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@randahl
Yes, he would. Because he believes that he has the ultimate leverage and believes he is in the power position when it comes to all matters of negotiation.
@randahl Canada's economy is too intertwined--especially for the auto sector to mess with this without any contingency plans (unlike Tr*mp, who doesn't know what contingency means).
Growing up and until I moved away, I would have been able to tell you who the auto union leader's name was, he was that important to the Canadian economy.
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@randahl It's just a ploy to get out of NATO, (motive not understood) other than a delusional affinity for fellow robber-baron types in Russia.
He's burning bridges with EU and US for a long shot to become, what, an even bigger-time robber-baron?
We can guess how this ends.
@randahl
Sales of US cars in Canada have already dropped to record lows, and we're bringing in Chinese EVs for the first time, but none of this seems to be making an impact on the US executive branch. I'm not sure there's much anyone can do, short of getting on Fox News, that can influence their thinking.
@randahl the market share of usa‑made cars in the eu is 4.4% and declining
@randahl just stop supplying the USA EUV lithography parts and their high end chip industry is kaboom
"US to stop collecting tariffs deemed illegal by Supreme Court on Tuesday"
February 22, 2026
Stop playing into their dirty billionaire hands, perpetuating scandals so unfounded prices increase even more.
Were all waiting for our refunds the corporations received as planned by the greedy bastards who do anything they like and get away with it; bailout GWB '08.
Reading between the lines, it's a superpower.
US judge orders refunds for more than $130bn in illegal Trump tariffs
@randahl I'm happy to buy less american items. Many in Europe feels the same ✨
@randahl yes, but.
But we have to NOT import US cars here in Europe. No way. US "cars" are just legalized polluant killing machines. Keep that shit out.
As @notjustbikes say:
You don't hit back cars' for cars' tariff when Europe doesn't buy US cars for plenty of other reasons (gas guzzlers too big for comfort) anyhow.
You hit back with tariffs where it hurts. Republicans got that lessons almost every legislature period, when they hurt EU economy for no good reason.
@randahl that should be the default response: reply with at least the same tariffs back.
Alternatively, stop the export of steal completely. We need it to build up our army and the US factories will run dry very soon.
does it matter?
Americans will soon no longer have the money to buy cars, and if they want to continue buying big inefficient cars without gas consumption limits, they could continue, we are sitting by the river and waiting for their corpses to pass through.
Am besten gleich Commonwealth + EU, dann kann die Orange gerne mal Zölle erhöhen.
Und Antworten sollte man mit Ausfuhrzöllen auf alles was die Amis so importieren.
@randahl the EU should put tarrifs on it services, like netflix, AWS, google, disney, Microsoft, META, X etc. And it should apply to all companies that has HQ or is incorporated in the US. These money could be used to make European alternatives.
@randahl it is what we should do indeed. Unite and hit back if needed.
Showing we are serious worked on the Greenland issue…
@randahl That is the point, but the chief adviser to German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil (SPD), Jens Südekum, has advised restraint in response to Trump’s latest tariff threats. “The EU should simply wait and see for now,” Südekum told the Reuters news agency.
It is well known that Trump often suspends or withdraws his grandiose tariff threats just as quickly as he makes them.
— Jens Südekum,
With this position, Trump will put pressure on Canada, the UK, and the EU more and more, because Germany can't take a hard line against Trump's policies."
No me preocupa demasiado. Quiere romper el acuerdo otra vez, y la UE ya tenía medidas preparadas la última vez. Al final, ese naranja cedió. 🙄
Supongo que estará sufriendo de acidez estomacal otra vez...🙃
@randahl
I dunno. He is a pretty ... er ... ah ... intellectually isolated individual.
I don’t think that would happen.
He would still do it.
The way to go after him is to go after American tech. Those billionaires enshittifying the world want chaos.
They think they’ll finalize totalitarian control.
Does anyone outside of America buy their cars? I thought they were still widely viewed as gas guzzling junk. Heavy inefficient expensive to run and unreliable.
@randahl I wonder how many people in the EU actually thought that we could come to an "agreement" with Donald J. Trump and he would abide by it.
Anybody with any sense would keep working on a contingency plan to handle the inevitable moment when he reneges on his promises and stabs you in the back.
The EU has kept on working on new trade agreements. Trump's Tariff Tantrums are increasingly irrelevant.
Oh yes, and remember: Trump's tariffs are actually paid by Americans. 😁
@randahl It helps to take a deep dive into Divide and Conquer Strategy: the aim is to destabilize root infrastructure, to the point of sole dependence on a singular 'salvation' point - oftentimes steeped in mystical ignorance, like a religious, arrogant zealot, preaching monotheistic investment into utter collapse.
The 'Third Reich' was a similar cult, that the ignorant, desperate masses - innocent or otherwise - eventually caved into.
At root; the #TechBros and #FossilFuels industries, are the puppetmasters today. They must be replaced by ethical root infrastructure scientists, or with the acceleration of the #ClimateCrisis, we'll be facing one of the greatest collapses in history.
@randahl That'll be an interesting interpretation of NATO's Article 5.
@randahl Doofus is doofusing a big fuss. Can’t negociate, only escalate.
@randahl
How would that work? It's not like there's a lot of people here who want to drive American garbage with less forward view than an M1 Abrams tank, that takes up three or four parking spots, breaks down constantly, and every time you approach a gas station, they switch the price sign to display "sold out".
I believe it was US President Theodore Roosevelt who said: "America should speak softly, but carry a big stick"...
The big stick, these days, is in the hands of Europe and others, as European countries collectively have $3.1 trillion of US Treasury bonds. Roughly 30% of the total US bonds in circulation.
The "speak softly" part should be to let it know, at the highest levels, that Europe will soon start selling those US bonds, if the current President does not stop his nonsense.
@randahl I heard lately that approx. 60% of Canadians are in favour of joining the EU.
@martinvermeer @Inidox @ij @randahl ... And they'll need to abolish the death penalty. And student loans. And medical debt.
@ij@nerdculture.de
But would be cool. AS Christian Ehrung said in extra3 we could build a wall against Trumpistan. 😄
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But would be cool. AS Christian Ehrung said in extra3 we could build a wall against Trumpistan. 😄
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@randahl weren't his tariffs ruled illegal and he is currently issuing them under a different pretext that is somehow time-limited?
A free-trade pact with such a clause would indeed be a neat thing. But giving this to the UK after Brexit doesn't seem wise.
@randahl
Understanding this does not sit well with his self-image. And even if it did, he wouldn’t care, because he wants to take revenge on the EU – and Germany in particular – as king.
@randahl I like the idea of a unified Canada, UK, EU,, and Norse trade union, but cluster-B range people like Trump think four-year-old children. He cannot foresee the consequences of his actions to the same degree as mature individuals. His brain says: "if I hit him, I win!" and cannot comprehend the situation where the opponent strikes back.
