What about Golda Meir? She was born in the Russian Empire but moved to Milwaukee at the age of eight, grew up in Milwaukee and Denver, and married an American man before moving to Palestine and eventually becoming Prime Minister of Israel.
nimrod gutfreund she wasn’t initially elected, but the same year she took office she led her government into a smashing electoral victory, creating her own mandate.
I only knew about Rama IX because, he played Alto Saxophone and he hosted a private concert to President Clinton in the 1990s. Clinton also plays saxophone. Tenor to be exact.
You missed William walker! He was a American filibuster that managed to become the president of 3 countries (2 which he made himself), 2 being in Mexico, and the 3rd being Nicaragua. Though his filibuster reign didn’t last long as he soon declared war on Nicaragua’s neighbors which then caused a coalition against him to form and soon he was ousted.
It's certainly was not Mexico since it was breakaway region as the self proclaimed Republic of Sonora (Modern day Sonoara, Baja California, and Baja California Sur) many other Mexican States also during this period decided to secede from the Mexican Government with the Republic of Yucatan, and Republica Del Rio Grande/Rio Bravo del Norte, and ofcourse the most famous Texas Republic and California Republic
@@abuhado-verbigraciaramirez8682 he said BEING in Mexico. implying that he claimed these parts of Mexico as countries even though they weren't. he didn't mean Mexico itself
@@Felix-dg9rt he later said "... being in Nicaragua..." which is a statement of fact he was leader of Nicaragua as a nation he didnt specify that it was a specific area in mexico and during that era Mexico was just a political mess
Rama IX, or King Bhumibol, was actually a pretty amazing guy. He visited almost every single village in Thailand, across all the impoverished parts of the country, and used a lot of his own sovereign wealth to improve their lives. I knew old people in my village who had met him, and asked for a better road. A few years later it was built. Pretty amazing for a guy who, when he was coronated, had very little experience in the country he would come to rule.
OMG!!!! I'm Greek and i thought that only we Greeks knew about Papandreou family. Thank you JJ for helping non-Greeks learn a couple of things about Greece's politicians.
@@adhisha04 Yes but you're probably from Portugal aren't you? It is more possible for a Portuguese person to know a few more things about Greece unlike Americans
There is also the story of Hope Cook, an American woman who in 1963 married the King of the tiny Himalayan Kingdom of Sikkim, becoming Queen Consort of Sikkim, a position she held until 1975 when India invaded and deposed her husband and annexed Sikkim into India.
In the map at 6:02, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, and New Mexico are erroneously labeled as slave states. None of these states existed at the time, and the corresponding territories certainly did not allow slavery.
I was just going to write the same thing, but I just knew someone else had beat me to it in the one year this video has been posted. JJ also showed West Virginia being a slave state on his map, when in reality, West Virginia was created from the NON-slave counties that broke away from the slave state of Virginia. Good Scots-Irish folk there. 😊 JJ really should have done his research better. That is a heck of a lot of real estate for him to show as slave states that were in fact FREE states and territories (that went on to fight on the winning side and CRUSH the south.)
the new mexico territory (which controlled Arizona new mexico and Las Vegas area) did allow slavery although many fought against it. and the Kansas-Nebraska territory did allow slavery for a short time, until abolitionist took over and abolished it.
@@markmh835 no West Virginia still allowed slavery, but it just wanted to remain part of the union actually! The Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, and Nebraska stuff is a bit moment my moment tho
@@awesomezilla West Virginia did technically allow slavery, but only because they gained statehood by claiming to be the legitimate government of Virginia and using said power to seperate themselves from Virginia. This carried over all of Virginia's laws and they never got around to banning it on the state level before it was banned federally anyways. However, since one of the reasons they became a seperate state was to fight for the union, that demonstrates that they did become a state to oppose slavery even if the time between gaining statehood and passing the 13th amendment wass too short to pass a state ban on slavery
@@iancypes5911 I think acting as though they "didn't get around" to passing a bill outlawimg slavery is a bit disingenuous. Like most of the southern economy, West Virginia relied on the labor of slaves, maybe not to the degree as Virginia the main part, but slavery was very much still practiced. Plus the war was not turned into ending the institution of slavery for the Union until after the emancipation proclamation, it was not what West Virginia fought for.
Fun fact: Boris Johnson was born in New York City and up until a few years ago, was an american citizen PS If things don't work out in the UK, he could technically move to the US for a few years and then run for president (its easier too because you don't even have to be in congress to do so, although I think most people found that out in 2016) Edit: nevermind apparently if you renounce your citizenship its extremely difficult to get it back
That’s cause the US doesn’t have a parliamentary system. The head of government isn’t the prime minister. In a parliamentary system of government, the head of government is the minister of parliamentary of the majority and is elected by the ministers and not the people.
@Connecticut BallThat's why I said move back for a few years. As long as you are a natural born citizen and be a citizen for a number of years, you qualify
@@andrewsutherland133 In order to regain his citizenship he would need to go through the naturalization process which would make him a naturalized citizen, not a natural citizen.
