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Just once I'd like to hear a foreign country's avatar say "fuck yourself trump - right in your big shit smelling ass".
Capitalist nations do not care about their people.
They're all capitalist nations.
Or they could tell Trump to go fuck himself.
I like that idea better.
Aaahhh the good ol American influence.
Previously bombed into your backyard, but now you have this fifteen year old with a beard and tears in his eyes feet stomping on the floor during his meltdown "I wahaaaanna insult the gaahaaaaaayyyyysss"
Being in Scotland, it hurts to think how close we were to being able to avoid this shit
It hurts so much. I hope the people who voted no are looking at what's happening and thinking "oops" I was wrong. But that's not likely.
Onion headline: Trump accuses China of DEI practices for having too many Chinese workers
He wants to turn the whole world into a fascist dictatorship
Yeah they also told the UK they'd get a totally sweet trade deal if they did a Brexit, and that deal never materialized, did it?
Don't fall for their shit twice. That's America's problem - falling for it over and over again.
Where do you think they got it from?
The English are indeed the dumbest of all the humans on the earth, I'm hoping the UK has enough welsh and scottish influences that they can steer the ship away from calamity
I don't like the hate speech laws because I think they can be abused to include far too much, however NO LAW SHOULD BE CHANGED IN THE UK IN THE PERSUIT OF TRADE WITH THIS CUNT.
He can fuck right off.
The USA needs The UK more right now than the UK needs the USA
Could you explain your perspective in a bit more detail? I can understand why the UK critically needs the US, as a very large and populous economy buying its goods -- could you tell me a little more about why the US so critically needs the UK? Is it something to do with access to European markets or something?
Right now much of the world is looking to distance themselves from American products. Traditionally the UK has imported a ton of US goods and while the UK has a lot of options on who they can buy these from the USA currently has fewer places they can sell to due to American douchebaggery.
It's simply a power move to test out how submissive the UK government is
So, UK has to become a US colony for trade access?
For the promise of trade access.
If a deal does not go through, it makes Labour look bad.
No it fucking doesnt. Not giving a fuck about US demands is the most popular thing you can do right now.
And also the correct thing, from any position of reason.
Trying to control the way other countries are run is fucking wild, the notion of which should never even be remotely entertained.
Trying to control the way other countries are run is fucking wild, the notion of which should never even be remotely entertained.
In happier times, we call the process "diplomacy," and mostly limit it to things that affect us, directly or indirectly.
But pressuring other countries to, for example, clean up their corruption so we can reliably do business with them is common. (Also hilariously hypocritical) Pressuring other countries to enact civil rights laws is fairly common, too.
I have to admit, seeing pressure to remove civil rights is unusual, at least from countries not named UAE.
Diplomacy is fine, but the US wanting to change something in the UK that is neither a humanitarian issue or something that affects them at all, is like your car mechanic telling you what kind of furniture you're allowed to have in your house if you want him to work on your car.
He could technically do it, but it's also fucking absurd and you'd most definitely go to a different mechanic.
I'm not saying I approve of what he's doing. Quite the contrary.
But it's what he's asking, and how he's asking, not that he's asking.
What the fuck are you doing uk!?
The fucking jesus freaks are behind all the anti-diversity. They can fuck right off! What a sick fucking hate cult they are in.
The very Un-American US President Trump and his administration are trying to Americanise the rest of the world.
Fuck. Right. Off.
To "un-americanise" the rest of the world. Im still salty that some people genuinely think he's doing anything positive whatsoever.
"Americanize" is not something positive, that's the point.
We must throw our people under the bus, and that will allow us to lick some US boots!
Does anyone trust the UK government not to do this?
I'm expecting Starmer to fold like a cheap suit, especially with the court ruling yesterday.
Could he individually have done anything about that court ruling?
I think what @[email protected] means is that the recent UK Supreme Court ruling gives some cover to Starmer, allowing him to pin some of the dissatisfaction with his eventual acquiescence to US pressure on the judiciary (even though Labour, being in control of the legislature, could fix the laws instead of washing their hands…).
Yup.
Destroying the transatlantic alliance is probably the main goal of putin's US regime.
Embolden the UK's right wing parties who are largely putinists or deliver yet another blow to transatlantic relations. Yet another example of trump delivering a win-win for putin that's a lose-lose for the US.
What a useless fucking position for Trump to take. Pick your battles you orange buffoon. Gay folks can't hurt you, or won't. Just fix the economy.
Just fix the economy.
He can't. That trust is never coming back in my lifetime.