Germany needs a new Trump strategy.
In 2025, German car manufacturer Volkswagen lost 8 percent of their car exports due to Trump tariffs, reports Danish Radio P1.
Germany tried speaking softly to Trump, and what did they get this week? More Trump tariffs.
Pleasing a bully NEVER works. It is time to show Trump that we are united and strong, and his attacks will cost him dearly.
Only then will he look for someone else to harass.
As the Canadians say: Elbows up!
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@randahl He has the nickname TACO because he always chickens out. If he is confronted with serious consequences he will cave. That is how he must be treated every time. Anything less and you look weak to him and he will think he can get anything he wants from you.
@randahl Europe should couch retaliation in reluctance and call on Congress to do their damn jobs.
Merz is a “Lauch” (=leek).
And some of his CDU colleagues have an extremely foolish weakness for Trump.
Merkel would have known much better how to play this power game.
@randahl 100% agreed! Unfortunately they have the weakest chancellor since 1949, and he is a Felon 47 fan boy on top. This fan clan behavior is dangerous and influencing Europe in a very dangerous direction. I really trust in France and Poland to be the voices of reason and they have the intelligence and backbone to be - I hope, really hope they guide the other countries, pull them together, especially GER as they are the head of the economic power and thus very powerful.
@randahl Unterstützt endlich Kanada und Dänemark. Bucht keine Reisen nach New York.
@randahl Well, last time I've heard the industry was pushing into a fast settlement... this morning I've heard in Deutschlandfunk that the companies are willing to take losses because they also don't believe in appeasement any more.
And also the previous settlement was not good for the German economy: Although then there were no tariffs, American companies hesitated to buy German machines because they were unsure if there would be tariffs when their order arrives.
@randahl Ellenbogen Hoch endlich.
>Pleasing a bully NEVER works.
yes, it's weird how many adults do not understand this. who think, okay well all he wants is my lunch money, this one last time, okay.
as someone in the US, I BEG people: please stand up to him. cut off the US if need be.
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we only need to repeal Art. 6, Directive 2001/29/EC and open the floods to anyone willing to sell jailbreaking/format translating tools.
This would cost Big Tech their stupid monopoly and would give customers actual property of what they pay (as opposed to a gracious, repalable right of use)
@randahl German here, my comment: elbows up!
@randahl it would not surprise me that pressure from exactly German automakers has caused the withdrawal of German soldiers from the Greenland mission. Not at all “planned to last only two days”, but caving in to T’s pressure propaganda…
With that Blackrock-Stooge we currently have as a chancellor, I doubt there will be enough of a backbone to even raise the voices.
I am ready to be surprised, though. Anytime now, Mr Merz! Anytime!
@randahl Is also good health advice. Accommodating bullies is never as fulfilling as confronting them with strength.
@randahl Our chancellor has no strategy beyond his next lunch. Believe me, it is that bad.
All that was on his mind was to wipe out the shame of being sidelined by Angela Merkel an become chancellor. He has never spent a single CPU cycle on what to do once he got there.
It is obvious that cooperation with Trump just moves the goalpost for the next demand.
@randahl Appeasement never makes any of them safe. It only proves they are exploitable.