@@MegaBallPowerBall I looked it up and the simple answer is there is no simple answer. Most people see it as such a black and white thing that it's never been questioned. Apart from running for president, there isnt any other legal difference between natural born and naturalized citizens, so if such a case came up, it could be questioned can a naturalized citizen be president if he was naturally born? There's nothing that says he can't but there's also nothing that says he can
I am from Northern Ireland and did so many lessons in history classes involving Eamon De Valera and I never knew he was American or originally called Edward
@@owenfitzgerald5928 Some think that it was just an invention by de Valera's mother to hide that her son may have been illegitimate. As far as I know, no document pertaining to a Juan Vivion de Valera (or de Valero) other than Dev's birth certificate has ever been found. All that is known about him is de Valera family lore.
I think that fact might actually be known better here in America! I've met many Irish who don't know it, which surprises me given the huge connection to America of the Irish population and eventually its political struggles, and to the fact that de Valera owed his life after the Easter Rising to his American heritage. That he was Cuban didn't seem to be known very well by a lot of people, also surprisingly!
In Kansas we proudly fought to be a free state, Kansas being a free state is so important that it takes up most of most 7th grade Kansans history class second semester
Boris Johnson is half American but he renounced his USA citizenship and Trotsky lived in New York for a while but they haven’t ruled just a fun fact Edit 2 years later: well Boris has been prime minister for a while now so… Edit 3: and now he’s not…
@@corpusgaming3397 yes there is. Each member of parliament is voted for within the party (democratic centralism) the Kim's always win head cause it's the Kim's and ppl generally trust Kim il Sungs bloodline
Thanks for talking about Guyana, my family is from there and I feel more people should know about this awesome country not just for Jim Jones but for its culture and history.
In the late 1960’s Andreas Papandreou was a professor at York University in Toronto where my mother was the Director of Graduate Admissions. I had the opportunity, as a teenager, to meet Dr. Papandreou who was very polite and engaged in a conversation without being condescending in any way to a naive high school student. Very interesting that he and his family were highlighted in this video.
Cool video! There’s also Sam Houston, Mirabeau Lamar, and Anson Jones, who were all presidents of the Republic of Texas. (You could also count David Burnet, who was interim president during the war.) There’s also Jefferson Davis, though thats sort of a technicality. The one I wished you mentioned the most though was William Walker, what a madman.
King Rama 9 was very international. He also had some Chinese ancestry, spent most of his youth in Europe and of course was born in the US, but he spent less than a year there. Not sure if he had US citizenship or not, but I don't think he ate hamburgers and recite the Pledge of Allegiance every morning as a kid. His love for jazz was very American though.
The original ethnic Thai people (including the king's ancestors) came from China. The Thai migrated from China to southeast Asia and took control of the area creating Thailand.
Nah not really, I’m Thai and nowadays people don’t force it as much. It’s only if u actually start a coup or revolution threading the gov or king (still sucks but understandable).
I'm so happy you have mentioned Guyana in a video ☺ 🇬🇾 Guyana has about 5 different main different groups of people from different cultural background who all work together, with the country slogan being "One People, one nation, one destiny" so I don't think much surprise a white woman could lead the country. ♥
Not exactly a ruler of another country, but Thomas Paine (yes, the Common Sense guy) was elected to the National Convention during the French Revolution, despite not speaking French. His popularity there was due to his book "Rights of Man" which rebutted Edmund Burke's pamphlet criticizing the Revolution.
Actually King Bhumibol Adulyadej (King Bhumibol the Great) aka Rama IX, wasn’t a US citizen by birth cause he was the son of a diplomat. As per law, diplomats and their families residing in the US don’t have citizenship at birth in the USA.
Another one, though at a sub-national level, Kristina Kennelly, who was from Toledo, was Premier of Australia's largest state, New South Wales for 13 months. She's now a Senator here.
Your videos make me so happy. Post more! Also look into Golda Meir. I know she wasn't technically born in America but in Israel she was known as the girl from Milwaukee.
Dang it, JJ. I got a little triggered at your "Guyana" pronunciation, but I forgive you cause I like the rest of your presentation. Great stuff as always. Tip: maybe you can use Skillshare to know how to pronounce foreign names right?
OAC hallucinating It may be a Canadian thing. To us Guy is pronounced the way he is saying it because of the French influence. Costa Rica is another one that there are two ways it's said.
I generally like your content, but I don’t know where you came up with the map at 6:03. Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado were never slave states. Actually, Nebraska and Colorado, along with Oklahoma and New Mexico were t even states yet when the Civil War occurred.
Señor MeinKrafter2020 They can’t be called Slave States if they were not States at the time. Slave territories? No just like we don’t say Witch hunting was legal in state of Massachusetts. It was legal in the colony or territory that preceded the state itself. Both entities have the same land but are just that 2 separate entities.
@@SenorMeinKrafter Well, it's actually a lot more complicated than that. The Kansas-Nebraska Act that created Kansas and Nebraska allowed them to choose whether to allow slavery or not. This led to a lot of bloodshed between both sides, but both territories were legally free. Although, there were still plenty of slaveholders since they were both frontier regions without much law enforcement.
I think that the “slave state” status was because they had a bunch of slave owners or wannabes who organized their own capital city and legislature who voted to secede and join the CSA before being chased out by a Union company, much like happened in Delaware, Maryland, or West Virginia. Visit Stone Mountain sometime, and prepare to have your mind blown from the CSA propaganda.
