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Nato leaders agree not to mention World Cup to Donald Trump to avoid irritating him (www.theguardian.com)

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Nato leaders have informally agreed not to mention the football World Cup to Donald Trump for fear of irritating the US president at a crucial time for the military alliance.

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In the first open acknowledgment of the strategy, the Belgian prime minister, Bart De Wever, told reporters in Ankara he would not be discussing his country’s 4-1 win over the US earlier this week.

Look, can everyone please do their best not to annoy the bumbling pedophile? Thank you - your cooperation is appreciated.

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[–] troglodytis@lemmy.world 37 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Ah, yes, appeasement. Why was that never tried before?

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Ironically, it actually did its job pre WWII.

Chamberlain realised he had fucked up. Britain didn't have the forces to actually resist the Nazis. Appeasement was to buy them time to rearm. When the war actually started, Chamberlain fell on his proverbial sword, to give Churchill a clean slate and a functional military to work with.

[–] jdr@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well you don't hear about all the times it prevented a world war

[–] wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Indeed, just the specific time when it directly enabled one