The problem being that he is currently heading a superpower which is threatening economic and military force to achieve its goals, which apparently go against those partners.

We have been fucking it for centuries. And by the looks of things, that’s not stopping any time soon. I’d rather we have something we can do besides hoping that certain people decide now’s the time to seriously address climate change.

No worries, and glad you learnt something!

I don’t know whether this is a joke or not (Poe’s law and all), so I will assume this is a genuine question:

Because they were about to say Czechoslovakia, I’d assume. The country that hasn’t existed anymore for a long time.

edit: grammar fix

I don’t see how your example is ‘funny’. That’s what you expect to get. -5² is -25. (-5)² = 25.