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c/europe · by throws_lemy@reddthat.com · 211d

Trump threatens 25% tariff on European allies until Denmark sells Greenland to US

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/17/trump-tariff-european-countries-greenland

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Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca · 68 pts · 211d

Good. Don't trade with the US.

dnub@piefed.social · 57 pts · 211d (6 replies)

Russia and china must be throwing a party right now 

Plus, 1st round of tariffs worked ao well for US economy /s

henfredemars@infosec.pub · 34 pts · 211d (1 reply)

I believe the onion app headline was “America defeats America.” I couldn’t have put it better myself. It’s a shame.

optissima@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 211d

Article

WASHINGTON—In a historic outcome that promised to halt the rising scourge of the United States in its tracks, America has defeated America at the ballot box, sources confirmed Wednesday. “After 248 years of tense and often divisive conflict, we can finally say, as of this morning, that the nation turned out at the polls and delivered a decisive blow to the nation,” said electoral analyst Kurt Howitzer, describing the results as a remarkable triumph of the democratic experiment over democracy. “It’s a stunning turn of events. But it really shows the power of one citizenry to come together and prevail over themselves. The message was loud and clear: We are sick and tired of our country, and we want it to end.” At press time, millions of emotional Americans had reportedly gathered on the National Mall in an impromptu celebration of their resounding victory over the forces of liberty and equality.

wuzzlewoggle@feddit.org · 3 pts · 211d (3 replies)

I still don't understand why he or his followers don't know how tariffs work. Do they know they have to pay them, not we?

It's like he's hitting himself in the face and says he'll only stop when he gets what he wants.

smeenz@lemmy.nz · 3 pts · 211d (2 replies)

Because applying an import tax, regardless of the fact that Americans pay it, creates a reduction in demand for that product, and therefore a motivation for the foreign exporters to try to lower their prices to compensate and keep the price the same for the America customer, which then hurts the foreign economy. Trump is basically dangling the impact of lost sales and threatening to cut it even more.

The logic only works if the US is assumed to be too big to fail, and that the exporter can not absorb the loss of American sales, and that they have no other markets they can grow to cover those loses. Those assumptions are not necessarily true.

wuzzlewoggle@feddit.org · 2 pts · 211d (1 reply)

I really don't know enough about this to be sure, but I would assume the US mainly imports goods that they cannot produce on their own, right? So a reduction in demand wouldn't occur and it really doesn't make a lot of sense in this scenario. But again, I'm not an expert. Would love to see a statistic how much of the goods being imported by the us could realistically be replaced by their own production.

That being said, the orange turd continuously makes it seem like a 20% tariff on a country means that that country pays 20%, which is just false and dumb.

plyth@feddit.org · 1 pts · 211d

that they cannot produce on their own

That's the issue. Trump wants those goods to be produced in the US to regain the skills. The Americans have noticed that manufacturing weapons is not enough. They have to manufacture regular products, too, to improve the skills that are needed for advanced weapons. With tariffs, American products become competitive again.

Maybe tariffs with Europe are not high enough and Greenland is just an excuse to rise them higher despite the existing trade agreement.

kubofhromoslav@lemmy.world · 51 pts · 211d

EU invites you to provide evidence about role of open source software as a strategic asset. So we will be able to break free from even more things that fund this clown.

Contribute before 3rd February 2026.

https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/commission-opens-call-evidence-open-source-digital-ecosystems

quoll@lemmy.sdf.org · 48 pts · 211d (1 reply)

the ink hasn't dried on the last "deal".

there is no point in appeasing the us, they will always be back for more.

henfredemars@infosec.pub · 27 pts · 211d

We have a mad king with an abuser mentality. One can’t participate in these games. It only encourages the bully to continue the bullying.

hitmyspot@aussie.zone · 34 pts · 211d (2 replies)

Start tariffing their digital services. That should do the trick.

Amberskin@europe.pub · 8 pts · 211d

Nah. Tariffs are a shot in the feet.

Tax THEM instead. And enact a law similar to the American CLOUD act putting American owned datacenters in European soil under the European countries authorities.

Or, as Cory Doctorow suggest, make reverse engineering, decompilation and circumvention of DRM legal.

wuzzlewoggle@feddit.org · 3 pts · 211d

And start taxing the tech bros.

kushana@lemmy.zip · 28 pts · 211d (1 reply)

Proud of the EU for standing up to America. This is just vibeposting but our gov seemed very set on military action, and now we’re back to “let us buy it or else” messaging

mPony@kbin.earth · 1 pts · 211d

and they didn't even have to wait until Tuesday

kurikai@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 211d (1 reply)

but what about the Epstein files?

mPony@kbin.earth · 4 pts · 211d

every unreleased page bears his name

say it with me now

every unreleased page bears his name

Protoknuckles@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 211d (2 replies)

Fuck me, wasn't it 10% just this morning?

Tikiporch@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 211d (1 reply)

It is 10% now, and goes to 25% on June first.

hoppygarden@feddit.org · 5 pts · 211d

It is +0% now, +10% 1st Feb, +25% in June, unless...

Nangijala@feddit.dk · 8 pts · 211d

If I were in charge, I would tell America that after this stunt, they can forget about mining deals or anything close to it, because this is what he really wants and the inuit don't want their beautiful country to be hollowed out by greedy companies that will pay them Jack shit for it.

The true test is when/if trump decides to drop all this threatening talk and instead says he wants the minerals, like he did with Ukriane.

If we bow to that request, we are a joke.

You don't reward a screaming, destructive child with one cookie after he demanded the whole tin.

kingofras@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 211d

phoenixz@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 211d (1 reply)

Just block the US completely

Block the US, Russia, and China, they're all shit governments and they're all only there for themselves. The rest of the world cn do without them

super_user_do@feddit.it · 2 pts · 210d

At least China never invaded us or imposed unjustified tariffs. Duties are a tool, they can actually be constructive but heck it just makes no sense to use them as a political weapon to intimidate YOUR OWN ALLIES

unknownuserunknownlocation@kbin.earth · 7 pts · 211d

I'm trying to put into words my reaction to this situation, but I can't. It's so beyond anything normal that I'm speechless.

Music unrelated.

EDIT:

Blacklisted regions: RU

HisArmsOpen@crust.piefed.social · 6 pts · 211d

FFS, this pedo rapist keeps doubling down on his words. They used to get his voters excited.

TwinTitans@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 211d

😂 What a cuck.

SW42@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 211d

I am genuinely shocked that buying a Country or invading it is a thing- aaah wait… never mind. This is clown timeline…

Spacehooks@reddthat.com · 2 pts · 211d

This would fit in with by a government serving chaos undivided.

You could find an example of anything this monster does that lines up with the chaos gods.

Sad part is a grim dark present there are no angels to call upon. Even if they did it'd just be exterminatous.

BC_viper@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 211d
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RedGreenBlue@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 210d

Someone should tell him that he can't afford it. Give him a made up number and see if he acceppts it. One badrillion dollar.