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Donald Trump announces plans to hit the UK, Denmark and other European countries with a 10% tariff on "all or any goods" exported to the US from 1 February

In a post on Truth Social, the US president says these will remain in place until "such time as a Deal is reached for the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland"

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[–] Critical_Drinking@lemmy.world 153 points 3 weeks ago (12 children)

The truths in the Epstein Files must be devastating when the tangerine turd tries so hard to distract from them.

[–] axh@lemmy.world 163 points 3 weeks ago (10 children)

It's like saying Hitler attacked Poland and organised holocaust just to distract the German public... No, at some point you guys need to admit it, the guy is a power hungry lunatic.

[–] MonsterMonster@lemmy.world 80 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

... who just happens to associate with the known pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 47 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Doesn't matter if it's power over girls or countries.... power hungry is power hungry.

[–] Xanthobilly@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago

Los dos, my people.

[–] U7826391786239@lemmy.zip 27 points 3 weeks ago

at some point you guys need to admit it, the guy is a power hungry lunatic.

some of us have been shouting this at the top of our lungs for years

[–] snooggums@piefed.world 21 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

He is, but the Epstein files is the one thing his base has actually reacted to with possibly disgust. They are fine with literally everything else he does.

So this is a case of him being a power hungry fuck that also works well to distract from the one thing that might cause consequences. It can be two things.

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[–] tehsillz@lemmy.world 18 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Hitler was actually clear from the start about making Germany great again and immigrants, foreigners and jews being 'undesirable'. Oh wait.

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[–] MonsterMonster@lemmy.world 83 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

This man's stupidity has no boundaries.

"Donald Trump, who says on Truth Social that the US has subsidised Denmark and the European Union for many years by not charging them tariffs.”

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[–] filister@lemmy.world 74 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Block their service sector from the EU market. Boycott US products. And see how they will fare. It is about time we take a firm stance and show this demented idiot, that he cannot bully us.

[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 44 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

how is that even need to be suggested. the US have threatened the EU, with a literal invasion. getting rid of US technology is a matter of basic national defense!!! also evicting all US military bases!!!

[–] Kkk2237pl@lemmy.world 19 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (4 children)

In the meantime my government company just announced that will be using Copilot… fucking sad

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[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 64 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

So can we (i.e. Europe) finally stop appeasing him? Full on trade war? We know he eventually backs down, he's show it with China.

I liked central bank people supporting Powell recently, that felt like a step in the right direction. (First time anyone from Switzerland, my country, has shown any balls anyway.)

[–] LordOfLocksley@lemmy.world 23 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

1000% tariff on all American goods.

1000000% increase on taxation for American tech companies

[–] chuck@lemmy.ca 51 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

The real solution is to invalidate US copyright in European territories. Also listen to Doctorow and throw out the dcma like laws and blow out the monopoly on tech the us has enjoyed.

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[–] 0ndead@infosec.pub 55 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Trump again plays the dumbest card available

[–] N0t_5ure@lemmy.world 40 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

He's redefining the phrase "playing the Trump Card" to mean the worst possible thing you can do.

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[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 54 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh, no. The Americans are taxing themselves again to own the libs

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[–] SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works 52 points 3 weeks ago

Translation:

Trump is raising taxes on Americans so he can

  1. Buy Greenland for his buddies
  2. Pay for invading Greenland for his buddies
[–] TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.ca 47 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

No country ever in the history of trade itself would ever give up land or risk war over a 10% tariff.

In fact, 10% is pretty pathetic even compared to Trump's other tariffs. I'm wondering if this is his way of pretending to care about Greenland while not actually doing anything majorly impactful.

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[–] shittydwarf@piefed.social 40 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

So his response is to tax Americans, 3d chess right there

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 19 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

More like 1D. The only tools he knows are tariffs and troops.

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[–] pachrist@lemmy.world 35 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If you don't give me what I want, I'll make the American people pay me more to buy your stuff.

OK.

