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[–] 15 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Nothing will save him from the revelations of the Epstein pedo files.

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Yet he doesn't seem to be affected by the memes online about the Epstein Files. He is still acting like a dictator and getting praised for it.

    Not quite sure what the US needs to do to get out of his grip but I suspect they've lost already. They're just here for the ride.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago

    I think these things take years and years. All of the bad stuff we're seeing online is happening in small pockets of a massive country and most people don't care until it's on their doorstep. When we learn about wars or coups or I surections etc it's usually decades of struggles condensed.

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago
    [–] 5 points 8 months ago

    God I'm so tired of America, I wish Starmer would stop sucking up to Trump and I despise the fact Farage is so popular considering how transparently he wants to turn us into a subservient vassal.

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago

    Stop trading with the US. They need us more than we need them.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    Individual EU countries can't be tariffed.

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  • [–] 10 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    In theory, neither can islands with zero human population and zero trade, but that didn't stop him tariffing those penguins last time, did it?

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago*

    I'm pretty sure he also imposed a tariff on a small island off the coast of Australia, that in fact part of Australia. Which is rather like someone else imposing tariffs on the United States and also Manhattan.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    This stinks of someone who'd feeling super weak.

    I think making a fuss about it would be the wrong approach. We should just calmly station more troops in Greenland, quietly impose retaliatory tariffs, and then go about our business. That would pile up even more pressure on Trump without the noise he's craving to distract people from all his other troubles.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    Can I just check I haven't misunderstood... Aren't these tariffs charged to companies / individuals in the US for importing goods from other countries? ie. it's an import tax?

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 8 months ago

    That's correct. It's one way in which governments can change the behaviour of it's citizens. Do that enough and the people will find an alternative and countries exporting to the US will lose out.

    Whether that will happen with these tariffs who knows.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    Why the UK? They left the EU, and have nothing to do with Greenland, right?

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    Please let there be a 200% tariff on Huffy bikes imported to the UK. Those things deserve to die in a fire.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago
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    It's okay guys, my goat Kier just sent our strongest military officer (singular) to Greenland, the US empire now has no choice but to back off!

    (We're so fucking cooked)

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