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    EU warnt vor Abwärtsspirale, nachdem Trump mit Zöllen auf Grönland gedroht hat


    EU warnt vor Abwärtsspirale, nachdem Trump mit Zöllen auf Grönland gedroht hat

    https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/eu-warns-downward-spiral-after-trump-threatens-tariffs-over-greenland-2026-01-17/

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    2. No_Method5989 on

      When I first started reading the EU sub I was wondering why everyone was so negative about EU, now I kinda get it. They seem to have this sense that backing down and soft words are the intelligent way to handle things, when in reality it’s just fear. EU with the common wealth is the best chance at being a counter balance to the world powers. We re still in the meeting wondering if the letter is written too strongly.

      I should have clued in when everyone was defending the Rutte guy.

      „Tariffs risk making Europe and the United States poorer and undermine our shared prosperity. If Greenland’s security is at risk, we can address this inside NATO.“

      WAKE THE FUCK UP. Where have you been in the past year. YEAH HE DOESN’T FUCKING CARE.

    3. valgraz on

      Finally, a President who understands that the only way to lower the price of eggs in Ohio is to annex a 800,000-square-mile ice sheet from a confused Scandinavian monarchy.

    4. Neutral-frame on

      Of course, there’s no excuse to say US needs Greenland as its own to protect it from Russia or China. Greenland is NATO territory. If Russia and China attempt anything, all NATO countries are obligated to defend it. But somehow, in Trump’s logic, the US can’t defend it unless it’s part of the US. Which puts the whole concept of NATO in question.

    5. Historical_Cause_641 on

      To whomever it may concern. 

      When Hitler and his Nazis met with European leaders to solidify the Munich Accords: the Nazis were surprised their own phones were working (their infrastructure was terrible), and they were shocked that the leaders were so willing to appease them. In fact the latter emboldened Hitler.

      So the lesson is, ignore hollow threats and stand up to bullies always.

    6. PepperMill_NA on

      > The bloc’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas said tariffs would hurt prosperity on both sides of the Atlantic, while distracting the EU from its „core task“ of ending Russia’s war in Ukraine.

      Hmmmm

    7. BlackAle on

      How will US national security be improved, when they are expelled from all their European bases?

    8. Expert-Length871 on

      Even after all these years, having met pleasant and intelligent Americans, I still don’t understand anything.

      Do they really believe this crap? Do they think we’re four idiots armed with spears? Or that our economic capacity doesn’t surpass theirs?

      What’s more, do they think that if they start an economic war against us, they’ll win?

      China is rubbing its hands with glee over all this.

      Pure business. And if we have to deal with them… so what?

      The USA is the embodiment of the stab in the back, not to mention the lunatics who think they have supported us or given us something.

      And that our society, where we don’t live in fear of dying of cancer because we can’t afford treatment (yes, it’s very common, but no less true), is weak.

      Frankly, go to hell.

    11. ewenmax on

      History teaches us that giving into bullies rarely works out well for them, they either end up dead in bunkers, shot by execution squads or hanging upside down by their heels.

      Trump doesn’t seem to realise that the countries he’s aiming tariffs at have other global markets, that they’re more than happy to deal with, the only people that’ll lose out on this, will be the hard pressed, beleaguered US citizens.

    14. TheDeadGeneral on

      Ok, look. I would try to explain to a lot of Europeans how they have missed an absolute avalanche of red flags from America but at this point I think you can all see that its game over.

      America has been teetering on the edge of destruction for over a decade. Massive debt. Gutted education. A cracked moral compass. Weak will politicians. Corporations out of control. As well as an increasingly unhappy populace.

      Its over. Time for everyone else to plan a world without America for a while. Europe has a long history. So take a long look at it. How many empires have come and gone? How many great nations that could never fall, have fallen. This shouldnt be a shock. Its just another turn of the wheel.

      I hope America comes out better from this but its going to take an entire generation of work to repair the damage thats been done. Dont be one of those dolts that think Trump being gone will change anything. This problem is deep and widespread.

      Europe. Stop looking to America. Stop thinking it will go back to normal. Stop trying to save the old alliances. You cant save whats already dead.

    17. KentInCode on

      If I had control of those European troops I would start massing them outside of Israel – for our national security of course.

      Dems and Republicans are on the same page on Israel, there is no US carrier there right now, and it is a small country wholly dependent on Europe playing ball.

      I think this escalation of Israel’s continuity put into question is one of the only things that could get Trump impeached, because US reps are Israel supporters before Trump supporters.

    18. greennogo on

      It’s been a bit since Epstein was on top of the headlines…so mission accomplished I guess??

    20. ImRileyLou on

      Honestly… can we please just start accepting that this downward spiral is what Trump is shooting for?

      It’s frustrating how predictable all of this is.

    21. Delote-Sevne on

      I find your comments very cute, the „uprising,“ the hatred against Trump and the USA.

      But the truth is that when the attacks are directed at third-world countries, with Latino, Black, Asian, and Brown people, you support the USA by sending troops. Are you shocked by Trump’s stabbing because you’re left out of his imperialist game?

      „Being an enemy of the USA can be dangerous, but being a friend is fatal.“

      „This phrase is by Henry Kissinger, former US Secretary of State. Kissinger allegedly suggested that US allies, by blindly trusting American support, could be abandoned or suffer fatal consequences if Washington’s strategic interests changed.“

      I think the content and context of this phrase reveal a lot about what you are going through…

    23. ThatchedRoofCottage on

      We need to end trump now. We need a national protest movement yesterday. Why the fuck aren’t more of us out in the streets?!

    24. Street_Random on

      I’d say the downward spiral is already well underway

      Which is the likely outcome of electing a senile narcissistic nazi sex-offender as president.

      He’s obviously going to start behaving like a senile narcissistic nazi sex-offending king…. or Emperor… the closest Roman one being Tiberius – a degenerate old sadist who didn’t really want to be emperor and spent most of his time at is seaside resort, molesting children. He raised Caligula.

    25. PigFarmer1 on

      Honestly, how much worse can it get? Don’t provide Trump with any suggestions… lol

    26. reddridinghood on

      America is IN the NATO, protected together by all its allies! What is Trump talking about needing Greenland for National Security? He wants their resources, that’s what.

    27. YYCDavid on

      I think the goal is to crash the global economy which will somehow enrich the wealthy

    29. Majestic_Internal_98 on

      End of the day Trump will get what he wants and then we can continue as usual. As Macron once said, Nato is already braindead. A lot of noise for nothing

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