Just last year, the Republic of Palau, which is a Pacific island country right to Guam and the Philippines, got a new president who was American: Surangel Whipps Jr. And yes he was also born in Maryland lol
A Canadian once ran my country, becoming the president of Latvia, although she was native Latvian whose parents brought her to Canada after WW2. And her name is Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga.
We're a generation removed from The Troubles now, so it is less and less obvious, but if you're intimately involved in certain Irish American cultural groups you'll come across paramilitary iconography, small memorial items to martyrs, and people proud of their backing of the fight. So yeah it's still a thing.
One weird trend I've noticed online is teenagers (especially American teenagers) being really into the IRA and provo iconography. It's a little unsettling how much these particular young people will fetishise a terror campaign, when it's actual Irish people who have gone through the generational trauma of that period. Even in Cork, most families have a story about someone from that time.
I just watched your video about young men and their insecurities. In this video you said that most of your subscribers are young men. I’m 71 and a fan. Your work is informative, interesting and fun. Good luck.
You'd have no reason to know this unless someone told you, but Prince Mahidol is actually pronounced kind of like "Ma-hee-don" with the L making an N sound. It's because the Thais prefer when their language is romanized that the romanized spelling "matches" the way it's written in Thai, as opposed to matching how it actually sounds. And the Thai script is pretty crazy, with letters making completely different sounds depending on where they are in the syllable. The more you know~
Should have mentioned Hussein Mohamed Farrah Aidid, a Somalian US Marine who was deployed to Somalia as a non-combatant interpreter. Then later returned to Somalia to lead a his Uncle's Militia and Political party. Ended up becoming president.
I've thought about this recently after recently binging your videos! Are there any noticeable Americans in Canadian politics? Are Americans allowed to hold any type of office in Canada?
I don’t think anyone believes Rama VIII actually committed suicide, best case scenario, he shot himself accidentally. Worst case scenario, he was shot (also accidentally) by his baby brother 😖. Also don’t mention that..
Interesting fact about King Bhumibol Adulyadej: Even though he was born on US soil, he was never an American citizen due to an unusual exception in the 14th Amendment of the Constitution which establishes birthright citizenship. The relevant part of Section 1 of the Amendment reads: "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside." Even though King Bhumibol was born in the US, as a member of a foreign ruling family he was not considered directly subject to the jurisdiction of American laws and therefore did not automatically receive US citizenship. In any case, he only lived in the US for the first year of his life until his father finished studying at Harvard and didn't return to the country of his birth until he went on a state visit in 1960.
literally no dislikes! This man is an absolutely truthful, lovable person! Everyone should want to personally bear hug this guy because of how truthfully lovable and endearing he is!
Hey JJ, could you make a recap video about this year? What were your favorite moments, videos and so on. And please talk about your audience 😄 about the JJ community (we probably need a better name)
The flagg showed as a graphic in the video is from MIRANDELA (the only place in portugal in wich portuguese is not spoken) but the flagg you holding is of a antiga mui nobre, sempre leal e invicta cidade de PORTO (where the best football club is located ;)) They are two diffrent flaggs from two diffrent citys. Im happy you own now a portuguese flagg, because i saw youre flagg collection and noticed that that you havent even a portuguese nationalflagg wich is a beauty in mi opinion. Keep the good work thou
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Ya, have noticed that too! I aas wondering if someone saw that. They are a bit similar if you are distracted, but readind the names in the flags gives it away. I'm Portuguese too, and is nice to see that he has a portuguese flag now, but, ya... having it confused with other flag is a bit distracting 😅
I think this would also be case with some Indians. They moved to different countries by will or by someone else's force. And now some of their children and grandchildren are leaders in that country. Make a video about it if you can find people like that. Love your videos. Thanks and love from India 😊
@@JJMcCullough following is comment I made aftee watching a video you described, Countries with leaders from minorities races or community: About electing a minority a leader in my country, I would say current situation doesn't seem like it. But just before sometime India had a combination for some years that was like as following : The Head of state = President = Abdul Kalam ( Muslim - Minority) The Head of government = Prime Minister = Dr. Manmohan Singh ( Sikh - Minority ) Chair person of party with Majority = Party president = Sonia Gandhi ( A Christian by birth, wife of a former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, and she is also from Italy) And these three were ruling a country with Hindu Majority. And the president changed later but Dr. Manmohan Singh stayed in officer for 2 consecutive terms.
You forgot William Walker, self proclaimed President of Baja California and Sonora for a few months, Who later took over Nicaragua where he ruled for just under a year, and then unsuccessfully attempted to make a small republic on some Islands that Brits had settled off of Honduras after that
Greetings from the small but beautiful Baltic states! The current prime minister of Latvia, Krišjānis Kariņš, was born in Delaware. Toomas Hendrik Ilves, former president of Estonia, grew up in New Jersey. The former president of Latvia, Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, ended up in Canada after being a refugee in World War 2 and was an academic in Montreal for two decades.
