Trump threatens tariffs on countries that disagree with Greenland takeover plans

9 months ago by Beep to c/europe

US President Donald Trump has said he may impose trade tariffs on countries that do not support his plans to take over Greenland.

"I may put a tariff on countries if they don't go along with Greenland, because we need Greenland for national security," Mr Trump said at the White House.

Gsus4 64 points 9 months ago

Ok, reroute world economy AROUND the USA, got it.

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qyron 40 points 9 months ago

Do it. Please, do it. Help the rest of the world - especially the idiots voting for the current politians in office - open their eyes to how well things can go when everything in handed to the "conservatives" and "traditionalists".

Put the economy, the entire global system, on its knees.

And then wave with war and nuclear weapons.

Lets burn the system down and do it properly.

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Gsus4 23 points 9 months ago

These guys are not even conservatives anymore. They are as radical (edit: and not the good kind) as anything I've seen in my lifetime.

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Rhaedas 24 points 9 months ago

The GOP and now MAGA left conservatism behind long ago. And it's not like conservatism itself is bad when applied in places that need less change to work. One can even be liberal, radical, and conservative, just on different topics.

This is a cult. Period.

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Greddan 11 points 9 months ago
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phneutral 1 point 9 months ago

It’s called reactionary.

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Goldholz 8 points 9 months ago

Let us be real, it wont open the eyes of any idiot voting for politicians like him

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qyron 6 points 9 months ago

The deep entrenched ones are far over the hill but there is an entire group of people that vote either by jumping on the bandwagon or by fear amd those can be pulled back. Although I'd prefer seeing all those people being kicked back on the mouth.

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Anonymaus 33 points 9 months ago

Did he forget what happened the last time he tried that with china.

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KingOfSleep 16 points 9 months ago

Yes.

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sidebro 18 points 9 months ago

This is probably just another Taco, Trump Always Chickens Out.
I kinda do want him to not chicken out though, because I'd love to see him crash and burn a bit.

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HowRu68 14 points 9 months ago

This is probably just another Taco, Trump Always Chickens Out..

Like he did with Venezuela, ICE and his Tariff wars? Better not underestimate him, he is a warmongering Fascist.

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sidebro 6 points 9 months ago path: 0 21596538 21596901 21597057, hotness: undefined, score: 6, children: 1
HowRu68 12 points 9 months ago

Sure he has chickened out before.. But if he always did, we wouldn't have a problem.

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matte 16 points 9 months ago

The time when when you could trust the US to honour alliances and agreements is obviously over anyway. Better to find other trading partners!

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plyth 4 points 9 months ago

It could be a good idea to expand your knowledge of history.

Downvoters, do you need examples?

unilateral cancellation of the direct international convertibility of the United States dollar to gold,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixon_shock

Second Gulf War,[83][84] was a prolonged conflict in Iraq from 2003 to 2011. It began with the invasion by a United States–led coalition

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War

The US agreed to the UN charta.

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Europellinore 16 points 9 months ago

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Goldholz 11 points 9 months ago

Go ahead you pathetic donut!

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frmrm 9 points 9 months ago

He’s like one of those old toys you’d pull the string on to make them say something but the disk inside it got broken so it just says the same thing over and over every time you pull the string. 

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Zwuzelmaus 6 points 9 months ago

"Taaviffs!"

"Taaviffs!"

"Taaviffs!"

"Taaviffs!"

"Taaviffs!"

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Akasazh 5 points 9 months ago

Do what china did and double the tarifs. Trump wil chicken out.

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Honytawk 4 points 9 months ago

Please do. Anything that lowers the US grip on European economies is a good thing.

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cronenthal 2 points 9 months ago

Wow, that's the most impotent thing he could have threatened. Noone cares about that as anymore.

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5715 2 points 9 months ago

President Joker.

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