• 3 days ago
Donald Trump claimed the '1917' pandemic ended World War II.
Here's a look at world history... according to the president.
Transcript
00:00we have to understand our history because if we don't know our history
00:03it could all happen again have to know our history
00:11the closest thing is uh in 1917 they say right the the great the great pandemic
00:19certainly was a terrible thing where they lost anywhere from 50 to 100 million people
00:25probably ended the second world war
00:36the united states and italy are bound together by a shared
00:38cultural and political heritage dating back thousands of years to ancient rome
00:44in june of 1775 the continental congress created a unified army
00:58out of the revolutionary forces encamped around boston and new york our army manned the airport
01:05it ran the ramparts it took over the airports it did everything it had to do
01:14so they say a wall is medieval well so is a wheel a wheel is older than a wall
01:36i inherited a situation where the european union which was formed partially for this reason i guess
01:42for a lot of reasons it was formed but partially to make better or take advantage of the united
01:50states
02:09now the kurds are fighting for their land just so you understand they're fighting for their land
02:14and as somebody wrote in a very very powerful article today they didn't help us in the second
02:19world war they didn't help us with normandy as an example they mentioned names of different battles
02:32miss frederick douglas is an example of
02:35somebody who's done an amazing job and is being recognized more and more i notice
02:44had andrew jackson been a little bit later you wouldn't have had the civil war
02:47he was he was a very tough person but he had a big heart and he was he was really angry
02:59that he saw what was happening with regard to the civil war
03:07history and culture so important
03:17you

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