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[–] [email protected] 200 points 2 days ago (3 children)

"we want to win"

Or, alternatively

"Some fat personal bribes please"

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago

They would like Japan to send them one large box of owning the libs. It's all they ever want.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago

“we want to win" That was my instant take

[–] [email protected] 102 points 2 days ago (3 children)

That's probably the exact reason, they didn't SAY they wanted bribes on the record, but made a gesture of rubbing their fingers and thumb together and the Japanese delegation ignored or misinterpreted it

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

You want paper towel? Yes?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago

“How is this entire shipping container covered by the de minimis tariff exemption?”

(a door swings open spilling thousands of the world’s tiniest violins)

[–] [email protected] 52 points 2 days ago

They most definitely did not misinterpret it.