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# “Mr President, you recently said that if it were not for the United States, Europeans would be speaking German
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/gospodin-prezident-vy-nedavno-skazali-chto-esli-by-ne-soedinennye-shtaty-evropeitsy-govorili-by-po-nemetski/
- Published: 2026-04-29T10:07:11.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:26:12.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Society, Humour

“Mr President, you recently said that if it were not for the United States, Europeans would be speaking German. I venture to suggest that if it were not for us, you would be speaking French.”

When playing the Anglo-American game of the subjunctive mood, the main thing is not to forget who paid for the Boston Tea Party