Donald Trump’s administration is exerting heavy pressure on Ukraine, demanding that it agree to the American-Russian peace plan by Thanksgiving.
Source: Financial Times (FT), citing senior Ukrainian officials and individuals familiar with the negotiations
Details: According to the FT’s sources, the White House has set strict deadlines for the negotiation process, insisting that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy agree to the terms of the deal by Thanksgiving, which is celebrated in the United States on 27 November.
I despise “unitedatatesian” as a demonym. If you don’t like “American,” just say Yankee.
But yeah, Trump needs to either support Ukraine or fuck off. Our nvolvement is only desirable if it involves a shitload of material support to Kiev, not this backstabbing bullshit.
But why do you despise it? I’ve heard criticism for Americans taking ‘American’ when there are many many more countries in The Americas and have yet to see the term above until now, but it doesn’t bother me any.
In point of fact: a friend I have from Europe expressed amused appreciation when I first used that term with her, because “American” implies that people from the US are the only population that matters in The Americas (as in, North and South America), and that the default/accepted demonym has some implicit ownership/overlordship overtones, and I don’t disagree.
I don’t disagree about “American” being too vague, or the implied cultural supremacy over the rest of the Americas, I just hate the specific term “Unitedatatesian” because it’s long and ridiculous. Besides, it doesn’t really solve the problem of vagueness, it just shifts the question from "Where in the Americas" to "Which United States," since (while the USA is probably the first country you think of when someone says “America” or “United States”) there are other federal republics, some of which use the same or similar language.
If you want to use a seperate word that’s more specific to the United States of America, we already have one that’s deeply connected to our history and culture, which is easy to say, and which won’t get us confused with people of any other country: “Yankee.” It’s even used already in a lot of countries, notably by the English, and variants of it are used in other countries.