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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 33 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Sooooooo

When exactly is the entire world going to realize that negotiating ANYTHING with the Cheetos monkey is absolutely useless as he'll just break any agreement whenever he wants?

Give him a finger and he'll go for your hand.ngive him your hand and he'll want your arm

It will never stop untill the entire world goes against him, united. Put up an economic blockade. No more trading with the US, at all, until their entire government has been replaced and overhauled, no more presidents

Yeah, that will be very painful for everyone, I'm sure, but in the lonrun it'll be worse continuing whatever the fuck this is

If Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America and Canada can join together in blocking trade with this asshole, he will be fucked

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[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 30 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Not sure we care anymore, since the free trade agreement between EU and Mercosur was signed today. We don’t really need to trade with the US anymore. South American provides a huge export market for our products, and they supply better quality agricultural imports than the US can anyway.

[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 13 points 3 weeks ago

As an Australian I am hoping this fastrackts the Australian one with the EI but our government is so far up the US's arse, possibly were getting pressure from the US not to.

Anything that brings the world closer together is a good thing!

https://thenightly.com.au/australia/how-australians-could-soon-live-and-work-in-eu-freely-under-long-awaited-trade-deal-c-21312701

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[–] plz1@lemmy.world 29 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Wait, does Trump just want a bigger pedophile island than his buddy Epstein had?

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[–] sunbytes@lemmy.world 28 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

How's that policy of appeasement and boot-licking going now, Kier?

Starmer really thought that being a doormat for the playground bully meant he would get to keep his lunch money.

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[–] Samuelwankenobi@sh.itjust.works 24 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

Alright I just won't buy stuff from America like I already have been for like the last 11 months

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[–] smeg@infosec.pub 21 points 3 weeks ago

Europe gave into Trump's tariff demands last year and now he's demanding more with the same ploy. Trump will keep using this tactic until we have nothing left. Making concessions with psychopaths is a road to complete slavery.

[–] EvilCartyen@feddit.dk 19 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This is an attack on the EU and must be met by action by the EU. Start selling off US bonds Monday.

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[–] Jaberw0cky@lemmy.world 18 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

It’s one man’s war against the world and we could treat it like that rather than respond to the USA we should use trident, remove the Nukes from the missile and load with tungsten rods, then use it like oreshnik as a ICBM sniper rifle to take out Trump. Surface off the coast and turn Mar a lago into a crater. It’s a huge waste of resources to do anything else.

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[–] ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 18 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I hate how every news article about tariffs implies that the country is the one being damaged by this. When in reality it's the us citizens being damaged.

Should read "Trump threatens us citizens with tariff on Greenland..."

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[–] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip 16 points 3 weeks ago

Do 100% once and for all and fuck off to your shitty corner of the globe

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 16 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

I'm absolutely certain he's dying and thinks he can make the legacy he leaves behind 'America was at it's territorial height under President Trump' instead of 'Donald Trump lied, cheated, and stole his way into the US presidency, thus weakening America forever'

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[–] vpol@feddit.uk 16 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Carpet ban of US/foreign tech in EU/UK. With per-company issued licenses afterwards.

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That should read, Trump plans to punish Americans by adding taxes on trade with countries unwilling to abide by his tantrums

[–] HexesofVexes@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago

Sounds to me like the UK should just drop all the agreements it made to avoid tariffs and give trumpler a solid kick in the balls.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 14 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I think that the US should be split into 50 new independent nations.

All the Republican led ones will slide into third world banana republic dictatorships that soon won't be able to feed their own population, bit that is their own problem. At least the rest of the nations can continue to develop into normal states where people have actual freedom

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[–] EndOfLine@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago

Taxing Americans because other countries don't support his dementia fueled fever dreams of conquest. Yup, that'll teach 'em.

[–] lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com 13 points 3 weeks ago

The pedophile protector has done whaaaaat?

[–] varnia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 3 weeks ago

Europe cannot cut ties with this shit country faster. How is this lunatic still in charge? This is incomprehensible!

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