Oh, look, dealing with a bully by negotiating with him hasn't worked.
What! A! Surprise!
Nowadays I'm fully convinced that the politicians in the EU Commission are either profoundly incompetent, rotten as fuck, or both.
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Bet the EU felt satisfaction using the same words Trump and his cronies were using when they were trying to change the deal last year. I certainly would.
Let's see how long that satisfaction lasts once they notice that Trump doesn't fucking care. Magats don't have principles, why should they care what they said yesterday?
The EU's position here seems entirely reasonable; they made certain concessions to the US in return for certain concessions in kind.
While the tariff rate they're facing now is the same as what they agreed to, it's also now the tariff rate that the US is applying globally. That means the EU is no longer receiving any special consideration, so why should they give any?
A sustained selloff of US bonds by EU + UK, Norway and Switzerland would get their attention
But would this be asking rich people to sacrifice their wealth for a greater good.
Not really. How would it? Buy new shit, fuck the bond. Do gold instead, or something…
Already happening. Gold is USA's top export product at the moment. And it does seems to be USA bond for gold.
I mentioned this the day he did the press conference to announce the 10% worldwide tariffs.
The tariffs were originally sold under the guise of managing fentanyl trafficking by forcing new trade agreements to be crafted piecemeal with various nations instead of the large multinational agreements of yesteryear.
They were sold on Trump being such an incredible dealmaker and his constant refrain that countries were coming to him and begging him to make deals.
He literally blew up every deal that was in the works not because anyone else in the world did anything wrong, but because he is mad at his own Supreme Court rightfully telling him to pound sand. He is punishing every idiot who took a chance to work with him, not because they didn't follow through on their agreements but because he is the biggest baby bitch on the fucking planet who cannot handle being told "no" whether it's a whole country, a court, or a thirteen year old girl.
Master dealmaker my fucking ass. Any country that was in the process of making a deal with him already had a lot of evidence he would blow up his own deals at his convenience, but this should be the final nail in the coffin of anyone even trying to work with the US and expecting the US to be acting in good faith.
Yep. This is it. The real consequence. What little credibility they had left, they lost it.
crediwhatity?
There is one critical mistake in the EU position. Their argument requires honour. The US has none.
*Trump has none.
No. If a Trump can arise once, it can arise again. This lands on the USA, not Trump. They have proven that their system lacks the ability to hold to an honourable agreement.
funny, people been saying the same thing about Hitler since the 1950s.
I'm starting the think it's not a system problem and is a human problem. if true that would mean that "a Trump" could exist anywhere, not just in the US.
It took Germany 50 years to rebuild trust.
Sure "a tRump" could exist anywhere. Except not just any country has the military firepower and global power that America has (or had).
So a tRump existing in Moldova or Colombia is far less likely to have the ability to affect world affairs than the current American incarnation can.
Trump, his administration, the supreme "court", congress, the house of representatives, the GOP, their donors, their voters, their sellouts...
Don't forget the people who do nothing but 'slam' the other side on social media and then tear their clothes as victims online.