“BREAKING: Trump says he will impose a 10% tariff on 8 European countries starting February 1; tariff rate will increase to 25% starting June 1 until deal for the “complete and total purchase” of Greenland is completed”

https://x.com/i/status/2012563178400391534

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    1 month ago

    It is the first time that the US targets a select number of EU countries, rather than the EU as a whole. This makes it highly vulnerable to court challenges and at the WTO, unless there is a declared national security emergency because of a direct threat from those target countries (of course beyond a post on TruthSocial).

  • comrade_twisty@feddit.org
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    1 month ago

    Ok let’s just start by banning X in the EU and move on to facebook, etc. if he does not come to his senses.

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      30 days ago

      move to facebook?

      Ban Facebook-Apps, X, Tesla, Open AI, Apple and Microsoft.

      But yeah, european politicians don’t thave the backbone for it.

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        30 days ago

        Aren’t Nazimobiles already banned in a lot of European countries because they don’t meet their traffic safety guidelines?

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          30 days ago

          The bog standard Teslas are pretty common in most of Europe.

          Pretty sure the Cybertruck is barred though. Doesn’t meet EU safety standards.

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          30 days ago

          well they are bouild in europe and their charger became the standard in some country so no. Without saying than a lot of country will give you a 20k price reduction payed by taxpayer cause “ecology” You have no idea how thing can be so fucking dumb

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    1 month ago

    “Trump will tank the US economy even more if he doesn’t get what he wants.” That’ll punish them! What a fucking idiot.

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    1 month ago

    He’s punishing the countries that sent officers to scout out exercises in Greenland. He doesn’t seem to realise those exercises will involve more than those countries.

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      30 days ago

      yeah so just gonna ask when pussy ass bitch european gonna start bying european weapon ? you know rather than pussy out and go to nato wich is just america ? And also start supporting numeric sovereignety. Also von der leyen is stupid ass bitch that got one of the worse deal in the world. That bitch should resign nobody elect here. Incompetence at his finest. The ue is efficient a one things, vote more beneficial to ppl that get employ byt here

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      1 month ago

      True, as much as I hate the idea of collateral damage, that’s what everyone one of us has in his/her sphere of influence. If not to make a point (which I find secondary), then to start supporting our shared homeland. After all, the strongest country on our continent isn’t France, Germany, etc. It’s Europe - or at least, it could be. But only if we start acting like it.

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    1 month ago

    So I guess the trade deal that would have the EU buy billions worth of military good from the US is off the table then. Trump has managed to break it before it was signed.