By delaying ratification, European lawmakers signal their discontent as the bloc debates possible responses, including retaliatory tariffs, should Washington follow through on its warnings.
  • biofaust@lemmy.worldEnglish
    95·
    2 months ago

    It should be thrown away, together with the Digital Omnibus (which only favors US Big Tech).

    Let’s start all over when the idiot calms down.

        • D_C@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          12·
          2 months ago

          Depends on how the orange paedo dies…

          If it’s by natural causes, then it’s possible the couch fucker could be worse.
          If it’s by hanging from a rope then lowered into a guillotine for choppy choppy time then I’m pretty sure things will be different.

      • StinkyFingerItchyBum@lemmy.caBannedEnglish
        4·
        2 months ago

        Nothing changes when he dies, other than a great party and wicked hangover. The Fascists are still in power, and they won’t have Nappy Mcpoopypants to stupid things up so much. Trump is the face of the problem, not the problem itself.

        • bagsy@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          2 months ago

          Trumpnappears to be compromised by Putin, if might be safe to assume the next person wont be.

          Trump appears to have dirt on a ton of powerful people due to their involvement with Epstien and other child rape clubs. I hope the next person has no such leverage.

          Without out the threat of russian assassination or blackmail, maybe the whole ugly thing unwinds with trump? One can only hope.

          • StinkyFingerItchyBum@lemmy.caBannedEnglish
            2·
            2 months ago

            if might be safe to assume the next person wont be.

            This sentence seems to disagree with the one before and the one after. Russian muckymuks have leverage on the POTUS, the NRA, the GOP and god knows where else.

            There is no reason to believe anything will improve once the child rapist is gone.

  • cyrano@piefed.socialOPEnglish
    33·
    2 months ago

    If I threaten to assault my smaller friendly neighbor if he doesn’t give me part of his house and 1 of his kids, my neighbor who had my back after 9/11 and fought and died alongside my brothers in Afghanistan, and then apologists for me say “well he doesn’t really mean to execute his threat to assault you”, that does not make me a shrewd negotiator. It makes me a psychopathic garbage ally. That friend will seek other big allies. Don’t be surprised when this makes America poorer. If Trump keeps this up, you think Europe will have our back after another 9/11?

    • ModCen@feddit.ukEnglish
      19·
      2 months ago

      If Trump keeps this up, you think Europe will have our back after another 9/11?

      You’re right. As you said, Europeans supported the US after 9/11, and died in Iraq and Afghanistan in order to help the US. The only time that NATO article 5 has ever been invoked, it was Europe helping the US. I guess Trump and his administration have no appreciation of that at all.

      Like you say, Europeans will not want to help the US if a time comes. Public opinion will be against it.

      • bagsy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        2 months ago

        Trump is simply narcissistic, racist, and demented. He only cares about himself and how he can profit and stay out of jail. Thats all there is to it.

        It makes no sense to me when all of these heads of atate try to play chess with trump. He’s to stupid for chess, just assume he’ll do the selfish racist thing and you will be correct 98% of the time.

      • 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        You’re right. As you said, Europeans supported the US terrorism after 9/11

        This reminiscence sound so pathetic. Helping invade and kill innocent civilians aint supporting, you fuckwits were complicit in war crimes.

        died in Iraq and Afghanistan in order to help the US

        Ya, that happens when you invade people.

        This sudden call for morals when you’re the one in danger of being invaded is hilarious.

        Fucking hypocrites.

        • ModCen@feddit.ukEnglish
          1·
          2 months ago

          I’m not in favour of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. I’m definitely not in favour of civilians being harmed. The point is that America asked for help after 9/11 and Europeans did help, with some giving up their lives.

          hilarious

          Maybe you’re similar to the tankies then, who claim to be anti-imperialist, but who are actually pro-imperialism as long as the West is on the receiving end of pain.

  • balsoft@lemmy.mlEnglish
    4·
    2 months ago

    Pauses? PAUSES? Fucking cancel it now, the head of a fascist state threatened a military invasion against you and all you do is temporarily pause a new trade deal with that same state?

    They should be trying to stop all trade right now and pivot to different markets, european companies need to start looking for a US market exit, and treasuries need to start looking for US debt buyers. EU needs start re-industrializing and arming up, ideally with nukes, because US leadership openly claims it will not care about anything except sheer military power.

    Who am I kidding, european leaders are vassals to the US and will not stand up to US aggression until it’s too late and they are invaded or overthrown. Maybe a real Greenland invasion would wake them up without irreparable damage to the power structures, but it’s probably not happening now (they must have caved on something to trump already). They are deliberately ignorant of their fate because quarterly profits must increase. Shame on them.

  • Formfiller@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 months ago

    Is Europe joining Trump and Netanyahu’s for profit genocide clean up committee because I think that will say a lot about who the leadership works for