3:50 to my knowledge this part about his US citizenship saving his life is untrue, and in reality he had only been spared because the british didn’t know who he was/didn’t think he was important enough to warrant executing
Americans, accepted and even elected in other countries. Also Americans: *If you weren't born here you can't be president for no real reason other than nativism*
Estonias former President Toomas Hendrik Ilves was born when his parents where fleeing to the US from the Soviet occupation of Estonia in Stockholm and grew up in Leona, New Jersey and studied at the Columbia University.
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In Monaco they have Prince Albert II, who is half-American because his mom was Grace Kelly, an American actress.
you can't be half american unless you're half native american.
@Smiles good
i'd rather there be no yanks
Lawrence Montgomery quiet boy
@@joedirt6212 god save the queen
@@comradep8519 god save the prime minister.
What about Golda Meir? She was born in the Russian Empire but moved to Milwaukee at the age of eight, grew up in Milwaukee and Denver, and married an American man before moving to Palestine and eventually becoming Prime Minister of Israel.
well she wasn't elected
levi escol the prime minister before her died and she was chosen by her party
nimrod gutfreund she wasn’t initially elected, but the same year she took office she led her government into a smashing electoral victory, creating her own mandate.
MrJumpingdude you could include Bibi too. He lived in Philadelphia for a couple of years but idk if he is an American citizen.
what
she good
I only knew about Rama IX because, he played Alto Saxophone and he hosted a private concert to President Clinton in the 1990s. Clinton also plays saxophone. Tenor to be exact.
@Rocko did we not?
I remember that from the Animaniacs theme.
That’s pog
Yeah
A pity his son is such a flaming pervert.
Latvia now as well
Our new prime minister is a diaspora Latvian from Delaware
You missed William walker! He was a American filibuster that managed to become the president of 3 countries (2 which he made himself), 2 being in Mexico, and the 3rd being Nicaragua. Though his filibuster reign didn’t last long as he soon declared war on Nicaragua’s neighbors which then caused a coalition against him to form and soon he was ousted.
Same bruh
It's certainly was not Mexico since it was breakaway region as the self proclaimed Republic of Sonora (Modern day Sonoara, Baja California, and Baja California Sur) many other Mexican States also during this period decided to secede from the Mexican Government with the Republic of Yucatan, and Republica Del Rio Grande/Rio Bravo del Norte, and ofcourse the most famous Texas Republic and California Republic
@@abuhado-verbigraciaramirez8682 he said BEING in Mexico. implying that he claimed these parts of Mexico as countries even though they weren't. he didn't mean Mexico itself
@@Felix-dg9rt he later said "... being in Nicaragua..." which is a statement of fact he was leader of Nicaragua as a nation he didnt specify that it was a specific area in mexico and during that era Mexico was just a political mess
@@abuhado-verbigraciaramirez8682 he said being Nicaragua not being in Nicaragua there is a difference
Hey JJ, thanks to your videos, I passed my social science subject.
d...d..d..d...d-d-do you know the wae??????
BECAUSE THAT IS AN UGANDAN KNUCKLES AVATAR
Good d..do....no..the....way
Maybe there will be a part 2?
@@Mr._Lechkar can you not, I've been trying to scrub that dead meme from my brain
@@nikkollaus bro it's been a year 💀😂
Rama IX, or King Bhumibol, was actually a pretty amazing guy. He visited almost every single village in Thailand, across all the impoverished parts of the country, and used a lot of his own sovereign wealth to improve their lives. I knew old people in my village who had met him, and asked for a better road. A few years later it was built. Pretty amazing for a guy who, when he was coronated, had very little experience in the country he would come to rule.
leave it to an American to get it done correct /j
royalist propaganda lmao
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@@chawaphonnonthapan9027 when the royals do good as leaders, is it bad to like them?
@@the4tierbridge they reign, not lead. It's the president/PM who leads the country.
OMG!!!! I'm Greek and i thought that only we Greeks knew about Papandreou family. Thank you JJ for helping non-Greeks learn a couple of things about Greece's politicians.
Na we knew about them, who wouldn't know a family that had 3 generations of Prime Ministers!
@@adhisha04 Yes but you're probably from Portugal aren't you? It is more possible for a Portuguese person to know a few more things about Greece unlike Americans
@@adhisha04 I didn't
How are things going in Greece. Has Zeus decided to bless you with good crops this year?
@@nikostsiolis7102 Nope, I'm Sri Lankan living in NZ. I just read about world politics.
My main goal is to conquer Tuvalu. It's a small island country that shouldn't take much to conquer.
Rhiro Yonve I’m down
Yeh sure I’m up for that
Say I try to conquer it too. Now say, I'm commenting at the time, and you reply
@@serglian8558 What?
My mango is to conquer Mars. It's uninhabited so it shouldn't be too hard.
There is also the story of Hope Cook, an American woman who in 1963 married the King of the tiny Himalayan Kingdom of Sikkim, becoming Queen Consort of Sikkim, a position she held until 1975 when India invaded and deposed her husband and annexed Sikkim into India.
Was that the inspiration for the pink panther?
India invaded? There was a referrendum held and majority of the population voted to joind India due to fear of China invading.
In the map at 6:02, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, and New Mexico are erroneously labeled as slave states. None of these states existed at the time, and the corresponding territories certainly did not allow slavery.
