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Donald Trump on Monday, January 19 threatened 200% tariffs on French wine and champagne over France's intentions to decline the US leader's invitation to join his "board of peace." The board was originally conceived to oversee the rebuilding of war-torn Gaza, but the charter does not appear to limit its role to the occupied Palestinian territory.

"I'll put a 200% tariff on his wines and champagnes. And he'll join. But he doesn't have to join," Trump said, referring to French President Emmanuel Macron. A source close to Macron told AFP on Monday that France "does not intend to answer favorably" to the invitation.

The board's charter "goes beyond the sole framework of Gaza," the source close to the French president said.

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[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 11 points 28 minutes ago

“Do what I say or else I’ll charge my citizens more for your stuff!”

Had to check if this was an onion post or not

[–] renrenPDX@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 hour ago

Oh no, as if we don't already have decent wine here, mostly in blue states anyway.

[–] DylanMc6@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 hour ago

With a mortar launcher

[–] TheJesusaurus@sh.itjust.works 17 points 3 hours ago

God damn it feels good to be the good guys. Cheers france, we'll have some eh

[–] frog_brawler@lemmy.world 9 points 3 hours ago

May as well just make the tariffs 4000%.

Do it pussy.

[–] Bubbaonthebeach@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I'm guessing that the people who buy actual Champagne in the US don't notice the price and won't notice the tariffs. Plus $100, $200, $1000 per bottle - whatever.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 39 minutes ago

and they are likely getting them from wine specialty shops, which are often bought by rich people anyways.

[–] beanie@lemmy.ca 11 points 5 hours ago

What a pissant he is.

[–] borQue@lemmy.zip 20 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

It;s actually a good thing we can keep those fine wines for ourselves now. The Amercians have no taste whatsoever.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 14 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

they just need a little ketchup, that's all.

[–] bluesheep@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

That's how they make the white wine red right?

[–] fishy@lemmy.today 5 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

No dumbass, they use fruit punch Gatorade.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 6 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Oh gods, delete this shit right now. I do not claim this energy. The ketchup wine will have no place in my mind. Begone from me!

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 6 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 48 minutes ago)

let the ketchup flow through you

edit: now that I think about it. ketchup should be considered wine. it's made of fruit, can get vinegary, and has lots of sugar in it.

[–] Sarmyth@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

America produces great wine. It just means you'll export less of the top and bottom of your market.

Your middle market was always domestic anyways.

[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

No no, they meant taste in political leaders.

[–] Sarmyth@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Oh... well... can't really argue against that!

[–] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 14 points 6 hours ago

"Bored of piss". Merde alors motherfucker.

[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 27 points 9 hours ago (4 children)

Didn't the supre court said that those tariffs were ilegal and the government is going to reimburse like a trillion?

[–] sobchak@programming.dev 3 points 1 hour ago

I don't think so. I think some lower courts did, but the Supreme Court changed the rules to ban "blanket injunctions," so every wronged party has to bring their case to the courts and considered on a case-by-case basis. I think there's a case about tariffs that the Supreme Court is supposed to rule on but haven't yet. The admin, right now, can seemingly do anything it wants by just tying up courts with large numbers of illegal acts. They face no consequences for doing so, and the Supreme Court is mostly complicit (and illegitimate).

I remember reading smth along those lines

[–] AceOnTrack@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 7 hours ago

Also didn't he try that a few years ago and French winemakers didn't notice the difference?

[–] InputZero@lemmy.world 7 points 8 hours ago

Has the SCOTUS saying something is illegal stop him? He just does it anyway.

[–] dunestorm@lemmy.world 34 points 10 hours ago

Trump is having a speed-run on running the US into the ground as hard as possible. You clowns that voted this Nazi in 🤡👏

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 46 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

So when are we tariffing the shit out of US products?

I'm sure every business in Europe suddenly having to pay 200% extra for Office 365 and mail handling will send them scrambling for a European alternative.

And they won't go back once they've moved.

[–] TheHotze@lemmy.world 16 points 8 hours ago

Yes please, let's make foss default.

[–] m3t00@lemmy.world 13 points 8 hours ago

been reading about several mandating open source in government offices. due to low quality, low security microsoft crap. give them more reasons.

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[–] Jerb322@lemmy.world 24 points 10 hours ago (3 children)
[–] leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 hour ago

Trump's always wanted to be a mobster, even though he lacks the skill.

[–] hraegsvelmir@ani.social 24 points 10 hours ago

This gives us the possibility for one of the funniest ends to this, where Trump gets in a pissing match with Italy over something, tries to extort them with tariffs, and the Italian mob takes him out for trying to squeeze in on their territory.

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[–] m3t00@lemmy.world 10 points 8 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Sunflier@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

At this point, we need such tools to surgically remove this cancer

[–] mycodesucks@lemmy.world 31 points 11 hours ago

Where ever will we find another market for the best wine in the world?

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago
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