US President Donald Trump has said he may impose trade tariffs on countries that do not support his plans to take over Greenland.
"I may put a tariff on countries if they don't go along with Greenland, because we need Greenland for national security," Mr Trump said at the White House.
23 Comments
Gsus4@mander.xyz · 64 pts · 209d
Ok, reroute world economy AROUND the USA, got it.
qyron@sopuli.xyz · 40 pts · 209d
Do it. Please, do it. Help the rest of the world - especially the idiots voting for the current politians in office - open their eyes to how well things can go when everything in handed to the "conservatives" and "traditionalists".
Put the economy, the entire global system, on its knees.
And then wave with war and nuclear weapons.
Lets burn the system down and do it properly.
Gsus4@mander.xyz · 23 pts · 209d
These guys are not even conservatives anymore. They are as radical (edit: and not the good kind) as anything I've seen in my lifetime.
Rhaedas@fedia.io · 24 pts · 209d
The GOP and now MAGA left conservatism behind long ago. And it's not like conservatism itself is bad when applied in places that need less change to work. One can even be liberal, radical, and conservative, just on different topics.
This is a cult. Period.
Greddan@feddit.org · 11 pts · 209d
phneutral@feddit.org · 1 pts · 209d
It’s called reactionary.
Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 209d
Let us be real, it wont open the eyes of any idiot voting for politicians like him
qyron@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 209d
The deep entrenched ones are far over the hill but there is an entire group of people that vote either by jumping on the bandwagon or by fear amd those can be pulled back. Although I'd prefer seeing all those people being kicked back on the mouth.
Anonymaus@feddit.org · 33 pts · 209d
Did he forget what happened the last time he tried that with china.
KingOfSleep@lemmy.ca · 16 pts · 209d
Yes.
sidebro@lemmy.zip · 18 pts · 209d
This is probably just another Taco, Trump Always Chickens Out.
I kinda do want him to not chicken out though, because I'd love to see him crash and burn a bit.
HowRu68@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 209d
Like he did with Venezuela, ICE and his Tariff wars? Better not underestimate him, he is a warmongering Fascist.
sidebro@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 209d
He has done a lot of chickening out tho
HowRu68@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 209d
Sure he has chickened out before.. But if he always did, we wouldn't have a problem.
Europellinore@europe.pub · 16 pts · 209d
matte@feddit.nu · 16 pts · 209d
The time when when you could trust the US to honour alliances and agreements is obviously over anyway. Better to find other trading partners!
plyth@feddit.org · 4 pts · 209d
It could be a good idea to expand your knowledge of history.
Downvoters, do you need examples?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixon_shock
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War
The US agreed to the UN charta.
Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 11 pts · 209d
Go ahead you pathetic donut!
frmrm@peachpie.theatl.social · 9 pts · 209d
He’s like one of those old toys you’d pull the string on to make them say something but the disk inside it got broken so it just says the same thing over and over every time you pull the string.
Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org · 6 pts · 209d
"Taaviffs!"
"Taaviffs!"
"Taaviffs!"
"Taaviffs!"
"Taaviffs!"
Akasazh@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 209d
Do what china did and double the tarifs. Trump wil chicken out.
Honytawk@feddit.nl · 4 pts · 209d
Please do. Anything that lowers the US grip on European economies is a good thing.
cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 209d
Wow, that's the most impotent thing he could have threatened. Noone cares about that as anymore.
5715@feddit.org · 2 pts · 209d
President Joker.