Those countries also have the option of imposing retaliatory tariffs and/or dumping US Treasuries.
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If he steps over the line there should be no trade anyway.
There already shouldn't be now.
its RUSSIAN speak, punish [western country] to sow dissent, plus serves also a epsteinfiledistraction that putin might release.
Let me translate the Trumpspeak to English:
"Whaaaaaa! Whaaaaaaa! WHAAAAAaaaa!"
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Time to see whether our elected representatives here have any spine ...
Punish American citizens with tariffs - he means?
He'll demand the Sudentland and Austria next.
🌏🧑🚀🔫🧑🚀
Shortly, any country without Trump tariffs would be considered with suspicion.
About fucking time, we need a degree of decentralization from the US. There absolutely was no need to make US the central hub of nearly everything in this first place, all this basically proved that they where the superpower. Now this time long centralized structure is being tested - and hopefully it dissolves.
Why don't you put 1000% tariffs on everything you fucking buffoon.
Putin's running dog as usual.
So, he wants to shut off more trade in a tantrum. Interesting tactic.
Yawn.
This again?
Dementia Don
Are there any countries left he hasn't levied tariffs against? I believe the penguins are still quaking in their flippers..
So anyone want to tell him that if applied to Denmark Imports from Greenland would also become expensive?
Actually maybe he should do that. One could spin it as Trump Getting the profits from Greenland (and legally to if proper channels are followed)
If we Lick just a LITTLE bit More MAYBE he Won't Punish us NEXT!
-World Leaders apparently!
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Peace in our time.
So he is going to reneg on his agreements at this point? At this point he has attacked everyone so he can fuck off. If you agree to him he'll just move the goal post again. He is like any gangster.
Most gangsters understand that constant reneging will make the victims start fighting back. They want their rackets to be boring and reliable.
That sounds less like diplomacy and more like pressure politics. Greenland isn’t a bargaining chip, and using tariffs to force support would probably just strain alliances instead of strengthening them.
Pressure politics is part of diplomacy.
That being said, the US effectively doesn't have any allies any more. Sure there's still alliances on paper, but Trump doesn't care about agreements and everyone knows it. But we're in a bit of an awkward dance where countries don't want Trump to know that they know the US no longer considers any country an ally. Just buying time to shift everything away from the US.
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Once people realize if we all collectively so NO they can't do a damn thing.
Wonder why people have been screaming 'death to america' for years?
Do it. We'll be allies which you forget how to be.
Yup ok. Giv’er president pedo face
Why is news site reporting what the rapist terrorist said? Who gives a flying fuck what threats a felon gives?
Kim Jong Un wants you not to piss in his coffee. You laugh, you don't give it a fucking headline.
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