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Trump’s team sees Europe’s ‘erasure.’

You are talking and a lot of Americans are disagreeing with you. Europe is a democratic ally of the USA. You are already in a cyber war with Russia and China and they have been stealing your secrets for years and plotting the end of your global influence.
Make no mistake, America's government is well aware that the EU loves getting into the mind of, and infiltrating American politics, which is exactly what Russia and China do. Everyone's playing the same game, so let's not pretend like our common democratic policies hold us bonded together, because that's only how it looks at face value, while behind the back, people are all making maneuvers against one another as competing nations/entities.

Aside from all those elitist power-plays, us civilians can still be friendly, as long as we're all enlightened enough to see through the political nonsense. An example friendliness, would be entertaining a debate, that centered on *you* and not me for once.
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Trump’s team sees Europe’s ‘erasure.’

No, you can clearly read what was the issue with X in the link and quotes previously given. Nothing to do with free speech, so not sure why you brought that up as a distraction about what the issue here was.
I guess I am not too savy on the details on what is going on. I just know that the UK is punishing people for "mean tweets" for criticizing immigrant rapists. So, in my opinion, Europe is on a self-guilt motivated suicide mission. Who are we to stop them.
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Trump’s team sees Europe’s ‘erasure.’

EU apparently doesn't care about freedom of speech. Yet they have the audacity to snub their noses at the US because of...?
What does freedom of speech have to do with the topic? EU very much cares about it, but that has nothing to do with the topic, so how about we leave it alone and not try to derail the topic?
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Trump’s team sees Europe’s ‘erasure.’

Don't be nonsensical. You can discuss Europe as much as you like. But you were told that any decision about whether any Europeans wish to remain in the EU will be made, rather obviously, by the Europeans themselves. And ridiculously asked why. Who the heck do you think would make it?

And there's no apostrophe in 'mouths' (just so this post wasn't a complete waste of my time).
Sure. We can tell Europe whatever, but innthe end, they will do what they want. But the blatant hypocrisy has not gone unnoticed and severely degrades their credibility and moral standing.
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Trump’s team sees Europe’s ‘erasure.’

By "ethical requirements" I assume you meant speech restrictions and censorship. Makes me more appreciative that I live in the US where we still barely cling onto a freedom of speech.
No, you can clearly read what was the issue with X in the link and quotes previously given. Nothing to do with free speech, so not sure why you brought that up as a distraction about what the issue here was.
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Trump’s team sees Europe’s ‘erasure.’

Ok. Don't ever speak another word about 1st or 2nd amendment rights, Donald Trump, or anything to do with American politics again. Ever... KEEP OUR POLITICS OUT YOUR MOUTH'S.
EU apparently doesn't care about freedom of speech. Yet they have the audacity to snub their noses at the US because of...?
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Trump’s team sees Europe’s ‘erasure.’

Musk would like the EU to break up to make it easier for him to break basic ethical requirements on his business there.
By "ethical requirements" I assume you meant speech restrictions and censorship. Makes me more appreciative that I live in the US where we still barely cling onto a freedom of speech.
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Trump’s team sees Europe’s ‘erasure.’

Ok. Don't ever speak another word about 1st or 2nd amendment rights, Donald Trump, or anything to do with American politics again. Ever... KEEP OUR POLITICS OUT YOUR MOUTH'S.
Don't be nonsensical. You can discuss Europe as much as you like. But you were told that any decision about whether any Europeans wish to remain in the EU will be made, rather obviously, by the Europeans themselves. And ridiculously asked why. Who the heck do you think would make it?

And there's no apostrophe in 'mouths' (just so this post wasn't a complete waste of my time).
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Dear Pete Hegseth, I’m Grateful the Japanese Navy Spared My Grandfather’s Life

Oh, please. Do not try to convince us that you needed to be convinced. You have made your position just about as clear as it can be. Someone who not just excuses but celebrates the execution of defenceless men in the water is not going to have any qualms about it being done on terra firma, whatever the alleged crime. So spare us the pseudo sarcastic agreement.

