• woelkchen@lemmy.world
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      Is Trump willing to sacrifice the economy over a fair tax?

      Trump is senile and has no grasp on reality.

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        I have a new theory. He thinks that 100% tariff means the EU can’t sell anything to the US. It makes more sense than if he understood what a tariff is.

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          He doesn’t understand still. With an economics degree from an ivy league university.

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      No, he has no idea what’s going on.

      He’s willing to sacrifice the US economy over a perceived slight against his property though.

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        This. An (aspiring) dictator doesn’t care so much about the interests of the country as much as about concentrating power. For every crisis that affects the elites, they will recalculate their risks and seek protection wherever they can find it. And it often is close to the dictator that caused the crisis.

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      He’s willing to burn the USA to the ground over insider trading. This stunt too will cost the US economy dearly but earn the Trump family a nice sum so he doesn‘t care.

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    It’s absolutely ridiculous that someone would threaten to change a tariff regime after negotiating one a few month ago. What’s the point of any agreement with this guy if it’s null and void the moment he changes his mind?

    That said (loudly), we need more European digital solution that don’t suck like their American counterparts. Maybe use the money from the digital tax to fund the development and deployment of alternatives to Facebook, X, WhatsApp, Amazon, Google, etc.

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      I sincerely hope this is what Europe does. Tech is funding fascism around the world, including Europe. If you continue to do nothing, they will continue to turn your people into savage fascists one moron at a time. That’s why right wing nationalists parties keep gaining support all over Europe. They’re using social media, the rest of the internet and what media they control to do this and they control enough. Especially with the help of Israel. Europe must find alternatives and fast.

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      Or don’t build an alternative EU online cesspool but instead invest the money in education…

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      The deal is already past either way. Court ordered their Tarriffs illegal. Trump declared 30% on all countries through a different law justification. EU said: Then our WIP deal is no better than default - we’re done negotiating until the US can present definite and persistent terms.

      Trump has been shifting tariffs willy-nilly since the beginning. By now, every country knows there’s no certainty with any Trump deals.

      Europe has been switching away from US tech, and focusing on an open-source approach instead. I don’t think they’ll implement their own social network - that’s not a necessary state asset. But they’ve funded open-source projects that are alternatives. IIRC Lemmy has received funding as well - I may mix up funding collections though.

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      Ding ding ding, this, there is no use in negotiating with the Orange Turd. It’s useless as he just tramples all over a deal like a petulant child if he doesn’t get his way in future deals. He’s a total imbecile.

      I totally agree Europe and Canada, need to work harder on developing our own systems. Current U.S. based search engines are terrible right now.

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    Tuesday is only three nights away

    But please go on, do it, make the Americans pay. Nothing as bad for business as a buyer that threatens again and again, changes his mind on every whim and backs out. No one needs shit like that, it’s just not worth it.

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    Hey President Dipshit, the Supreme Court already decided you couldn’t unilaterally impose tariffs on individual countries. Did you forget? Did the dementia take that memory away from you?

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    It’s worth remembering the direct quotes of Jeffrey Epstein a out DJT.

    • “none as bad as trump”
    • “not one decent cell in his body”
    • “the worst person I’ve ever known”
    • “dangerous”

    Just imagine having the power of a POTUS, just to metaphorically burn the whole place down, probably while even thinking you are on the winning side. I’d pity him, if he wasnt such a PoS.

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      It’d be fucking hilarious if it wasn’t so disastrous to humanity.