I was just going to write the same thing, but I just knew someone else had beat me to it in the one year this video has been posted. JJ also showed West Virginia being a slave state on his map, when in reality, West Virginia was created from the NON-slave counties that broke away from the slave state of Virginia. Good Scots-Irish folk there. 😊
JJ really should have done his research better. That is a heck of a lot of real estate for him to show as slave states that were in fact FREE states and territories (that went on to fight on the winning side and CRUSH the south.)
the new mexico territory (which controlled Arizona new mexico and Las Vegas area) did allow slavery although many fought against it. and the Kansas-Nebraska territory did allow slavery for a short time, until abolitionist took over and abolished it.
@@markmh835 no West Virginia still allowed slavery, but it just wanted to remain part of the union actually! The Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, and Nebraska stuff is a bit moment my moment tho
@@awesomezilla West Virginia did technically allow slavery, but only because they gained statehood by claiming to be the legitimate government of Virginia and using said power to seperate themselves from Virginia. This carried over all of Virginia's laws and they never got around to banning it on the state level before it was banned federally anyways. However, since one of the reasons they became a seperate state was to fight for the union, that demonstrates that they did become a state to oppose slavery even if the time between gaining statehood and passing the 13th amendment wass too short to pass a state ban on slavery
@@iancypes5911 I think acting as though they "didn't get around" to passing a bill outlawimg slavery is a bit disingenuous. Like most of the southern economy, West Virginia relied on the labor of slaves, maybe not to the degree as Virginia the main part, but slavery was very much still practiced. Plus the war was not turned into ending the institution of slavery for the Union until after the emancipation proclamation, it was not what West Virginia fought for.
Fun fact: Boris Johnson was born in New York City and up until a few years ago, was an american citizen
PS If things don't work out in the UK, he could technically move to the US for a few years and then run for president (its easier too because you don't even have to be in congress to do so, although I think most people found that out in 2016)
Edit: nevermind apparently if you renounce your citizenship its extremely difficult to get it back
That’s cause the US doesn’t have a parliamentary system. The head of government isn’t the prime minister. In a parliamentary system of government, the head of government is the minister of parliamentary of the majority and is elected by the ministers and not the people.
@Connecticut BallThat's why I said move back for a few years. As long as you are a natural born citizen and be a citizen for a number of years, you qualify
@@andrewsutherland133 In order to regain his citizenship he would need to go through the naturalization process which would make him a naturalized citizen, not a natural citizen.
@@MegaBallPowerBall I looked it up and the simple answer is there is no simple answer.
Most people see it as such a black and white thing that it's never been questioned.
Apart from running for president, there isnt any other legal difference between natural born and naturalized citizens, so if such a case came up, it could be questioned can a naturalized citizen be president if he was naturally born?
There's nothing that says he can't but there's also nothing that says he can
I believe Winston Churchill was also half-american, though he wasn’t born in the U.S.
I am from Northern Ireland and did so many lessons in history classes involving Eamon De Valera and I never knew he was American or originally called Edward
Why dose he have a French surname
@@nifralo2752 its spanish as his father was from a spanish speaking country not sure which i think cuba
@@owenfitzgerald5928 Some think that it was just an invention by de Valera's mother to hide that her son may have been illegitimate. As far as I know, no document pertaining to a Juan Vivion de Valera (or de Valero) other than Dev's birth certificate has ever been found. All that is known about him is de Valera family lore.
I think that fact might actually be known better here in America! I've met many Irish who don't know it, which surprises me given the huge connection to America of the Irish population and eventually its political struggles, and to the fact that de Valera owed his life after the Easter Rising to his American heritage.
That he was Cuban didn't seem to be known very well by a lot of people, also surprisingly!
In Kansas we proudly fought to be a free state, Kansas being a free state is so important that it takes up most of most 7th grade Kansans history class second semester
Found this goldmine of a channel during lockdown, haven't been bored since
Boris Johnson is half American but he renounced his USA citizenship and Trotsky lived in New York for a while but they haven’t ruled just a fun fact
Edit 2 years later: well Boris has been prime minister for a while now so…
Edit 3: and now he’s not…
10 months later and here we are
Boris Johnson was born in New York. Not half American
@@RiversXXVII he was a duel citizen of the u.s and u.k until 2016.
@@kylem1112 I didn't know that
Johnson is also 27% Turkish
Vote for me as president of North Korea 🇰🇵
(Am Scottish)
who the fuck cares
We’d love to see a Scottish ginger rule North Korea-The Best korea 🤣
There isnt any voting in north korea
@@corpusgaming3397 yes there is. Each member of parliament is voted for within the party (democratic centralism) the Kim's always win head cause it's the Kim's and ppl generally trust Kim il Sungs bloodline
@@bride2492 its not really a fair vote even if the people werent on the kims side
Thanks for talking about Guyana, my family is from there and I feel more people should know about this awesome country not just for Jim Jones but for its culture and history.
In the late 1960’s Andreas Papandreou was a professor at York University in Toronto where my mother was the Director of Graduate Admissions. I had the opportunity, as a teenager, to meet Dr. Papandreou who was very polite and engaged in a conversation without being condescending in any way to a naive high school student. Very interesting that he and his family were highlighted in this video.
