Donald Trump the Megathread part II - mod warnings in OP, Updated 18/03/25

Agreed. This is a disaster for us Kermit.

President Boy who cried wolf is at it again

Its his own sheep that will end up getting slaughtered

The bond markets have already decided that they just aren't going to tolerate this kind of crap from this clown.

Just match whatever stupid number he comes up with and wait for him to fold.

In the current situation our interests are only served by the EU offering a lot more to avoid a catastrophe here. The scale of the crisis in this country if a 50% tariff was imposed (which is a lock out) is frightening, it really is. There is no sugar coating it. It will be fast too. When tariffs like that are imposed, exports don't slow down - they stop. You are talking 100,000's of jobs on the line. A collapse in revenue to the state. We'd be straight in to an emergency.

We need the EU to be willing to offer a lot more to get a deal we can live with.

Pointing out that Ireland would be hardest hit is actually just saying Ireland has benefitted most from EU membership and US trade.

Sure, you can say that the EU should be willing to offer more, but more detail would be good.

Remember when Trump put “catastrophic” tarrifs on everyone and claimed likes of China and not Walmart consumers would pay for them?

Yeh seems like years ago now 🤣

Apple barely budged today on this news

It all goes against the classic Republican ideals of small government and free markets. The man is pointing out specific companies like Walmart and Apple and telling them what he thinks they should do.

I've no idea how people, like normal Republicans that voted for Bush or whatever, buy into this new version of the party. None of it makes any sense. Trump is trying to control commerce more than Xi or Putin at this stage.

Lads why hasn't the world collectively told this cnut to f*ck off... The EU, China, all of africa, UK and anyone else who there is should get together and put him and the US in its place.

No exporting to the US whatsoever, see how they like it then when they don't have imported EU food and medicine. Will hurt in the short term but will put him in his place for good.

1: Leave the E.U.

2: ???

3: Profit

It worked so well for the UK they just had to sign a deal to get back access to important markets… and they have a domestic market of 60 million. No coherent or credible explanation given as to how Ireland would be better off in a trade war versus Trump's insanity outside the EU than in it.

It's a policy of absolute economic and political lunacy so of course it cannot be supported by evidence.

And of course, instead of castigating Trump's economic insanity for what it is, instead we get utterly disingenuous attempts to try to spin this against Ireland and the EU.
That's what happens when you adopt a position devoid of logic and facts. Some scary rabbit holes you end up going down when you start "sneaking regard for" an amoral lying corrupt race baiting rapist.

Quoting a guy from a cabinet full of liars talking on a non-news channel staffed by liars, that peddles lies and has been heavily find for lying isn't quite the slam-dunk convincing evidence you appear to think it is.

be a shame if donnie went up for a quick spin and a couple of engines fell off…

as to his tariffs,Europe (and Ireland) should just hang back…ye want your Mercedes,Audis,Volvos…?theyre going to cost YOU,the good ole us of a 50% MORE…ye want your viagra…? well lads thats 50% more too…donnie will cave in like he has done already…

It’s believed it will need between 400 million and a billion to bring it up to spec. Then Trump gets to bring it home after his presidency,great deal for him.
But you’ll have MAGA people in the likes of the mid-west saying Trump is standing up for them against the elites not realising Trump is taking away their social security so billionaires can get big tax breaks.