Summary
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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food undercooked? tarriff!
Food overcooked? Believe it or not, tarriff!
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.
Isn’t it the other way around. The USA was formed to screw over the European world powers.
Mmm… Orangutan starts throwing shtuff at all the other apes and then complains when they don’t want to hang out with him any more
What a ferkin ashole
To be fair, the EU has some pretty insane tariffs on everyone outside the EU.
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.
Definitely channeling Putin.
terminally dumb
This one
I think it’s both
Oh my gosh, this is so fucked up.
welp, orange donvict did promote his platform as “America First!”.
The EU was formed for America First!
Trump’s tariffs: Swinging a 25% hammer while shouting, “They started it!”—peak trade war theatrics.
😺😺😺😺
Someone fucking ball gag this rapist to shut him up.
Kinky.
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.
2 sides to that coin. You also only need presence/trade deal once and you’ve access to a very large market as a whole all at once. In the end, everyone loses with throttled trade for no other reason than “I don’t like them!!” Transatlantic trade has been very beneficial for both sides of the pond for many many decades…
Almost like a certain military alliance this asshole wants out of. Hmmm…
Maybe replace them with Ukraine. I here they have great drone technology.
Time for Ukraine to join the EU quickly. Tariff his precious minerals.
Orange fuckwit.
I still hope Zelenskyy is coming here Friday to announce that they decided to take the deal from Germany, and Zelenskyy ends the press conference with a double bird for Trump. It won’t happen but man I would love Zelenskyy even more if he did.
You never know, he just might
We’re trying!
Try harder. EU takes longer to make a decision than a sloth on ketamine
It’s not just a yes or no. Theorically, they have to do many things about corruption, economic stability. They are not supposed to be at war to apply and not to have unstable countries beside. Accepting Ukraine now, would be against all the neighbors countries that have been struggling to enter. EU have to help them getting out of this war (preferably by pushing Russia out entirely), then make peace, then help rebuilding so they are conform to enter. I really hope we manage to make them get there! But it’s long for a reason: stability. The quickest part would be to accept them as candidate, but it needs peace first.
sloth on ketamine
Elon?
Inb4 EU and Canada signs a great trade deal just to screw over Trump.
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.
canadians should continue to buy canadian or the EU, asian anD SA. remember when china no longer needed soybeans from usa the last tariff he did.
I don’t see that he’s put it off. He’s all over the place about it, as usual, but it’s still a possibility.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/tariffs-update-march-4-1.7468442
Bloomberg is reporting it’s pushed back to April 2:
But you’re right, he’s all over the place about it.
As an American, I agree. They should.
We already have a good deal. CETA just need to be taken advantage of
As EU citizen, I don’t think that’s a good deal for us, as we are importing food that do not match our environmental criterias. It’s anti-concurrential for inside food producers that have to conform these environmental laws. It would have been good if the deal was to import things that were produced respecting our laws (no offense).
Surely this will lower egg prices!
This is all done in the name of citizen consumers right? Trying to make life better for the good folks that voted for him?
I believe the German government holds the information about the loans/payments from Russia, through Cyprus, to Deutsche Bank and then to the orange stain. The EU is better prepared than the Government of Putin. Game on motherfuckers and the US consumers better be ready to buy shitty Russian built Lada’s.
