Trump told the Swiss that without America, they'd all be speaking German.

[rikiwilchins.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy]

Trump told the Swiss that without America, they'd all be speaking German. The Swiss speak... German.

[cstross@wandering.shop]

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social @quixoticgeek He also sneered at the British Army commitment to the Afghanistan war. 493 dead and thousands permanently injured might beg to differ.

[jorny@mastodon.social]

@cstross @rikiwilchins.bsky.social @quixoticgeek

I am pretty sure that both the UK and Denmark hade as many dead per capita as the US in Afghanistan.

[bkhl@tilde.zone]

@jorny @cstross @rikiwilchins.bsky.social @quixoticgeek

coalition soldiers dead per million:

• Georgia: 8.42
• USA: 7.96
• Denmark: 7.82
• UK: 7.25

[vegard_berget@tutoteket.no]

@jorny @cstross @rikiwilchins.bsky.social @quixoticgeek Actually, Denmark has the most deaths in Afghanistan per capita in the coalition

[fazalmajid@social.vivaldi.net]

@cstross @rikiwilchins.bsky.social @quixoticgeek he openly sneered at John McCain's stint as a prisoner of war in Vietnam, and insulted gold star parents (parents of a US service person killed in action). If he has zero respect for US soldiers, why would he have any for British ones?

[jillypaddock@mastodon.social]

@cstross @rikiwilchins.bsky.social @quixoticgeek Didn't he once refer to all the dead military personnel in Arlington cemetery as "Losers."?

[cstross@wandering.shop]

@jillypaddock @rikiwilchins.bsky.social @quixoticgeek Yep, he did. But it comes over EVEN WORSE when he's saying it about someone else's soldiers who fought and died in a war the US started for domestic consumption (Afghanistan wasn't responsible for 9/11).