Donald Trump the Megathread part II - Mod Warning added to OP 10/1/26

twinytwo · 13-03-2025 01:49PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123260801#Comment_123260801

He seems to struggle to realise that there is no tariff related money "pouring into the US". It is literally their own money…..

yagan · 13-03-2025 01:49PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123260835#Comment_123260835

Why, they're playing by single market rules.

It's the likes of X that could certainly be targeted for political interference.

thatsdaft · 13-03-2025 01:52PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123260857#Comment_123260857

Change the rules just for anyone related to Trump, these people don’t want to play by rules hence **** em

Give em a taste of own medicine

johnny_ultimate · 13-03-2025 02:00PM

Donald Trump has an inability to comprehend other countries (and blocs) have their own interests and priorities, because his view of the world is so aggressively shallow and narrow. 'Bow to America or else' is as far as his diplomacy goes.

The only way this ends is with grown-up negotiation (unlikely) or with his own base starting to push back as prices start expontentially rising (likely). Even then he'll never admit a mistake or defeat.

Penn · 13-03-2025 02:07PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123260899#Comment_123260899

"Donald Trump has an inability to comprehend other countries (and blocs) have their own interests and priorities"

As evident by how he keeps insisting the EU was formed to damage the US. It was formed to make trading easier between European countries, keep regulations standardised (again, to make trading easier), and to negotiate better deals with all non-EU countries (which includes but is not specifically about the US).

But there has always been a significant level of American exceptionalism which prevails in the US, and that would certainly tie in with a narcissist like Trump. Everything only exists in how it affects America, and everything should be slanted in America's favour because they're America.

astrofool · 13-03-2025 02:07PM

Inflicting American wine solely on Americans is a very low way to treat Americans.

There will undoubtedly be a trump wine to take advantage.

Cluedo Monopoly · 13-03-2025 02:08PM

When do the proposed EU tariffs kick in? What's the date?

everlast75 · 13-03-2025 02:36PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123260496#Comment_123260496

"What is about the republican party in the US that so many of them are into sex crimes?"

My theory is that he only keeps those who he knows have dirt on them close by, so that he can control them.

Re Transgender, it's a popular (God knows why) boogeyman, the same with immigrants, at whom he can point to and tell his sheep that he will protect them.

Same with "the elites" etc etc.

I reckon if you surveyed 100 Americans if they ever had a bad experience with an immigrant or transgender person, on average I'd say the answer is no.

Frank Bullitt · 13-03-2025 02:38PM

Just another example of how utterly moronic and stupid Trump is, and yet we still have posters here saying he is smart, genius, charismatic. He is a wooden block and a pitiful human.

He is literally just using tariffs as he thinks that’s how trade and diplomacy works. A coin flip when you are playing chess, he really is an imbecile.

Penn · 13-03-2025 02:40PM

Walmart have apparently been trying to get their Chinese suppliers to take on the cost of the tariffs to avoid having to raise their prices.

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/13/business/walmart-china-investigation-us-tariffs-intl-hnk/index.html

yagan · 13-03-2025 03:06PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123260871#Comment_123260871

Or you could simply not play their game.

Trump put a tariff on EU steal in his first term, so the EU put a tariff on a uniquely US product, Harley Davison motorbikes and it did hurt their business.

China has applied tariffs on US products like soya that come from Trump heartland areas. Ultimately anything we do is nothing in comparison to damage the US is doing to itself.

HalloweenJack · 13-03-2025 03:06PM

Remember freedom fries?

Never underestimate the ability of sycophants to cut off their own nose to spite their faces. They'll gladly drink American wine if it can be sold as patriotic and be seen as punishing perceived anti-Americanness if Trump would have them believe that's the source of all their economic problems.

Billy Mays · 13-03-2025 03:32PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123260824#Comment_123260824

Putting aside for minute that Champagne can only be made in certain region of France

He'll just rename part of California as Champagne

Checkmate EU

Raichų · 13-03-2025 04:28PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123261227#Comment_123261227

but it will be pronounced champagne (sham-pag-en)

Cluedo Monopoly · 13-03-2025 04:32PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123261155#Comment_123261155

I was thinking recently that Trump should copy that Buy Irish campaign we had in the bleak years of the 1980s. We even had that Guaranteed Irish logo. Instead of importing EU/Asian cars, tell the American people they should buy US cars (not sure where Musk makes those Teslas). Put it up to the Americans to support their own or face higher prices or large deficits and increased borrowing.

Raichų · 13-03-2025 04:33PM

Feels like it fits with trumps “mission”

Qaanaaq · 13-03-2025 04:56PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123260899#Comment_123260899

He knows that collectively the countries in the EU hold greater power. Obviously it would be easier to bully a single small European country. This is what he really means. The US can't target specific EU countries individually and the counter measures come from the whole block so are more effective.

EU hurting US really means, EU can't be bullied

briany · 13-03-2025 06:08PM

I can imagine a photo collage of all the various leaders meeting Trump all going through the same routine of forced jollity and chuminess. Macron's been the worst for it, so far, but Rutte wasn't far behind.

yagan · 13-03-2025 06:15PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123261405#Comment_123261405

I remember Merkel explaining to Trump that if he wanted Europeans to buy more US cars then they'd simply have to make better cars.

Obviously Tesla Y was a hot, but no need to mention it's current fortunes.

Field east · 13-03-2025 06:28PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123260923#Comment_123260923

was the PRIMARY and OVER ARCHING reason that the EU - was called the EEC- was set up was to avoid war . Breaking out again between individual European countries. They all decided that if they all cooperated on economic, cultural ,social etc matters that the chances of war breaking again would be MASSIVELY DIMINISHED

thatsdaft · 13-03-2025 06:33PM

the bottom keeps falling out of the markets

Glenomra · 13-03-2025 06:56PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123261661#Comment_123261661

I expected differently from Rutte. His behaviour has surprised me. The most sycophantic to date.

Frank Bullitt · 13-03-2025 07:06PM

He keeps saying Canada only works as a state of America, and that they don’t need anything Canada has to offer.

Only this week, he lost his mind when Ontario put tariffs on the energy they supplied…

He has to have early stage dementia.

CrazyEric · 13-03-2025 07:17PM

I wonder what would happen if Europe mooted paying for all oil in Euro?? It would tank the markets even further and let Donald know it is a game we can all play.

saabsaab · 13-03-2025 07:19PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123260925#Comment_123260925

Don's Perignon?

everlast75 · 13-03-2025 07:22PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123261798#Comment_123261798

He knows it's bullshit.

He also knows that the average American either believes him, or doesn't care enough or is now powerless to do anything about it.

Oíche Na Gaoithe Móire · 13-03-2025 08:36PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123261701#Comment_123261701

Yes. At the heart of it was France and Germany. They had 3 major wars in 70 years, Franco Prussian 1870, WW1 and WW2. Great, and amazing, really how they realised they had been destroying each other for so long and copped on and worked for a prosperous, peaceful Europe.

dasdog · 13-03-2025 08:47PM

"The notion that bilateral energy deficit with Canada are 'subsidies' is economically, politically and geologically illiterate"

"Even if you take the entire bilateral deficit including energy, and add in Canadian defense spending by 3% of GDP, you still don't get anywhere near Trump's $200 billion figure"

That's from a note put out by J.P. Morgan just as a meeting between the US Commerce Department and Canadian Finance Ministry started.