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Lord Ericht took issue with that assertion but the lawyer insisted that in such a case the court could have "no assurance" that Jackdaw could proceed.

Fernandes said such an assertion would be untrue.

Whether it was George Washington’s insistence that he was the one to formulate foreign policy when it came to diplomacy, treaties and more; Thomas Jefferson’s assertion of complete control over whether or not to attack the Barbary Pirates; James Polk’s decision to take actions which risked war with Mexico; or Abraham Lincoln’s “sweeping assertions of authority” in the Civil War era, executive claims to authority when it comes to matters of foreign relations and warfare have been a persistent feature of American history.

In 2024, that assertion has been tested and the results are now available.

Although he rejected skipper Bernardo Silva’s post-match assertion that the club is currently in a "dark place", Guardiola also accepted after a defeat of this size, words are largely meaningless.