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@kengakusha1 It could happen both ways. Democrats playing conservative could try and offend Japanese folks as well.

これから日本人のふりをした 中国人がたくさん現れます 中国共産党に許可されていない Xのアカウントを持ち 専用線からアクセスしてくる 不思議なアカウントがたくさんあります その人達は日本人を偽装して あなた達を罵倒します 騙されないで 日本人をしっかり見てください あなた達の心の目で

The craziest discovery from this war: Iran’s regime has way more fans in Europe than in the entire Middle East 😂 Europe.. what on earth is going on with you!?

This how you drive a wedge. Don't do this.

@e_evancik @StateDept Thanks Edward. It's been informative.

@PSouls2 @StateDept Yep, probably. NDAAs are annual bills, Congress passes ‘em every year with a straight vote (simple majority in both chambers, then prez signs).

🚨 SECRETARY RUBIO: If NATO is just about us defending Europe if they’re attacked, but them denying us basing rights when we need them, then that’s not a very good arrangement. That’s a hard one to stay engaged in and say this is good for the United States.

@e_evancik @StateDept So the way I understand it next years NDAA could set troop levels to zero with a simple majority vote?

Rubio’s right, no treaty forces permanent troops. But FY26 NDAA (signed Dec ‘25) locks U.S. Europe forces at min 76k, no drop below without SecDef certifying to Congress: ally consults, security risks, full impact. Just red tape. Trump could push, but it’d drag. Bases? 1951 NATO SOFA (London, June 1951) covers legal status, jurisdiction, taxes, but termination’s slow: any party denounces after 4 years, 1 year notice to U.S. Actual basing rights are bilateral (Germany, Italy deals), pulling those needs host talks, not instant. So leverage exists, but it’s messy. If allies won’t host for Hormuz ops? Quiet drawdown’s possible, just not clean.

Countries with death penalty for gay people: 🇮🇷 Iran 🇦🇫 Afghanistan 🇾🇪 Yemen 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 🇲🇷 Mauritania 🇶🇦 Qatar 🇧🇳 Brunei Countries with death penalty for terrorists: 🇮🇱 Israel 🇯🇵 Japan 🇺🇸 USA 🇸🇬 Singapore 🇹🇼 Taiwan 🇹🇭 Thailand Guess which one European are outraged over.

@StrangeAlienSky @Jadestormchase It was actually a Japanese American who gave us the Fujita scale for tornado strength rankings.

@Jadestormchase I felt like tornado chasing was an almost entire American phenomenon. I never would've imagined there were people in Japan so in love with weather they would travel to chase such dangerous storms. That is amazing! I hope you stay very safe but get some great footage!

アメリカの人へ 私は年に数ヶ月アメリカに行き、嵐を追っているストームチェイサーです まだ知名度は無いですが、色んな素晴らしい気象現象と対峙し、撮影してきました まだ知らない人がいたら是非私の写真を見て下さい 今年も5/8-6/22に渡米してストームチェイスをするので、応援してください

@e_evancik @StateDept The NATO treaty does not actually require US troops to be in Europe. Just pull out all the troops without officially leaving NATO.

@StateDept The problem is, it takes 2/3 of Congress both parts to end us in NATO. And a 1 year notice.

日本には、自分の気に入らない党派性の人のことを「ネトウヨ」と罵倒する人びとがいます。アメリカでいうところの極左です。

34th flight of this booster

Woman Motorist sees a cop in trouble and stops to help.

@shironingyou Dumb joke. Sorry. Most Americans respect and admire Japan. Be warned some may want to destroy this conversation our two peoples have been having by being purposely offensive.

日本人的に許せんジョークではあるけど笑うわ

Seeing the Japanese defend America from Self-hating Americans has to be the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen

@sasakiMTG Americans call pizza with pineapple Hawaiian pizza. 🤔

日本人としていいね押していいのか悩むw

@tanamakomakoto Japan and Israel are America's best allies.

My heart is always with Israel.

@CynicalPublius The attention to detail in this start up sequence is amazing. x.com/i/status/20370…

OK, since it appears that today is the day to discuss weird cultural differences between Japan and the USA, may I strongly recommend to all of my military history nerd followers that you watch “Girls und Panzer”? It’s anime from Japan. You can find it on Amazon Prime. Bear with me while I explain the insane premise. It’s about Japanese all-girls schools that engage in the sport of “tankery.” These schoolgirls ride around in historically accurate, WWII-era armored fighting vehicles and engage in active combat that appears to include actual HEAT and sabot rounds, except when there is a hit nobody gets hurt and a little white flag pops out of the dead tank. So there is this big tankery tournament. But here’s where it gets even weirder: each school has the vehicles, resources, tactics and uniforms of a WWII combatant. So the US-style school has wayyyyy more logistics than anybody else, the Soviet school goes roaring across the steppes (see the video one comment post below) and the German school has the best tanks that break down a lot. Also the British school takes war breaks to drink tea. Why would I recommend such a silly concept? Because whoever did it went to a fanatical level of detail on the vehicles themselves and the associated tactics and employment, as well as very accurate propaganda themes from the era. It’s so incongruous—highly accurate military history and Japanese schoolgirl anime. And I love incongruity in entertainment. It’s so silly, but in a weirdly addictive way. And I don't even watch anime.

The underrated part of this US-Japan exchange is Americans leftists getting to actually see how Japanese think. Unbeknownst to Japan, there’s a weird sect of Americans leftists who glorify Japan, somehow thinking it represents their values because they build trains and public works. And a bunch of woke losers love anime. In reality, Japan is a great country precisely because it’s the opposite of everything leftists support. They have very little immigration. They don’t tolerate crime or antisocial behavior. They fiercely protect their culture and national heritage. They even like the part of America that most aligns with their values. Notice how the woke freaks aren’t included in that. What a sobering reality check for leftist morons. Thank you, Japan!

Japanese twitter is hitting rural America like crack in LA. Put this right into my veins.

They seem to not actually care about race, but bond with people who share their values and interests...

@hirokatz x.com/AngryTexan89/s…

ここのところの世界情勢で、良きアメリカ人たちが「…もしかして俺たち世界から嫌われてる？」って内心思ってる時に極東から「USA!USA!」の大コール。そりゃ心も動くというもので。 USA!USA!BBQ!BBQ!BBQ!