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

Not only that, but yesterday he said he’d increase tariffs on the EU and Canada if they dared to increase trade with eachother.

He simply doesn’t know any other way of operating, just bully and screw over whoever you’re dealing with - if you’re the bigger entity then they’ll just have to submit to your demands. But international trade doesn’t work like that, everyone is a big entity in some respect, smaller countries have trading blocs to give them more negotiating heft, and the goal is always for both parties to come away happy.

Trump will never be a good negotiator on international trade because because he won’t accept a mutually beneficial outcome. He’s the type of person who only thinks he’s gotten a good deal if he can see the other party is visibly unhappy.

As are many businesses - if there’s a light at the end of this tunnel, it will likely be found with the development of Irish and EU agencies, supporting businesses across Europe in opening new markets to them - while such markets won’t replace America from an income perspective, it might keep them in business albeit in a reduced capacity - we absolutely have to support small business as they’re keeping people employed and need to remain when the billions from multinationals start to disappear back to the US

This tends to be how his supporters/ilk operate too.

Well at least we have some experience with assisting small to medium businesses with updating supply chains and exploring new markets after Brexit, so I hope the EU can assist with similar here.

We should be helping these businesses promote their products elsewhere, particularly in markets that are also having issues with the US, like Canada. As you say, it might not totally replace the US market but could keep the lights on long enough until a more trade positive president is in the White House.

I don't think for one moment the democratic party is obsessed with those issues whatsoever.

They drove the economy on, increased employment, maintained healthcare and kept up international relations.

When asked about those issues, they gave an answer, which was the right answer and it is right to do so. F**k bullies who pick on minority or oppressed groups. No one should have to shrink away from answering people like that.

Some can try and paint that as them crusading on these issues, but I don't honestly see it that way.

And as for those who "voted for their pocket", how's that working for them? Inflation wasn't solved, eggs are still expensive and a tariff war has begun, which will drive up costs more.

But sure, blame BLM etc..

Not sure yet but why else is Vance etc going there

I assume the original plan was to get some official meeting setup so they could get some soundbites to play in the US of Vance admonishing Greenland leadership to try and sell the idea of the US liberating them?

Fair play to all Greenlanders for not entertaining them in any way.

They arent reciprocal from him though, he is the one initiating the 1st level of tariffs or at least threatening them, the reaction to his original tariffs or threats are the reciprocal ones. So he put tariffs on Canada, Canada reacted to those but putting their own on the US, Canadas reaction is reciprocal, any further Tarriffs from Trump are simply him trying to punish Canada further by not letting him away with the original tariffs without any consequences.

Also the simple threat of tariffs is an issue as it means people cannot make any long term plans for their businesses as they dont know what their industry's supply chains, costs or available customer base will look like in 1-2 months let alone 6 months to 2 years down the line.