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Donald Trump has announced plans to impose 25% tariffs on the European Union, claiming the bloc was “formed to screw the United States.”

While details are pending, he suggested the levies would target cars and other imports. The EU, a major U.S. trading partner, has vowed immediate retaliation, with potential tariffs impacting $29.3 billion in exports.

French President Emmanuel Macron had attempted to dissuade Trump, urging focus on China instead.

Critics, including economists and conservative media, warn the tariffs could harm the U.S. economy.

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[–] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 39 points 2 days ago

DO IT! COMON! DO IT! Make every european leader more alligned with the EU and push us more and more together and more indipendent again!

DO IT! SCARDY CAT

[–] ehpolitical@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Would love to be in the guy's head for just 5 minutes, to see if he's high or crazy or what.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 6 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Multiple different personality disorders combined with just being an asshole, I'm thinking.

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[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

see if he's high or crazy or what

Either compromised, or bought and paid for, is what he is.

[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

High and crazy, but mostly

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[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 55 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 children)

Trump is kinda right. Charles De Gaulle wanted a united Europe to prevent Anglo-American influence. Aside from his Anglophobia, he vetoed UK joining then EEC because he thought UK is a Trojan horse for American influence into Europe. He also thought that the British are reluctant Europeans anyhow, so why let them in?

Fast forward 60 years later, and De Gaulle was found right. US companies tried to lobby the EU through UK. The Brits voted for Brexit, and the US finally became an unreliable ally.

For so much of the French being chauvinistic in a cringey way, they are right not to commit to Anglo influence or Atlanticism, presciently. The French still likes to assert their own global influence but in multilateral way with other countries. Macron and De Gaulle are correct for looking for strategic autonomy.

Edit: I also want to add, that the Brussels effect forces other countries to adopt higher standards and regulations if they want to trade with the EU. Obviously, many right wing Americans such as Trump don't like this.

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 44 points 2 days ago (21 children)

Brussels effects haters be like: "I really fucking hate USB type-C cables being on every device where it makes sense! I want to bo back to expensive and crappy proprietary cables only the original manufacturer is allowed to make!"

[–] capybara@lemm.ee 16 points 2 days ago

You will plug in ze usb c and you will be happy

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[–] NOOBMASTER@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

Pathological liar.

[–] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 167 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Surely this will lower egg prices!

[–] rayyy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Do you really think Krasnov cares now that he is king?

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[–] Justas@sh.itjust.works 141 points 2 days ago (9 children)

Inb4 EU and Canada signs a great trade deal just to screw over Trump.

[–] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 62 points 2 days ago (6 children)

He already blinked on the Canada tariffs. Put it off another month. We didn't even pretend to do anything to appease him this time.

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[–] krimson@lemmy.world 122 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Time for Ukraine to join the EU quickly. Tariff his precious minerals.

Orange fuckwit.

[–] rockerface@lemm.ee 48 points 2 days ago (5 children)
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[–] deczzz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (5 children)

Do it. See what happens to that beautiful country of yours. What do you even provide the world besides shitty tech like meta and microsoft?

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[–] endeavor@sopuli.xyz 19 points 2 days ago

Wake me when that pussy manages to even speak in his own cabinet meetings without elon interrupting.

[–] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 67 points 2 days ago (5 children)

The EU was formed to screw the US... THE EU WAS FORMED TO SCREW THE US?! Bruh dude is possibly channeling Hitler and Stalin simultaneously. That's the only thing that makes sense. Or he's terminally dumb. One of the two.

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[–] Vipsu@lemmy.world 80 points 2 days ago (4 children)

He's not completely wrong. One of the benefits EU provides is better bargaining power for its members against countries like the US.

Sanctions or tariffs on any individual EU country would likely lead to collective response.

[–] Phytobus@lemm.ee 40 points 2 days ago

He is completely wrong. The EU was formed after WW2 to prevent another war on the continent and to increase economic cooperation. The fact that makes us a much stronger block for negotiating trade deals was a side benefit, not its purpose. And it only works to screw over countries that are trying to screw us first.

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[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 81 points 2 days ago (10 children)

Country that has been screwing every other country for 80 plus years accuses other countries of screwing it.

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[–] AidsKitty@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Not an untrue statement. The EU was formed to make them more financially competitive and stop the endless internal warfare.

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[–] vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 2 days ago

food undercooked? tarriff!

Food overcooked? Believe it or not, tarriff!

[–] Litebit@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

And the bloc of 50 united states was formed to screw the bloc of european union ?

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Isn’t it the other way around. The USA was formed to screw over the European world powers.

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The US was a white colonialist project that once it became strong enough wrestled independence from the colonialist nations that started it, pretty much like has happenned all throught History.

IMHO, the people it was formed to screw over were the natives of the land the colonialists stole - so he members of the native Indian tribes.

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