So glad that someone is shining light on this. I felt like I was going crazy when no one in my circle seemed to take issue with his invocation of “manifest destiny.”
To be fair, they were busy taking issue with plenty of other 💩 coming out the WH, but I found this phrasing quite worrisome.
To be fair, they were busy taking issue with plenty of other 💩 coming out the WH, but I found this phrasing quite worrisome.
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The 19th century term describes the perceived right of Americans to use force or the threat of force to wrest desirable land from the grasp of others.
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