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Donald Trump has announced plans to impose 25% tariffs on the European Union, claiming the bloc was “formed to screw the United States.”

While details are pending, he suggested the levies would target cars and other imports. The EU, a major U.S. trading partner, has vowed immediate retaliation, with potential tariffs impacting $29.3 billion in exports.

French President Emmanuel Macron had attempted to dissuade Trump, urging focus on China instead.

Critics, including economists and conservative media, warn the tariffs could harm the U.S. economy.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago (9 children)

Would love to be in the guy's head for just 5 minutes, to see if he's high or crazy or what.

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

Screw U orange shit4brains. You get what you give loser

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Do it. See what happens to that beautiful country of yours. What do you even provide the world besides shitty tech like meta and microsoft?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I believe Europe is importing quite some LNG, since we are weaning off Russia's gas teat

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

Any attempts of anyone to do anything he doesn't like is an attempt to screw him in his eyes.

The EU's major effect isn't harm to the us but keeping France, England, and Germany from shooting each other

[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago (14 children)

I mean, we have retaliatory tariffs ready to go too, and I'm not sure they'd be any less damaging.

If we went nuclear shutting off power to New York and water to Seattle and Boise is a thing we could do.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Oui oui le tariff oui

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 day ago

The EU was setup to help protect Europe and enable them to have better control over overly enthusiastic capitalist companies such as those found in the US.

But what do we expect from a low intelligence puppet of Russia?

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

please do. people should keep reminding this in social media platforms and everywhere else until he has no choice but to do it

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

And the bloc of 50 united states was formed to screw the bloc of european union ?

[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 day ago

DO IT! COMON! DO IT! Make every european leader more alligned with the EU and push us more and more together and more indipendent again!

DO IT! SCARDY CAT

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 day ago

Wake me when that pussy manages to even speak in his own cabinet meetings without elon interrupting.

[–] [email protected] 53 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

I'm in the EU and I very much I hope he does, beause the response will be spectacular: apparently there is an Act from 2023 that the EU can respond to this by suspending intellectual property rights of US companies, plus from last time Trump was President the EU learned to target counter-Tariffs for maximum political effect (basically hitting Republican states hardest) and that will also work fine in targetting US companies politically affiliated with Trump (bye, bye, Tesla!).

Also it will definitelly finish off any lingering delusions of European politicians that the US is an "ally".

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Isn’t it the other way around. The USA was formed to screw over the European world powers.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The US was a white colonialist project that once it became strong enough wrestled independence from the colonialist nations that started it, pretty much like has happenned all throught History.

IMHO, the people it was formed to screw over were the natives of the land the colonialists stole - so he members of the native Indian tribes.

[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Trump is kinda right. Charles De Gaulle wanted a united Europe to prevent Anglo-American influence. Aside from his Anglophobia, he vetoed UK joining then EEC because he thought UK is a Trojan horse for American influence into Europe. He also thought that the British are reluctant Europeans anyhow, so why let them in?

Fast forward 60 years later, and De Gaulle was found right. US companies tried to lobby the EU through UK. The Brits voted for Brexit, and the US finally became an unreliable ally.

For so much of the French being chauvinistic in a cringey way, they are right not to commit to Anglo influence or Atlanticism, presciently. The French still likes to assert their own global influence but in multilateral way with other countries. Macron and De Gaulle are correct for looking for strategic autonomy.

Edit: I also want to add, that the Brussels effect forces other countries to adopt higher standards and regulations if they want to trade with the EU. Obviously, many right wing Americans such as Trump don't like this.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I know it’s a whine, but roughly a quarter of the country voted for Brexit.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

That, nukes, NATO... It may have been rank anglophobia, but man, did history prove him right...

[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Brussels effects haters be like: "I really fucking hate USB type-C cables being on every device where it makes sense! I want to bo back to expensive and crappy proprietary cables only the original manufacturer is allowed to make!"

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago

You will plug in ze usb c and you will be happy

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago

food undercooked? tarriff!

Food overcooked? Believe it or not, tarriff!

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

To be fair, the EU has some pretty insane tariffs on everyone outside the EU.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago

Mmm... Orangutan starts throwing shtuff at all the other apes and then complains when they don't want to hang out with him any more

What a ferkin ashole

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

Oh my gosh, this is so fucked up.

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