Then again, maybe it's conscience that prevents you from agreeing with Trump when he says 'kill them all'.
Well, you made a very convincing argument. You have also not only excused, but celebrated the execution of innocent unborn children in defense of their mother's poor decisions. So spare the moral superiority complex, when in reality, you are no different than I. I say kill the murdering rapists to spare hundreds of innocent. You say, kill the innocent unborn to spare the murdering mother. So who is truly worse? As you have said, this is something you have to reconcile. But murder is a legal term and is nonsensical to discuss regarding the unborn, according to you. Likewise, murder is a legal term and is nonsensical to discuss regarding enemy combatants wishing to do harm to innocent American civilians, both women and children. Pick your poison.
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Given the many Jews that are working for NASA, I don’t think that connection slipped their mind.

Again, magic wands are made out of the Holly tree. There’s a lot more witchcraft, Druid reference to substantiate this.
I have no idea how many Jews work for NASA, but even if the majority of NASA workers were Jews (which I doubt), NASA workers didn't choose the acronym, just as the soldiers in a particular regiment didn't choose the regiment's name.

As for wands, some may be made from holly wood, but by no means all are. I did a google search for "what are wands made of" and found many sites saying that various woods are used. Here is just one example, from https://www.tudorhouse.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Magic-Wands.pdf

"According to the Book of Honorius, wands are traditionally made of wood and a wand maker might cut a branch from a hazel tree or any nut tree. The wood must be new or green wood and ideally should be cut at sunrise on a Wednesday! It was cut and then carved it into shape and then decorated to personalise it."
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Zohran Mamdani taps ex-con rapper who served 7 years for armed robbery as criminal justice adviser on transition team:

Zohran Mamdani taps ex-con rapper who served 7 years for armed robbery as criminal justice adviser on transition team:


Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has picked a controversial rapper who did seven years in state prison for armed robbery to advise him on the criminal justice system, The Post has learned.

Mysonne Linen, 49, a Bronx convict-turned-activist who was found guilty of two felony heists in the late 1990s, was appointed by the democratic socialist to sit on his mayoral transition’s “criminal legal system” committee — just one of many questionable picks.
Plank. Eye.
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Another look at the moon landing.

While floating around half darkened, and during the day half the time, and behind clouds where it can't provide night during the night?
If I did a job like that when the job calls for providing light, I'd be fired.

So what are you saying, that God doesn't do enough of a good job ?
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Inspired texts outside the protestant canon

Apocrypha means hidden, and God hides things God hides things especially from Christians that are wise in their own eyes eg the ones at universities that have degrees, and in my experience when it comes to the bible in plain English have no clue what they are talking about or worse teach false doctrine.
There are books that are outside the protestant canon that are inspired only for the wise that seek them out.

Jesus talking to the Sadducees who asked about resurrection.

Mathew 22 29 Jesus replied, “You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God. 30 At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven.

God talking to the fallen angels pre flood in 1 Enoch that left heaven, came down to earth, and married women

1 Enoch 15
But you originally existed as spirits, living forever,
and not dying for all the generations of eternity;
7 therefore I did not make women among you.’
The spirits of heaven, in heaven is their dwelling;

He calls 1 Enoch scripture, and Jude says "Enoch 7th from Adam" so Jude believed what he was quoting was written before Noahs flood, and not pseudepigrapha first written 300 BC, and backdated. Jude, and 1 Enoch
The Sadducees stuff up a story from Tobit about the woman being married then demons killing her 7 husbands each night before the marriage too. They forgot to add she married successfully the 8th time. So Jesus is calling Tobit scripture too. That was written in the 700s, and 600s BC, 1 Enoch was written 4400-4000 BC after creation 5500 BC but before Noahs flood 3300 BC. There are a lot of other texts inspired apocrypha that are not pseudepigrapha for the wise only too. My summary list of the most important ones are 1 Enoch, Life of Adam, and Eve, Assumption of Moses, 1/2 Maccabees. For the NT Gospel of Nicodemus, History of Joseph the Carpenter, Proto James. All on audiobook on youtube or annas archive and internet archive are two free e book websites.
There are 2 canons of the bible.