Re: Liberia: The southern most county in Liberia is Maryland county, and I'm now guessing somehow has to do with the information mentioned at 6:52
Cool video! There’s also Sam Houston, Mirabeau Lamar, and Anson Jones, who were all presidents of the Republic of Texas. (You could also count David Burnet, who was interim president during the war.)
There’s also Jefferson Davis, though thats sort of a technicality.
The one I wished you mentioned the most though was William Walker, what a madman.
King Rama 9 was very international. He also had some Chinese ancestry, spent most of his youth in Europe and of course was born in the US, but he spent less than a year there. Not sure if he had US citizenship or not, but I don't think he ate hamburgers and recite the Pledge of Allegiance every morning as a kid. His love for jazz was very American though.
The original ethnic Thai people (including the king's ancestors) came from China. The Thai migrated from China to southeast Asia and took control of the area creating Thailand.
Born in the USA means he had US citizenship until he formally renounced it (which I assume he did before being crowned as King).
He was born here, that's citizenship. Unless you renounce it.
When he was being birthed, the room he was in was momentarily declared part of Thailand. So he is not an American by birth in that sense.
Talk about the Kings in Thailand, you can sentenced to jail for 10 years hahaha
I guess I'll never go there then.
Nah not really, I’m Thai and nowadays people don’t force it as much. It’s only if u actually start a coup or revolution threading the gov or king (still sucks but understandable).
@@anonschoch1494 Or if you critizise the current government and the current King's... excentric tendencies.
@@florian8599 that never stopped publications from exposing his harem
So insecure lol
I need a compilation of McCullough saying "about"
I'm so happy you have mentioned Guyana in a video ☺ 🇬🇾 Guyana has about 5 different main different groups of people from different cultural background who all work together, with the country slogan being "One People, one nation, one destiny" so I don't think much surprise a white woman could lead the country. ♥
Flag Smashers much?
Jewish*
you missed a golden opportunity for a "dammit, Janet, I love you" joke - surely you're familiar with Rocky Horror JJ?
I was actually thinking of doing one, but I worried not enough people would get it.
lastbreathsigh *don’t dream it, beeeeee it*
Other country: *has oil*
America: iLL taKE YOur eNTirE sTOCk
My mother is from Thailand and I remember growing up she had portraits of the king all over the house.
6:03 NO NO NO NO NO!!! Not Kansas, not nebraska, not Colorado!!!
**BLEEDING KANSAS INTENSIFIES**
I'm from the town where J.J Roberts spent much of his american life and we have a monument to him in the center of town.
4:36
The guy in the middle's face
Not exactly a ruler of another country, but Thomas Paine (yes, the Common Sense guy) was elected to the National Convention during the French Revolution, despite not speaking French. His popularity there was due to his book "Rights of Man" which rebutted Edmund Burke's pamphlet criticizing the Revolution.
You should have mentioned Winston Churchill, his mother was American.
LMAO @Friendly Neighborhood Neocon "WE MADE IT!"
and queen mom is german
25%of all white americans are germans...blabla
And George Washington’s parents were both british
Whoa!!! A half American PM adviced His Majesty?
Actually King Bhumibol Adulyadej (King Bhumibol the Great) aka Rama IX, wasn’t a US citizen by birth cause he was the son of a diplomat. As per law, diplomats and their families residing in the US don’t have citizenship at birth in the USA.
Man, i can't resist your videos
Neither can I they're bloody good
Good to see DeV getting a shout out, the absolute ride
Another one, though at a sub-national level, Kristina Kennelly, who was from Toledo, was Premier of Australia's largest state, New South Wales for 13 months. She's now a Senator here.
Brilliant JJ. Don’t know how you keep coming up interesting topics.
Your videos make me so happy. Post more! Also look into Golda Meir. I know she wasn't technically born in America but in Israel she was known as the girl from Milwaukee.
I'm surprised you didn't mention William Walker of Nicaragua and Honduras
i like your smooth transitions to your sponsors
Ben Zaltsman I’m smooth as silk baby!
Dang it, JJ. I got a little triggered at your "Guyana" pronunciation, but I forgive you cause I like the rest of your presentation.
Great stuff as always.
Tip: maybe you can use Skillshare to know how to pronounce foreign names right?
OAC hallucinating It may be a Canadian thing. To us Guy is pronounced the way he is saying it because of the French influence. Costa Rica is another one that there are two ways it's said.
@@gigglingfirefly Ironic how JJ kinda hates the french language, lol
OAC hallucinating: for your information! Real true canadians DESPISE anything French!
@@schlymfrainkestxchieftains2623 then how come they help the allies (including french) in ww2?
I was just kidding! I just don't like Quebec forcing language laws and generally thinking their better than us
Super informative and trivial, as my brain needs.
I generally like your content, but I don’t know where you came up with the map at 6:03. Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado were never slave states. Actually, Nebraska and Colorado, along with Oklahoma and New Mexico were t even states yet when the Civil War occurred.
Slaves were legal in Kansas. And Colorado. And shortly in Nebraska.
Señor MeinKrafter2020 They can’t be called Slave States if they were not States at the time. Slave territories? No just like we don’t say Witch hunting was legal in state of Massachusetts. It was legal in the colony or territory that preceded the state itself. Both entities have the same land but are just that 2 separate entities.
