Summary

The EU and its leaders warned of swift retaliation if Donald Trump enacts new 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, as he announced over the weekend.

The European Commission criticized the move as “unjustified” and vowed to protect EU businesses.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron pledged countermeasures, with Macron warning tariffs would also hurt the U.S.

The UK government said it was monitoring developments, while UK Steel called the potential tariffs “devastating.” The EU previously responded to Trump-era tariffs with retaliatory measures.

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    Tbh if this finally gets the European governments to stop being the US’ female dogs I will dedicate a shrine to Trump.

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    Cant wait for a worldwide boycott of anything coming from USA. You are destroying something that will not be repaired and all of you cowards are letting it happens. You are like russians, only you could stop this shit but you’re just chilling online or whatever

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    Tariffs are from what I’ve read, according to economists anyway, a lose-lose for both parties. They’re apparently useful only for obvious things like targeted protection of specific vulnerable domestic industries. I cant begin to understand what Trump is even trying to accomplish here. Blanket tariffs seem just self-destructive.

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      He’s doing the equivalent of robbing a bank while wearing a suicide bomb vest. The only difference is that he’s threatening the world economy instead.

      The fact that he hasn’t thought through the consequence chain afterwards is just him being stupid. Akin to a robber trying to pay the stolen money into his bank account, at the branch he robbed a few days before.

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    sigh all I’m hearing is prices for every fucking thing are going to skyrocket… globally…

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      14 hours ago

      That’s correct. This is what they want. Drive stocks down, do a bunch of buybacks, scrap the tariffs, watch line go back up, profit.

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        Hopefully, the rest of the world will just go “Who are you? We already have that we need from these countries, so thanks, but no thanks” and the US will finally see that they fucked up royally.

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          Nah, it’s all about the money. It’s literally just trolling with people lives to make money off of their inevitable fear

          The only way to win, is if people who have invested money aren’t afraid of losing it. Which of course almost nobody, because when gambling the house almost always wins. Which is to say an increasingly small minority get to win the lottery of a financially free life.

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      Time to huddle down and stop buying shit. Maintain and repair old vehicles, download your media, go through your backlog of videogames, etc.

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        All lovely ideas, but if I own a small business, do I just close the doors when my source materials and energy start costing more than my finished product?

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          You raise prices, and sell less. And let all customers know its the new Trump Tax they are paying.

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          Increase the price of the product, prepare for less clients and weather the storm. We’re all eating a free market-sourced shit sandwich out here.

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    18 hours ago

    Americans voted for a Daddy and got a fraudulent, incontinent trash slut of a switch

    Please be the domineering, consistent, assertive Daddy these children want and need. They’re hungry, thirsty, eager to please 🥺

    Save us EU you’re our only hope

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      The only possible liberation is self liberation.

      We need to cast off our chains, ourselves.

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      For some, the only way they’ll ever learn is going nose first into a brick wall.

      I only hope that trump crashes the US very quickly, but with the help of enough billionaires so that when the people rise up, they all get taken down and it becomes a better place.

      There’s no other way now that the institutions have fallen.

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      I feel like Trump voters knew exactly who and what they were voting for. Everyone told them, including Trump. Project 2025 was available for everyone to read but Trump even said, “To me the most beautiful word in the dictionary is 'tariff’.” There were no secrets this election.

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      …this comment makes me uncomfortable…like switches are some kind of an unsult! Switches are great! More variety!

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    I propose that they focus on the person. I personally don’t want to ruin our relationship with our partners overseas. Literally they have been awesome working with for 20 years.

    But give it 4 years. The guy literally was president and lost but still doesn’t realize he’s not a king. He has to live in the America he builds. One without healthcare for the elderly or social security for the bankrupt.

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      The problem being that he is currently heading a superpower which is threatening economic and military force to achieve its goals, which apparently go against those partners.

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        Let’s use Ukraine as an example… Ukraine should locate Putin every day and say hello with a few random drones. I’m sure they try, but hey if they get that sucker, the war is over. There are so many soldiers dead and people without homes including women, children and old people. Why can’t wars be about removing the rich assholes that start wars? My cousin Alex didn’t start nothing, why should he get to pay extra to eat?