Emmanuel Macron has hit back at Donald Trump’s latest threats to impose tariffs on any country opposing his Greenland takeover, warning that “no amount of intimidation” will persuade European nations to change their course on Greenland.
He was echoed by the Swedish prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, who warned the EU would not be “blackmailed” by the US president, who on Saturday announced 10% tariffs on eight European countries from 1 February, with a further 25% tariff from 1 June.
In a joint statement, EU leaders said “tariffs would undermine transatlantic relations and risk a dangerous downward spiral”.
It is highly likely that the European parliament will halt ratification of last summer’s trade deal with the US after Manfred Weber, the head of the European People’s party, the largest voting bloc in the institute, said they would have to pause the legal rubber stamping process.
Your claim is completely baseless, USA is going down the shitter, and so is Russia. But when Russia is defeated in Ukraine, the rest of the world will be fine. USA can piss right off, we don’t need them. If they continue their bullshit, there are already talk in EU that we may need to invalidate US patents, to take control of our infrastructure. IDK if you are American, but you definitely sound like it. Americans tend to think USA is the center of the world, but they aren’t anymore. And their political influence is diminishing fast. In Germany even AfD has denounced Trump after his threats against Greenland.
I have no fear for our future in EU, and I have no fear for our democracy, because we still use our democracy actively, as could be seen recently when we demonstrated against USA, a demonstration that far exceeded anything in USA under Trump on a per Capita basis, despite Greenland doesn’t have any impact on daily life in Denmark, and Greenland cost us money because we don’t steal their ressources.
Good luck mate. I wish you were right. I really do.
The curse of being a Marxist is that I’m right; but too early. You can save this comment if you want. We can reflect on it in a year or two when your leaders have failed miserably to put up any defense against the American empire.
The American empire is dying. You are right. But if you think it dies without taking every western country with it; well, you don’t understand how the last 30 years have worked. Or history in general. You aren’t living outside of history, you can’t run from what happens when an angry empire lashes out. I’d be preparing and not ignorantly thinking you will weather the storm without any preparation.
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Marxism has been wrong since 1848.
When European social democracys fall apart and cut back on every “right” the working class enjoys. You can come back here and ask me how I saw it coming and warned you.