Luke 24:44-53 He said to them, “Remember when I was with you before? I said that everything written about me must happen—everything in the law of Moses, the books of the prophets, and the Psalms.” Then Jesus opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures.

This canon list excludes 1 Enoch, and other OT texts (Jubilees, Test of the 12 patriarchs, Tobit, 1/2 Maccabees, and others). Josephus gave the same canon list around 100 AD, and it was Genesis to Malachi. This is the primary canon.

Yes the secondary canon is hidden but hidden does not mean myth/ pseudepigrapha/ fake/forgery/ lie it just means it is for people that choose to believe the bible wherever it may lead otherwise maybe God thought it would be throwing pearl before swine to reference it in very obvious ways.

This concept of 2 canons in the NT goes back to 2 Esdras (internal date 557-457 BC consistent with 1 Ezra, and same genealogies as 1 Ezra which go back to Aaron son of Levi) where Ezra, and some others rewrite the bible because it was destroyed by the Babylonians

2 Esdras 14
44 So in forty days, ninety-four books were written. 45 It came to pass, when the forty days were fulfilled, that the Most High spoke to me, saying, “The first books that you have written, publish openly, and let the worthy and unworthy read them; 46but keep the last seventy,that you may deliver them to those who are wise among your people; 47 for in them is the spring of understanding, the fountain of wisdom, and the stream of knowledge.” 48 I did so.

The 24 was for the worthy, and unworthy aka everyone- this would of been the now protestant canon from Genesis to Ezra (Malachi, and Nehemiah may not of been written at that time as they came a bit later on in the 400s BC), and the other 70 was 1 Enoch, Jubilees, Test of the 12, Life of Adam, and Eve, Assumption of Moses, Testament of Job, Tobit, Baruch, other ones that still exist today, and some others that would be lost works today. For the NT it would be proto James, pseudo Mathew, gospel of Nicodemus, Didache, History of Joseph the carpenter, and some others. The expanded canon is only for the wise.

2, and 3 Enoch, and book of Jasher are all myths not inspired written after 70 AD (inspired scripture stopped 70 AD based on Daniel 9). 3 Enoch, and Jasher are Jewish fables (1 Titus 14), and 2 Enoch is either Jewish or Samaritan fables.

Jasher says Shem is Melchizadek like the Talmud does in an attempt to discredit Jesus from being a priest in the order of Melchizadek. 2 Enoch mentions the 532 year great cycle which was not discovered until 400s AD. 3 Enoch says It was written by 'rabbi' Ishmael which the Talmud says was 130 AD however the synagogue of satan actually believe it is pseudepigrapha written much later.


Jubilees internally is written by Moses 1400 BC same time as the torah is internally which was after they came out of Egypt but before they came into Canaan. The Israelites had a choice at this time- follow God or idol worship- they chose idol worship - Moses comes back down from the mountain with the law on tablets, they are worshipping a golden calf, he breaks the tablets thinking why should I even bother. Had they stayed faithful to God they would of seen the 364 day calendar in Jubilees (and 1 Enoch) is the one that God wanted them to follow, and they would of done that but because of their apostasy they just followed the torah one which was luni-solar (ask chat GPT for the details). The Qumran dead sea scroll sect 150 BC-68 AD started to go back to those old books, and thinking this is what God intended for us originally lets follow it. Hebrew roots movement lol. There are a couple of prophecies about Jesus in Jubilees.



