Trump gives EU until 4 July to ratify trade deal or face ‘much higher’ tariffs

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/07/trump-gives-eu-until-4-july-to-ratify-trade-deal-or-face-much-higher-tariffs

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47 Comments

DiarrheaSommelier@lemmy.ca · 70 pts · 89d

Who fucking cares at this point? No deal with that moron is worth anything. Give him nothing. Because he's going to slap whatever imaginary bullshit on whomever he pleases no matter what they do. Let his stupid threats be what they are - a syphyllitic old man pissing into the wind.

BioDriver@lemmy.world · 66 pts · 89d

On the heels of trade court ruling his tariffs are illegal. And fuck off with this July 4th crap, you’re not fooling anyone

MonkeMischief@lemmy.today · 53 pts · 89d (3 replies)

Sorry, didn't the Supreme Court JUST rule like TWICE that all his stupid ass tarvfeffes were ILLEGAL?! AGAIN?!

Chickening out or not, couldn't he threaten and say it and it just...not go through? On account of being ruled ILLEGAL? AGAIN‽

AGHHH!!!

MrMakabar@slrpnk.net · 19 pts · 89d (1 reply)

Tariffs hit small importers harder. It is a great way to remove competition.

iglou@programming.dev · 5 pts · 89d

Any business that hasn't moved away from american providers or markets dependency at this point has very shitty management.

phoenixz@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 88d

AGHHHH

Aaahh, the average reaction when you wake up and look at the first news headlines in the 2020's

Man, this decade sucks

panthera_@lemmy.today · 50 pts · 89d (12 replies)

Ignore him. Seek business elsewhere. Trump just wants to control Europe.

Kazel@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 89d (10 replies)

Leyen wird das schon verkacken, mach dir da keine sorgen

stoy@lemmy.zip · 13 pts · 89d (9 replies)

Om vi alla skriver på olika språk blir allt mycket svårare att läsa.

SilverCode@lemmy.ml · 12 pts · 89d

A Møøse once bit my sister ...

Tore@piefed.world · 4 pts · 89d

Eu concordo contigo. Fica mais difícil ler tudo mas é divertido!

plc@feddit.dk · 3 pts · 89d

... Men ville det ikke bare være så meget sejere hvis vi allesammen bare var flydende på 8 sprog?

Burnoutdv@feddit.org · 2 pts · 88d

Until here, including yours i was actually able to follow, but I am limited to 4 languages, understanding everyone would be nice though

Vinylraupe@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 89d (4 replies)

Där Papscht het z Pschteck zschpat pschtellt.

zurchpet@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 88d (2 replies)

Interessanti übersetzig wo Google da gmacht hät devo.

Vinylraupe@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 88d (1 reply)

Wennt mit interessant, falsch meinsch, de ja xd

zurchpet@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 88d

Offesichtlich falsch.

Aber das er us em zspaat pschtellte Pschteck "wütend" macht findi ebe interessant.

Ibisalt@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 88d

Hinder s’Hans-Heiris Huus hani hundert Hase ghöre hueschte.

spitfire@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 89d

Nie martw się, i tak mamy go w dupie

Archangel1313@lemmy.ca · 46 pts · 89d (4 replies)

Oh. You mean the illegal tariffs that your own courts won't even uphold? That threat just doesn't have the same weight anymore.

Tja@programming.dev · 20 pts · 89d (3 replies)

They just declared the new tariffs illegal https://lemmy.ca/post/64519783

hornedfiend@piefed.social · 18 pts · 89d (2 replies)

Trump is beyond any laws. He simply doesn't give a shit.

He should have been in jail for SA after being convicted by a civil court on 34 counts. Americans decided to fuck their own country.

sturmblast@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 89d

While I agree, civil courts cant penalize you with prison time.

shani66@ani.social · 4 pts · 89d

Let's also remember he led an insurrection and was the second most prominent member of a global cabal of pedophiles. A lifetime in a secret blacksite is the absolute best thing he deserves.

SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 27 pts · 89d

He’s an actual punk-ass bitch. No one believes a word he says. Well, anyone with a brain. His supporters just wave their hands and repeat his ramblings. Europe needs to keep calling his bluff.

aarch0x40@piefed.social · 22 pts · 89d (1 reply)

🤣😂🤣😂 omg, the world no longer cares

Kazel@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 89d

But Leyen likes to sign shit

watson387@sopuli.xyz · 21 pts · 89d

What an asshole...

i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca · 20 pts · 89d

Hurry up and comply or Dad will count to 10 again…

fox2263@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 89d (2 replies)

If I was the leader of these countries and unions, I’d just ignore him. Literally just do nothing

lazynooblet@lazysoci.al · 5 pts · 89d (1 reply)

Tarrifs are paid for by the importer, so there isn't anything to do anyway. But what does then happen is consumers in the US will be conscious of the tarrifs and select cheaper products from non-tarrif'd countries. So there is an effect to be had on the EU whether they do anything or not.

parson0@startrek.website · 6 pts · 89d

It's just another distribution of wealth to the top. The cash is collected, the tariffs deemed illegal and the big box stores keep the money. The courts will get overwhelmed with class actions and the consumer will get $2.75 back if they can send in their receipts.

Greyghoster@aussie.zone · 15 pts · 89d (1 reply)

I assume that the EU is expecting TACOs on the 4th of July.

TotallynotJessica@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 89d

That sounds delicious

phoenixz@lemmy.ca · 12 pts · 88d

Don't

Let trump do whatever because he will do whatever anyway

newton@feddit.online · 9 pts · 89d

Yes ,taco

susi7802@sopuli.xyz · 9 pts · 89d

Roll away, pumpkin.

random_character_a@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 89d

So, we are doing the "school yard bully" thing again?

oyzmo@piefed.social · 7 pts · 89d (5 replies)

US people needs to do something about their leaders and top 1% - you are millions, how can you let this go on!?

ChillPenguin@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 89d

Because if we stop working, we die.

yakko@feddit.uk · 6 pts · 89d

Same reason Russia doesn't. Because it's real big...And the cops will kill you.

TotallynotJessica@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 89d (2 replies)

It's deadly to get organized right now, so even getting a million people together would likely be met with rico prosecutions for sharing lunch with someone who passed out fliers. There is no freedom to organize even nonviolent opposition to the administration. The state has so many ways to relieve pressure that it'd take mass starvation and unemployment for people to do anything.

The billionaires have completely captured almost the entire opposition party, freezing out anyone who actually opposes their interests. There are no more democratic mechanisms for significant change, and most of us don't accept that reality. So many people still think that what they've been taught to do to impact change will work, but our votes are only acceptable if the candidate is oligarch approved. Even the people who actually stand against them are only allowed to convince people that there is still a chance.

So you ask how we can let this go on? It's because we'd need to embrace violence to change things, and most believe nonstate violence is wrong no matter how fascist the state.

oyzmo@piefed.social · 2 pts · 88d (1 reply)

feeling sorry for all of you non-trumpers over there- really that bad? 😢

TotallynotJessica@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 88d

The tragic part is that most Americans don't even know how much the walls have closed in around them.

Ilixtze@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 88d

Europe should not negotiate with terrorists, even less so with pedophile terrorists.

claimsou@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 89d

Our parliament agreed to the tariffs… we are so weak…. This is embarrassing.

HubertManne@piefed.social · 2 pts · 89d

so is it going to be june 30th then or the july 7th?