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”
Alright I just won’t buy stuff from America like I already have been for like the last 11 months
It’s the other way, tariffs on import to the US.
Ok, I will continue to not sell goods to the states then.
No, no, that’s the point. You should sell them even more (at a higher price).
For now. Let’s hope EU leadership has grown a spine since last time :)))
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Tarrif away shittler.
Wish the military would arrest him
If you don’t give me what I want, I’ll make the American people pay me more to buy your stuff.
OK.
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
Oh, no. The Americans are taxing themselves again to own the libs
Tariff the libs to spiderface
Not sure we care anymore, since the free trade agreement between EU and Mercosur was signed today. We don’t really need to trade with the US anymore. South America provides a huge export market for our products, and they supply better quality agricultural imports than the US can anyway.
I don’t know for UK, but I’d reckon most of the commercial deficit in EU wrt USA is gas, not food.
As an Australian I am hoping this fastrackts the Australian one with the EI but our government is so far up the US’s arse, possibly were getting pressure from the US not to.
Anything that brings the world closer together is a good thing!
Sanction how personal properties including golf courses, hotels, and other industries. It’s the only language he understands
Translation:
Trump is raising taxes on Americans so he can
- Buy Greenland for his buddies
- Pay for invading Greenland for his buddies
Wait, does Trump just want a bigger pedophile island than his buddy Epstein had?
Ah, the irony jokers, i remember when they won ww2 with their wit.
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.
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.
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!!!
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.
In the meantime my government company just announced that will be using Copilot… fucking sad
Yeah. You see a lot of angry comments from European politicians… on X.
Ask copilot:
Write a short, hard‑hitting email that:
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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.
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Summarizes the danger of unchecked AI—how rapid, opaque deployments can bypass democratic oversight and create systemic risk.
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Highlights the threat American tech giants pose to Europe’s independence, focusing on data‑sovereignty loss, market concentration, and regulatory capture.
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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).
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Unabashed idiots.
hiding the head in the sand, pretending everything is normal
It won’t happen.trump isn’t the only one to always chicken out. Brussels is quite a reference in that game.
So can we (i.e. Europe) finally stop appeasing him? Full on trade war? We know he eventually backs down, he’s show it with China.
I liked central bank people supporting Powell recently, that felt like a step in the right direction. (First time anyone from Switzerland, my country, has shown any balls anyway.)
1000% tariff on all American goods.
1000000% increase on taxation for American tech companies
The real solution is to invalidate US copyright in European territories. Also listen to Doctorow and throw out the dcma like laws and blow out the monopoly on tech the us has enjoyed.
That’s a nice idea
Tarifs hurt European individuals much more then American companies and politicians, more effective might be to answer with a different ‘weapon’ such as doubling down on protecting consumers against mining user data and double time ending our dependency on US technology.
If we can’t beat them when it comes to hard power, we have to leverage our soft power.
We need to isolate the US regime like we (the west) isolate Iran and North-Korea. Trump is making a lot of enemies, we need to win those to our side (the ones that follow the rule of law i mean, not the other fascists).
Once we win that fight, we should come together and find a way to free the US’ citizens from the evil that took over their country.
we need to win those to our side
The enemy of my enemy is my friend
This idea exists under the delusion that those in power in other places aren’t also mostly in the same club.
Right. Everybody’s shitty fucking country has been giving intelligence to the US government and vice versa. This pitting everyone against Americans is yet another example of the class war playing out.