1 Enoch internally is written by Enoch 7th from Adam pre flood- it contains I Enoch, and I saw statements many time. Also one section is written by Noah as he says my great grandfather Enoch; Noah was Enochs great grandson, and Lamech or Methusaleh wrote a section too; it mentions my father or grandfather. Not a single part of 1 Enoch claims to be written after the flood, and there is nothing in it that is evidence that any part of it was written after the flood. There is nothing in the dead sea scrolls saying "we wrote this text at this time, and backdated it". It has a lot of prophecies about Jesus in it. Ask chat GPT to show all the prophecies of Jesus in 1 Enoch. All Israelites BC that had read it believed it was written pre flood, same as all Christians pre 70 AD believed the same. By 400 AD Christians started to believe it was pseudepigrapha. Likely the synagogue of satan started attacking 1 Enoch after 70 AD saying it was not written pre flood, it can't be, it is too old, Noah did not take it aboard the ark, the flood was a myth anyway, etc etc because of the son of man prophecies it contains - the high priest went ballistic when Jesus called himself the son of man LOL. Sadly early Christians believed satans lies like Adam, and Eve believed the devils lies. The lie continues today taught at all universities around the world, in all studies, and in all textbooks.


Testament of the 12 patriarchs internally is written by the 12 patriarchs 1700s-1800s BC. In one part it says "so it is written in the law of Mose" but by the time the 12 are dead Moses was not even born yet so has been edited a bit later, and someone added that. That part does not claim to be said or written by one of the 12 so there is no problem there. Has some very specific prophecies about Jesus, and warnings about alcohol, greed, lust.


Assumption of Moses internally written by Moses, Joshua, and maybe someone else. Is Moses dying words to Joshua. Has a paraphrased version of 1 Enoch 1:1-9 about the first century AD, also prophecy about Jesus Assyrian, and Babylonian judgment on the Israelites. Says to store the books of their fathers in earthenware Jars; the dead sea scrolls which are the books going back to Moses fathers shown above were found in earthenware jars. So Moses told them to do that 1400 BC but they didn't do it until 300 BC in the DSS. Probably had the part Jude says about the devil, and Michael the angel disputing over Moses body which is in the Assumption of Moses but was restored from early Christian writings as it is not in the Assumption of Moses manuscripts from 600 BC

Some NT ones
Gospel of Nicodemus
History of Joseph the carpenter
Proto James all internally written before 70 AD therefore inspired scripture (Daniel 9 said vision and prophecy would stop 70 AD aka inspired scripture). All explain Joseph was widowed from a prior marriage, was forced to marry 12-14 yo Mary (Roman marriage was 12 for women 14 for men ), and Jesus 4 brothers, and 2 sisters were his step siblings. Joseph never had sex with Mary. Mary was a virgin her whole life; Catholics are right even though they view those texts as pseudepigrapha.

All those and more are free audiobook on youtube or annas archive internet archive are e book websites. Or google the name of the book with PDF after it.

Trump’s team sees Europe’s ‘erasure.’

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Trump’s team sees Europe’s ‘erasure.’

You can talk all you want. You will only be taken seriously when you identify interests that Europeans care about and propose solutions that might actually work. Trumps recent national security document is a proposal to reform Europe. Europeans have a right for some come back on that. This is the same in the US case. I can say what I like but will be ignored if the commentary does not fit. Your country does not live in an isolated bubble however much you might want that and its interests are best affirmed in alliance with like minded powers not in opposition to them.
Oh, yes we are talking right now, in America. About your "EU", and we're beginning to wonder who's the bigger threat... Russia, China, or the EU.
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Trump’s team sees Europe’s ‘erasure.’

Ask the people who live in the EU. End of discussion.

A couple of years ago I was talking with a man from Germany , he meant that we do not have to belong to anything ,

to be friends.

The EU is not a country.
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Trump’s team sees Europe’s ‘erasure.’

Just a distraction maneuver to get people to not talk about war crimes or the abysmal US economy.

Sweep in front of your own door.
Yeah, let's get back to talking about the united States, even though we don't live there. Because nobody is permitted to speak of Europe. Wow.
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