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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.

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[–] ZombieMantis@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

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.