How to show that $B(t) - \mu t$ is a martingale

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How is it possible to show that $B(t) - \mu t$ is a martingale. We of course want to show that $E[B(t) - \mu t \,|\, \mathcal{B}_s] = B(s)$, and I'm sure we'd do this using the fact that Brownian increments are independent. How could one show this is the case? Here $B(t)$ is a standard brownian motion and $\mathcal{B}$ is the Borel $σ$-field, $\mu$ is the drift.

Thus far I have that:

$E[B(t) - \mu t \,|\, \mathcal{B}_s] = E[B(t) + B(s) - B(s) - \mu t \,|\, \mathcal{B}_s] $

$= E[B(t) - B(s) \,|\, \mathcal{B}_s] + E[B(s) - \mu t \,|\, \mathcal{B}_s] $

$=E[B(s) - \mu t \, | \, \mathcal{B}_s]$

However I am unsure where to take it from here.