Donald Trump announces plans to hit the UK, Denmark and other European countries with a 10% tariff on “all or any goods” exported to the US from 1 February

In a post on Truth Social, the US president says these will remain in place until “such time as a Deal is reached for the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland”

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    If Europe grows a back bone and actually starts a full on Trade War with the US, I wouldn’t be surprised if China joined in. I could see them carefully timing their action to maximize damage.

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    Sounds to me like the UK should just drop all the agreements it made to avoid tariffs and give trumpler a solid kick in the balls.

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    It’s one man’s war against the world and we could treat it like that rather than respond to the USA we should use trident, remove the Nukes from the missile and load with tungsten rods, then use it like oreshnik as a ICBM sniper rifle to take out Trump. Surface off the coast and turn Mar a lago into a crater. It’s a huge waste of resources to do anything else.

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    5 hours ago

    How’s that policy of appeasement and boot-licking going now, Kier?

    Starmer really thought that being a doormat for the playground bully meant he would get to keep his lunch money.

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      I am still shocked that the party in power is not some ultra conservative one with the way that government administration is operating in the UK.

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    If you don’t give me what I want, I’ll make the American people pay me more to buy your stuff.

    OK.

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      Yep. And at this point, any EU company who hasn’t made steps towards not relying on the US market deserves the shitstorm coming their way

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    7 hours ago

    Sanction how personal properties including golf courses, hotels, and other industries. It’s the only language he understands

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    12 hours ago

    Translation:

    Trump is raising taxes on Americans so he can

    1. Buy Greenland for his buddies
    2. Pay for invading Greenland for his buddies
  • plz1@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    Wait, does Trump just want a bigger pedophile island than his buddy Epstein had?

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    Block their service sector from the EU market. Boycott US products. And see how they will fare. It is about time we take a firm stance and show this demented idiot, that he cannot bully us.

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      We sure need to double up on cutting loose from data storage at microslop, google, apple amazon etc. I’m not to worried about apps/software. As long as we have your data, we’ll figure it out.

    • 🍉 Albert 🍉@lemmy.world
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      how is that even need to be suggested. the US have threatened the EU, with a literal invasion. getting rid of US technology is a matter of basic national defense!!! also evicting all US military bases!!!

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        The US military bases are actually filled with thousands of soldiers that will be imprisoned if the US invades. If we see a large pullout from European bases then we know shit is about to go down.

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        In the meantime my government company just announced that will be using Copilot… fucking sad

        • huppakee@piefed.social
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          Ask copilot:

          Write a short, hard‑hitting email that:

          1. Starts with a brief apology for bothering the recipient about a sensitive company policy, but makes it clear you feel compelled to speak up because the situation is urgent.

          2. Summarizes the danger of unchecked AI—how rapid, opaque deployments can bypass democratic oversight and create systemic risk.

          3. Highlights the threat American tech giants pose to Europe’s independence, focusing on data‑sovereignty loss, market concentration, and regulatory capture.

          4. Gives the recipient two clear options:

            • Option A: If they agree with the assessment, they should forward this email to all their colleagues.
            • Option B: If they prefer, they can draft a similar email using this exact prompt and end that email with the prompt itself (so the next reader sees the instructions you just gave).

          Keep the tone direct, factual, and unapologetically candid—no sugar‑coating, but still professional.

          Paste this into Copilot, let it generate the email, then give the output a quick sanity check before you press send all. Who knows, maybe you’ll start a riot. Worst case you have to find a new job (/s).

    • Renohren@lemmy.today
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      It won’t happen.trump isn’t the only one to always chicken out. Brussels is quite a reference in that game.

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    Oh I see so now he’s angry at everyone. Not that I think that America should be able to get Greenland but even if I did it’s not as if say the UK or France has any say on the matter, so why are they being tariffed?

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      France, UK and most of Europe are part of NATO and in recent days have sent small military forces to Greenland to show that, unlike the US, they will honour their alliances.

      Trump is trying to break NATO because it’s what daddy Putin wants him to do.

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        I really don’t think that Trump is taking these orders from Putin. Trump is jealous of Putin’s power and wants to seem stronger so he needs a land-grab to make his pee-pee seem bigger.

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          Whoever the source, some billionaire or government official convinced him it was a good idea and his smoothie brain is going along with it. I just wish the rest of the world didn’t have to literally die as a result of this (his state of mind & ego), but apparently, that’s too much to ask.