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[–] laserm@lemmy.world 48 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

He's done more for freedom than the Orange Moron.

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 hours ago

What a weird thing to say. Trump has literally done nothing for freedom. He has only endangered it on a global scale.

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 2 points 7 hours ago

Oh for!...I thought you said against. Yup, you're right.

[–] shadow_figurine@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

hey wait a minute theres a lot of blue suits

[–] JailElonMusk@sopuli.xyz 122 points 14 hours ago

I mean he's now the defacto leader of the free world.

In my mind he deserves that and so much more.

[–] DavidGA@lemmy.world 10 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

If you read the article, they also did the same for Trump.

[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

If you had read the article, you would know that no, they did not.

Arcane rules dictated that world leaders be seated in alphabetical order according to the name of their country in French – the traditional language of diplomacy when the protocols were made.

The name for the United States in French is Les États-Unis d’Amérique. Meaning the US president would sit right at the front.

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 51 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

They didn't, alphabetical order in French is the protocol in question. The USA's name in French is États-Unis, putting it much earlier in the alphabet than it would be in English. Since France and Finland (both still start with F in French) were in the front row, we know that États-Unis would be too

[–] chellewalker@lemmy.ca 12 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Why does it go by French names rather than Latin or even Italian?

[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago

Because it’s the lingua franca of the world.

[–] napoleonsdumbcousin@feddit.org 45 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Because french was historically the language of diplomacy back when the rules were made. This is also mentioned in the article.

[–] GroteStreet@aussie.zone 10 points 8 hours ago

Pah! Who has time to read articles? Where's my AI summary? /s

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 15 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Skua@kbin.earth 14 points 12 hours ago

Conversely, Chad > Tchad and Czechia > Tchéquie