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In Ye Olden Days, minor Lords used to pay tribute to anyone who took up the crown/took over the lands, to get on their good side. That's actually where the Romanian word for "tip" (bacșiș) comes from, it's what they called tribute payments to the Ottoman Empire.
Why should this be any different? I mean, it's Trump...
huh, nice to learn a little etymology once in a while !
any idea how the expression "nebunii ăștia chiar nu mai știu cum să-i sugă pula omului portocaliu" came to be ?
From what I can remember (and I may be wrong, it's been aeons since then), there was a time when Democracy failed and a massive orange prick got elected as head of state for one of the most powerful nations on the planet.
Fun times, those were!
Must've been a long time ago, since hardly anyone seems to remember...