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allgood33

(1,584 posts)
Sun Jan 6, 2019, 07:56 AM Jan 2019

A portion of JFK's 1961 speech that Trump and his supporters don't seem to get about America.

When considering how often Trump refers to Americans a " suckers" and how often he criticizes our allies and alliances like NATO and foreign aid recipients, one might recall the underlying principle of America's foreign policies as expressed in these final words of JFK's inaugural address:

"My fellow citizens of the world, ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man."

This line doesn't get as much play as "And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country."

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A portion of JFK's 1961 speech that Trump and his supporters don't seem to get about America. (Original Post) allgood33 Jan 2019 OP
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HopeAgain

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Sun Jan 6, 2019, 08:30 AM
Jan 2019

They are the antithesis of such a statement. Trump is more likely follow Mein Kampf than Kennedy.

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