@@SenorMeinKrafter
Kansas was admitted into the Union as free states.
@@SenorMeinKrafter Well, it's actually a lot more complicated than that. The Kansas-Nebraska Act that created Kansas and Nebraska allowed them to choose whether to allow slavery or not. This led to a lot of bloodshed between both sides, but both territories were legally free. Although, there were still plenty of slaveholders since they were both frontier regions without much law enforcement.
I think that the “slave state” status was because they had a bunch of slave owners or wannabes who organized their own capital city and legislature who voted to secede and join the CSA before being chased out by a Union company, much like happened in Delaware, Maryland, or West Virginia. Visit Stone Mountain sometime, and prepare to have your mind blown from the CSA propaganda.
Just last year, the Republic of Palau, which is a Pacific island country right to Guam and the Philippines, got a new president who was American: Surangel Whipps Jr. And yes he was also born in Maryland lol
A Canadian once ran my country, becoming the president of Latvia, although she was native Latvian whose parents brought her to Canada after WW2. And her name is Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga.
We're a generation removed from The Troubles now, so it is less and less obvious, but if you're intimately involved in certain Irish American cultural groups you'll come across paramilitary iconography, small memorial items to martyrs, and people proud of their backing of the fight. So yeah it's still a thing.
One weird trend I've noticed online is teenagers (especially American teenagers) being really into the IRA and provo iconography. It's a little unsettling how much these particular young people will fetishise a terror campaign, when it's actual Irish people who have gone through the generational trauma of that period. Even in Cork, most families have a story about someone from that time.
I just watched your video about young men and their insecurities. In this video you said that most of your subscribers are young men. I’m 71 and a fan. Your work is informative, interesting and fun. Good luck.
This sounds like a slower version of imperialism
How?
You should see how many royal dynasties were of german origin
@@cossaizy6309 the Habsburgs were Austrian not German.
@@efrainrondon5753 austrians are german
@@lowlsqwid no they aren't, they don't even speak the same language.
You'd have no reason to know this unless someone told you, but Prince Mahidol is actually pronounced kind of like "Ma-hee-don" with the L making an N sound. It's because the Thais prefer when their language is romanized that the romanized spelling "matches" the way it's written in Thai, as opposed to matching how it actually sounds. And the Thai script is pretty crazy, with letters making completely different sounds depending on where they are in the syllable.
The more you know~
Lived in Thailand during Rama IX reign. I was shocked to learn this.
Me too but then moved to Singapore and then in Feb. 2020 I went to dhaka
Should have mentioned Hussein Mohamed Farrah Aidid, a Somalian US Marine who was deployed to Somalia as a non-combatant interpreter. Then later returned to Somalia to lead a his Uncle's Militia and Political party. Ended up becoming president.
The comment about “Ms. Markel” has aged interestingly!
I like your new look with the hat and hair style going together and such. It looks great on you.
Sam thanks! My hair is getting too long and I’m tired of it flopping in my eyes. Also I’m trying to look cool
5:53 Harry got “exiled” from the UK. That’s what happened with Miss Markle.
I'm so thankful for you and your channel! You deserve more subscribers.
Winston Churchill was half American, his mom was born in New York
and Boris Johnson was Born in New York
@@j.j.hector735 That explains so much
Amazing video
I've thought about this recently after recently binging your videos! Are there any noticeable Americans in Canadian politics? Are Americans allowed to hold any type of office in Canada?
Your probably the only person where when i hear you talk about politics i dont feel conflicted thank you
Shhh you shoudn’t talk about the King of Thailands death so lightly or youtube will get banned in Thailand again
:-o
I don’t think anyone believes Rama VIII actually committed suicide, best case scenario, he shot himself accidentally. Worst case scenario, he was shot (also accidentally) by his baby brother 😖. Also don’t mention that..
heatseeker we choose not to talk about that in Thailand and its still a mystery only good knows how he really died
Yup. I dont want to YT to begone from my country or I have to go back to creating unironic memes
They would only do that for our safety. We do not want a communist uprising
super interesting episode! thanks JJ!
Interesting fact about King Bhumibol Adulyadej: Even though he was born on US soil, he was never an American citizen due to an unusual exception in the 14th Amendment of the Constitution which establishes birthright citizenship. The relevant part of Section 1 of the Amendment reads: "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside." Even though King Bhumibol was born in the US, as a member of a foreign ruling family he was not considered directly subject to the jurisdiction of American laws and therefore did not automatically receive US citizenship. In any case, he only lived in the US for the first year of his life until his father finished studying at Harvard and didn't return to the country of his birth until he went on a state visit in 1960.
So royals are like diplomats.
I just clicked on this video and noticed that today is the 2 year anniversary of its post date.
What about Edward Seaga of Jamaica?
And King Rama IX was also a talented jazz drummer. Not in the Krupa/Rich class, but good. And a decent Alto Sax player too.
literally no dislikes! This man is an absolutely truthful, lovable person! Everyone should want to personally bear hug this guy because of how truthfully lovable and endearing he is!
p.s. dude is point blank and historically confident while being humble...did I mention that he's lovable?!? This man is a RUclips treasure
6:54 thats becous of the republic of Marland
Funnily enough, there's actually a city in Greece called Drama - I'm actually not joking.
