• phutatorius@lemmy.zip
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    Eisenhower was very strongly anti-imperialist and was pressuring Britain and France to relinquish their colonies, which they eventually did, though France tried hard to hang onto Algeria until they were driven out. And both Britain and France still hang onto places here and there (part of Polynesia, Martinique, Diego Garcia, Gibraltar, Northern Ireland,).

    And of course, Eisenhower cared about not being a hypocrite. Trump will say or do anything, regardless of consistency, like postal voting while trying to ban postal voting. For him, it’s a flex.

    • Guy Ingonito@reddthat.com
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      Eisenhower was surplanting the French and British Empires with the American Empire. That’s why he had his brother organize the coup in Tehran and why he laid the groundwork for Vietnam.