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   Christian Schwägerl (christianschwaegerl@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 21-Jan-2025 04:00:42 JST Christian Schwägerl

   A horrible detail of Trump’s inauguration speech: He invoked #ManifestDestiny, a 19th century doctrine of US exceptionalism that was used to justify the genocide of native Americans and also wars, for example against Mexico.

   Painting: American Progress by John Gast, 1872

   https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manifest_destiny