T. A. Gardner
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Do you mean "gives in" or "lives in" by that?
Trump is threatening the EU with 200% tariffs on wine, champagne, and other alcoholic products, if the EU doesn’t remove its 50% tariff on whiskey
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T. A. Gardner
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That puts him 15 years ahead of the Biden administration on that subject...
You don't even try. You just play opposites. Biden was never a bully. He also governed with the best for all people in mind. Trump cares about Trump.
T. A. Gardner
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Vaccine mandates
Mask mandates
The Disinformation Governance Board
EV mandates
Biden didn't know what the fuck he was having for lunch let alone governed well. The only thing he and his administration had in mind was doing the most radical Leftist shit they could while lining their own pockets. They didn't give a rat's ass about Americans.
lol he was an extortionist racketeer. Of course he was a bully.
Dutch Uncle
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He tried to censor people on X and have them removed.
AProudLefty
The remora of JPP
AProudLefty
The remora of JPP
Did he? BTW it was Twitter, not X.
AProudLefty
The remora of JPP
Did the investigation bear fruit?
That is one of trump more deranged tweets by trump.
1) The EU is known for their being not hostile or abusive. They are extremely polite. If trump thinks they are hostile and abusive, he is going to have trouble dealing with Hamas or Iran.
2) The EU does not have much taxing authority. It mostly depends on its member states to do the taxing. Even in the odd situation where it can authorize a tax, it cannot actually tax, leaving that up to the member state. So it is not one of the most abusive taxing authorities in the world.
3) The EU's purpose is to reduce tariffs, especially between member states, but also in the world in general. Calling them abusively tariffing is insane.
4) The EU was formed to have a common market in Europe, not to take advantage of America. In fact, America was far from their mind. The original issue was that coal and iron were divided between Germany and France, with one being on one side of the border, and the other being on the other side of the border. Even before that, Germany and France had been fighting a thousand year civil war, but capturing all the resources became a primary reason. By the time WWII ended, France realized they were never going to capture Germany's side, so decided to make a deal to share the resources. None of this involved the USA.
lol the fake 'investigation' his own people conducted? Yes, it did, by his own admission he was an extortionist, recorded bragging about extorting the Ukraine for big bux, and covering himself by having a judge in his own Party declare him 'mentally incompetent to stand trial', using that NYC mobster Gigante as a role model. lol
The Odd Father
Despite the fearsome reputation, though, the Chin was probably best known as the Odd Father because he feigned insanity at key junctures, puzzling doctors, frustrating law enforcement officials, and prolonging his reign. It might be hard to envision now, but the crime boss routinely gallivanted around Greenwich Village, Manhattan, in a bathrobe, slippers and floppy hat pulled down low on his head. He was known to urinate in public, play pinochle in storefronts, and even hid a second family from his wife.
The Strange Saga of the 'Odd Father,' the Mob Boss Who Faked Mental Illness
Vincent "Chin" Gigante would often engage in bizarre behavior that ranged from chatting with parking meters to pissing on the street.
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Hopefully we will see him prosecuted under RICO statutes and end up spooning with his cellmate Obama.
AProudLefty
The remora of JPP
Like I said, did the investigation (By Republicans to emphasize since apparently you misunderstood) bear any fruit?lol the fake 'investigation' his own people conducted? Yes, it did, by his own admission he was an extortionist, recorded bragging about extorting the Ukraine for big bux, and covering himself by having a judge in his own Party declare him 'mentally incompetent to stand trial', using that NYC mobster Gigante as a role model. lol
The Odd Father
Despite the fearsome reputation, though, the Chin was probably best known as the Odd Father because he feigned insanity at key junctures, puzzling doctors, frustrating law enforcement officials, and prolonging his reign. It might be hard to envision now, but the crime boss routinely gallivanted around Greenwich Village, Manhattan, in a bathrobe, slippers and floppy hat pulled down low on his head. He was known to urinate in public, play pinochle in storefronts, and even hid a second family from his wife.
The Strange Saga of the 'Odd Father,' the Mob Boss Who Faked Mental Illness
Vincent "Chin" Gigante would often engage in bizarre behavior that ranged from chatting with parking meters to pissing on the street.
Hopefully we will see him prosecuted under RICO statutes and end up spooning with his cellmate Obama.
Republicans have been investigating Obama, Hillary and Biden for years without any fruit. I like apples.
RINOs aren't Republicans. And they have found all kinds of evidence, but your favorite racist butt boi Eric Holder never bothered to prosecute and your friendly FBI hack was very helpful in destroying evidence of Hillary's corruption and treason. You keep trying to pretend your Party of kiddie raping deviants and mutilators ran a banana republic, and nobody has forgotten that, dumbass.
gfm7175
Mega MAGA
Who is "he"? If you're referring to me, then the correct word is 'you'.
The EU would be hurt much more by this because France, Italy, and Spain are [by far] the top exporters of wine and the USA is by far the top importer of wine.
Wine exports are a very important part of the EU economy (and the USA is by far the largest importer of said wine), so a 200% tariff on EU wine would mean that USA consumers would shift away from EU wine and towards USA wine, as the USA is the #4 wine producer behind those three EU countries.
The EU would then either be left with all sorts of wine with nowhere to go with it or else they'd have to produce much less wine (to meet the significantly reduced demand for it) which would be a hard hit on the EU's economy (specifically France, Italy, and Spain) since their economy is much more dependent upon wine production than the USA's is on whiskey production.
In the end, this sort of talk doesn't matter. The EU will eventually give in to Trump's demand and remove their ridiculous 50% whiskey tariff against the USA (which would then make the 200% tariff against the EU's wine go away).
gfm7175
Mega MAGA
I mean "gives in". The EU will eventually give in to Trump's demand to remove the whiskey tariff against us. They can't afford such a blow to their economy, especially when they wish to keep fighting a war against Russia that we are no longer funding FOR them.
gfm7175
Mega MAGA
"dog faced pony soldier"
"wear a mask and get mRNA jabs or LOSE YOUR LIVELIHOOD"
He doesn't have ANYTHING in his mind. His mind is mush at this point. Stop pretending.
Yup. Trump purposely chose to go through viciously-targeted hell for a decade, including coming mere centimeters away from assassination, all because he "cares only about himself".
TOO FUNNY!!!!If he "only cared about himself", then he would've instead chosen the comfortable life, a very simple life of retirement, never getting involved in politics, continuing to be loved/adored by everyone (as he was before he entered politics), and playing golf every day with a diet coke and a quarter pounder in hand.
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gfm7175
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A 50% tariff on our whiskey IS abusive. They are taking advantage of us.
BullSHIT. The EU and NATO were both formed to take advantage of the USA (especially NATO)... We pay for basically all of their national defense while they impose insane tariffs on us. Pre-Trump, we've just bent over furniture and taken it up the rear.
No more.
T. A. Gardner
Thread Killer
I think his attempt to put in that Disinformation Governance Board covers that and beyond.
The EU will find new markets easier than we will given Trump’s tariff behavior, and the point is that both entries will suffer especially small businesses on both sides who can not afford to pay the tariffs. Given Trump’s on again off again playing with tariffs don’t be so sure the EU will give in so easily especially if the economic indicators continue to slide