Not surprising
The word “drama” comes from Greek!
@@allanrichardson1468 True that, it does.
Boris Johnson was born in New York City. He didn’t renounce his US citizenship until the 2000s.
Hey JJ, could you make a recap video about this year? What were your favorite moments, videos and so on. And please talk about your audience 😄 about the
JJ community (we probably need a better name)
1:32 hmmm, i think i've seen something similar to this before...
Iove your videos
The King Of Zimunde spent some time in Queens NY. He also worked a part time job at Macdowels fast food while in NY.
Liberia is like a super exaggerated racist version of "oh I know a gay person, you're both gay so you should date!!!"
never really thought about it that way but yeah you got a point
The flagg showed as a graphic in the video is from MIRANDELA (the only place in portugal in wich portuguese is not spoken) but the flagg you holding is of a antiga mui nobre, sempre leal e invicta cidade de PORTO (where the best football club is located ;)) They are two diffrent flaggs from two diffrent citys. Im happy you own now a portuguese flagg, because i saw youre flagg collection and noticed that that you havent even a portuguese nationalflagg wich is a beauty in mi opinion. Keep the good work thou
Ya, have noticed that too! I aas wondering if someone saw that. They are a bit similar if you are distracted, but readind the names in the flags gives it away. I'm Portuguese too, and is nice to see that he has a portuguese flag now, but, ya... having it confused with other flag is a bit distracting 😅
Your videos are probably the best ones in matter of politics and geography.
01:31 this image gives me flash backs
Boris Johnson has now joined this list
love the longer videos
You forgot to mention Edward Seaga, Former PM of Jamaica born in Boston Mass.
I recently met a Liberian woman and was thrilled to speak with her.
I think this would also be case with some Indians. They moved to different countries by will or by someone else's force. And now some of their children and grandchildren are leaders in that country.
Make a video about it if you can find people like that. Love your videos. Thanks and love from India 😊
I actually already did!
@@JJMcCullough I didn't know. But thanks for replying. And I will try to find that video. 😂🇮🇳🇨🇦🇮🇳🇨🇦
@@JJMcCullough following is comment I made aftee watching a video you described, Countries with leaders from minorities races or community:
About electing a minority a leader in my country, I would say current situation doesn't seem like it. But just before sometime India had a combination for some years that was like as following :
The Head of state = President = Abdul Kalam ( Muslim - Minority)
The Head of government = Prime Minister = Dr. Manmohan Singh ( Sikh - Minority )
Chair person of party with Majority = Party president = Sonia Gandhi ( A Christian by birth, wife of a former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, and she is also from Italy)
And these three were ruling a country with Hindu Majority. And the president changed later but Dr. Manmohan Singh stayed in officer for 2 consecutive terms.
@@yashjani I also made a video just about Indian leaders in other countries, too.
@@JJMcCullough I will check it out. Thanks. Love your videos. Keep making them.
You forgot William Walker, self proclaimed President of Baja California and Sonora for a few months, Who later took over Nicaragua where he ruled for just under a year, and then unsuccessfully attempted to make a small republic on some Islands that Brits had settled off of Honduras after that
Boris Johnson was born in New York but he renounced his US citizenship so I guess he counts aswell
Greetings from the small but beautiful Baltic states! The current prime minister of Latvia, Krišjānis Kariņš, was born in Delaware. Toomas Hendrik Ilves, former president of Estonia, grew up in New Jersey. The former president of Latvia, Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, ended up in Canada after being a refugee in World War 2 and was an academic in Montreal for two decades.
*BRING BACK THE Moustache*
Please
I second that
I would sooner DIE
Still love the videos
@@JJMcCullough yeah, about that...
3:50 to my knowledge this part about his US citizenship saving his life is untrue, and in reality he had only been spared because the british didn’t know who he was/didn’t think he was important enough to warrant executing
Rama IX lived till the age of 88 and ruled for 70 years!!
Good video
King Vajiralongkorn just has a new Queen.
6:47 things are getting funny here how his name is Jj and you’re name is also Jj
Reverse Obama??
@Friendly Neighborhood Neocon ohhh I get it
amabO kcaraB
America isn't even majority white
DCDV yes it is
@@roidetesreves2298 Technically it is but it's getting to the point where minorities outnumber white people.
Great video!
Americans, accepted and even elected in other countries.
Also Americans: *If you weren't born here you can't be president for no real reason other than nativism*
Well, the US is big enough that there shouldn't be any issue finding qualified candidates :^)
Thats a good thing
Estonias former President Toomas Hendrik Ilves was born when his parents where fleeing to the US from the Soviet occupation of Estonia in Stockholm and grew up in Leona, New Jersey and studied at the Columbia University.
Where’s the Notification Squad at?
ding ding ding
You guys are the greatest heroes of all.
I am here
(I was here earlier ok)
... I got it.
There is even a Maryland Province in Liberia!
No mention of Princess Grace, huh?
William Walker was an American filibuster who briefly became president of Nicaragua after a short conquest before being ousted.