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Trump is pleased to announce that he is making life more expensive for Americans.

Did Trump ever care about courts?

I’m a US citizen. I say tell the felon to pound sand.

It never does with bullies and liars.

Never try to appease the unappeasable. It never ends well. Some just have to learn the hard way.

There must be a million movies and TV shows the lesson of which is "never give a bully what he wants", shame no politicians have ever seen any of them

When will these people learn to just call donOld out on his bullshit? He`s a dishonest, malevolent bully who needs to be slapped down, it ain`t rocket science folks.

the deal wasn't in place yet was it? EP ratified it but the Council hasn't signed it off yet

In fact the ratification procedure wasn't even completed. It just passed the parliament but still needs to be passed by Council (national governments) and reconciled between them. That was supposed to happen in the next month. Now, unclear.

Appeasement doesn’t work with idiot narcissists especially when they have dementia. Just tell him to f*ck off

@davekeating.substack.com - clearly you have the reading ability of a demented rock. Europe is giving America a very stiff finger, & America has *zero* clue how to deal with it.

Who would ha e thought! Time to stand up against the bully! Why are our European leaders in Brussels such cowards? If Trump want's to charge 25% tarifs let him do it, just charge digital service tax of 30% (but charge companys), stop exporting ASML EUV technology stating Security concerns! Done!

I was initially surprised that so many countries bowed down to the tariffs, everyone knows that appeasement never works with bullies. The best the west can do with T now is ignore him until he goes away. Search for new markets for their products and move forward without USA.

It's called damage limitation. That's not a bad thing however you spin it.

That's what I thought.

It's time for the European Union to put US Ambassador to Brussels Andrew Puzder on a flight back to Washington, DC. He can fly economy. The EU has more important items on its agenda than putting up with another tantrum from the senile, racist convicted felon cosplaying as American president.

The EU’s learning curve on Trump is as flat as a curve can get

15% from 20% when it was 0% is not a benefit. I'm looking forward to the tariff on parts for my car.

There were no such tariffs before the liberation day threat!! There are absolutely no benefits compared to the previous situation. Literally none. Having your adversary back off a tiny bit from their maximalist threats but impose the rest of the threats is not a benefit.

He's so thick he thinks increasing tariffs hurts the EU. It doesn't. He's just making it more expensive for himself. Dumbass.

As an American this does not surprise me.

"Pleased to announce". What a copper nanotube.

Trump is a bully, you can't appease a bully, you have to punch them right between the eyes. If not they will up the anti time after time

Conclusion: don't make deals with narcissistic idiots (besides that Trump is a multiple convicted criminal, child rapist, fraud, war criminal, demented lunatic, dictator).

agree 100%. How often do we want to give our lunch money to the bully. If want to pull the troops from DE, then all of them. No cherry picking. Ramstein and the Military Hospital. The most strategic bases the US has on the European Continent. Time we in Europe stand up for ourselves.

That's a bit harsh against von der Leyen, the US used weapon deliveries to Ukraine as leverage in the negotiations, it wasn't just about trade. Ukraine has learned to fight on without the Americans though so it might be different now.

Hear! Hear!!

It sounds like Bernd Lange, chair of the European Parliament's trade committee, has had enough. "This latest move demonstrates just how unreliable the US side is. We have already witnessed these arbitrary attacks from the US in the case of Greenland; this is no way to treat close partners."