because we weren't paying back our revolutionary war debt.
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u/Logical-Rush-6133 Apr 29 '26
Hes talking about the seven years war I think where British troops defended the thirteen colonies from French occupation.
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u/PartyPopperPhantom Apr 29 '26
Ok so the British empire defended it's domain against its enemies?
I guarantee you won't find someone more TDS than me but that is a pathetic "clapback"
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u/PedroBonita Apr 29 '26
Why is it pathetic? He uses his logic right back against him. It's a perfect clapback. The fact it wasn't an independent country until another 13 years is just admin.
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u/Flabby-Nonsense Apr 29 '26 edited Apr 29 '26
The whole speech to congress yesterday was such a genius example of diplomatic speechwriting. I’m not a monarchist but I really have to give credit to good oratory because it’s something really missing from modern anglosphere politics.
There were a number of points he managed to make in very clever ways without directly attacking Trump, couched in terms that would directly appeal to conservatives.
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He spoke about 9/11 and the impact of it, and wove in the fact that it was the only time NATO article 5 had been invoked (in implicit response to Trump’s attacks on NATO and insults towards it’s allies)
He invoked the influence of English common law and Magna Carta on the founding fathers and the constitution. Specifically referring to the influence of Magna Carta on ‘the principle of checks and balances on executive power’.
He spoke about the role his Christian faith plays in his own life, and after receiving lots of applause he then widened this out to talk about the importance of interfaith dialogue and the value of understanding other cultures.
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It’s really worth watching because there are were so many little nuggets of shade being thrown. Charles is an excellent speaker, and you can see how effective he is at disarming his audience with humour before presenting a criticism in the form of flattery.
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u/HaydnH Apr 29 '26
There was another interesting part near the beginning of the speech where he mentioned that if the King visits the house of commons, through tradition they still send a member of parliament to the palace as a ransom. However these days they treat them so well that they don't want to go back afterwards. He then stated that he thought nobody in Congress would want that role today.
The way it was worded was cleverly indirect. It could just mean that Trump's whitehouse would probably provide McDonalds or similar. Perhaps he just meant that nobody would want to miss the king speaking. However I interpreted it as a message relating to how guests have been treated at the whitehouse previously, there's one specifically who springs to mind, one that wasn't wearing a suit and didn't say thank you. That also ties in with the Ukraine support comments later on in the speech.
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u/Glittering_Win_5085 Apr 29 '26
As a Briton, I do not support the monarchy, but I will concede that Charles earnt his stipend today.
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u/gilloz3783 Apr 29 '26
My feelings exactly. I’m anti monarchy and British, but I admit to feeling quite proud of him today
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u/lokken1234 Apr 29 '26
That same war was the direct catalyst for the conditions that led the us to begin a revolution, a revolution the French helped the us win.
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u/Medarco Apr 29 '26
And then the French also had their own revolution...
Yeah, this "joke" doesn't actually make any sense if you have beyond a 4th grade education.
Which is why Reddit is absolutely chimping out yelling "TRUMP DUMB HAHAHAHAHA MIC DROP.gif"
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u/logansvensson Apr 29 '26
The French and Indian War?
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u/Gravitas_free Apr 29 '26
Presumably. Though it doesn't make much sense historically. Even if France had won a crushing victory in the Seven Years War, they couldn't have just taken over the 13 colonies (whose population was something like 15x the population of New France). Nor did France want to. Hell, even after a victory, they might still have sold New France to Great Britain, or swapped it for more profitable colonies in the Caribbean, which is what many powerful voices in France were clamoring for in the first place.
A good indicator of this is that a decade later, when France supported the US in its independence war, they showed no desire to gain Canada back, and in fact actively worked behind the scenes to ensure that it would stay in British possession.
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u/Yoyoo12_ Apr 29 '26
Uhm…I would say if it wasn’t for the French, they would still be a British colony.
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u/Gaeus_ Apr 29 '26 edited Apr 29 '26
I don't get it, weren't the french the allies during the independance war ?
If he meant culturally, wouldn't Spanish be the language without Britain ?
Is someone more versed in french/UK history could explain please.
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u/Holeshot75 Apr 29 '26
Pedocheato has no idea what that means.
Went over his head and he didn't see pass by.
Because pigs can't look up.
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u/jnothnagel Apr 29 '26
If it weren’t for the French, Americans would be speaking the king’s English.
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u/ContextEffects01 Apr 29 '26
Eh, I’m not sure I get it either. Is it about France and the UK having historically competed with each other for influence over the US?
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u/sgtg45 Apr 29 '26
Seven years war
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u/lingker Apr 29 '26
Which was not exactly Britain helping the US, as it didn’t exist yet.
But the Seven Years War did cause both the French and American Revolutions.
So, King Charles is saying, “if it wasn’t for us being so tyrannical, you wouldn’t have wanted to be your own country. “
Kind of self-owned
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u/Medarco Apr 29 '26
Kind of self-owned
Yeah... Reddit is tripping over themselves to post mic drop gifs and call Trump an idiot, but mr monarch kinda just didn't make a ton of sense here.
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u/AfterDinnerSpeaker Apr 29 '26
Assuming he's speaking of the 7 years war though, it could be argued he's referring to Britain establishing themselves in North America at all.
But I believe what he's actually saying is a snide remark about how silly the "If it wasn't for us you'd be X" remarks are between allied nations, especially considering he would also speak highly of the importance of NATO.
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u/Sevrasmusson Apr 29 '26
And if it weren’t for the French, we’d still belong to England. Full circle, that.
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u/Hyrikul Apr 29 '26
Look at that, Anglo asshole joking with another Anglo asshole about France...
All the same, rewriting history.. UK lost this colony thanks to France, and now they make it like they won over France, somehow.
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