He is good at what he does I will give him that...the way how he can turn America into the victim and sell it to the intentionally politically under-educated masses is at artistic levels...now Japan is taking advantage of America and his base will eat it up
Donald “Tariffs” Trump say Washington needs full control over Greenland, Canada & Panama… EU tariffs USA good, China in tariffs, Trump want 500% on Ch
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He is good at what he does I will give him that...the way how he can turn America into the victim and sell it to the intentionally politically under-educated masses is at artistic levels...now Japan is taking advantage of America and his base will eat it up
If the EU continues to pivot towards China, I don’t know if everyone will gather around the table…
That’s if this tariff shit is real
This dude went after USA top trading partners
-China
-Mexico
-Canada
Now Orange Crush decided to go at Japan, who’s also a top trading parther
So we getting a first hand confirmation about this fuckery
What Greenland Wants And Why Trump Can’t Afford To Buy It
Pia Lauritzen
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U.S. President Donald Trump has made it clear what he wants: Greenland. But what does Greenland want? And is Trump willing – and able – to give Greenland’s leaders and people what they need to even consider becoming part of the United States?
“We can give the people of Greenland way more money” than “the $60,000 per year per person” they get from the Danish government, Vice President JD Vance said in an interview on Newsmax on Thursday. But judging by a January poll of public opinion in Greenland, money is not the answer to what Greenland wants. And the more Trump and his team insist that the question of Greenland is about money, the harder they make it for themselves to win the Greenlanders over.
Why Greenland Prefers Danish Leaders To Trump
The same day JD Vance offered the Greenlanders ‘way more money’ than the Danish government, Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen held a press conference aboard the Danish Navy inspection ship Vaedderen in Nuuk, Greenland.Flanked by Greenland’s acting elected head of government Múte Borup Egede on the one side and the newly elected head of government Jens-Frederik Nielsen on the other, Frederiksen spoke directly to the American government in English, saying: “You cannot annex another country, not even with an argument about international security.”
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While the Trump team keeps saying that Greenlanders do not want to be part of Denmark, Greenlandic leaders keep standing side by side with Danish leaders, unanimously emphasizing that Trump will not get Greenland. Why is that? Is the Trump team wrong when they say that Greenland wants to be independent of Denmark? No. But they are wrong when they say it has to do with Denmark.
Greenland’s wish for independence has to do with Greenland. Not Denmark. Not the United States. And not China, as U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggested when he said the Trump administration is “not going to let China come in now and offer them a bunch of money and become dependent on China.” Unlike the Greenlanders, the question of Greenland is never about Greenland for Trump and his team. Money, yes. America’s security, yes. International security, yes, so they say. But Greenland, no.
According to AP News, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen “traveled to the strategically critical Arctic island as U.S. President Donald Trump seeks control of Greenland.” But neither Greenlandic nor Danish leaders think and talk about Greenland as a strategically critical island for the American president to seek control over. Nor do they think and talk about Greenland as JD Vance did when he told Newsmax that Denmark “of course controls Greenland right now.”
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For the U.S. government and media, the question of Greenland is about control, specifically whether Denmark or the United States should have control of the island. But for Greenlandic and Danish leaders, it is about Greenland’s past, present, and future, specifically what it takes for Greenland to succeed as an independent country.
What Greenland Wants
“We don’t want to be Americans. No, we don’t want to be Danes. We want to be Greenlanders. And we want our own independence in the future. And we want to build our own country by ourselves,” said Jens-Frederik Nielsen, just before he was elected as Greenland’s new head of government in March.Greenland subsequently put action behind Nielsen’s words by forming a new government consisting of four of the five political parties in Greenland’s parliament. Nielsen described the motive for a broad coalition this way:
“This is not the time for political tactics and internal disagreements. The situation for our country is far too serious for that. When someone threatens us, looks down on us or speaks badly of us, we stand together.”
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In a joint statement, the Greenlandic leaders said, “We – all party leaders – cannot accept the repeated comments about annexation and control of Greenland.” And when Trump earlier this week said, “We’ll Get Greenland. Yeah, 100%,” Nielsen shared this statement on Facebook (translated from Danish):
“President Trump says that the United States will “get Greenland”. Let me be clear: The United States will not get Greenland. We do not belong to others. We decide our own future. We must not react with fear. We must react with calm, dignity and unity. And it is through these values that we must clearly, distinctly and calmly show the American president that Greenland is ours. That was the case yesterday. That is the case today. And that is the case in the future.”
Not a word about dollars, strategy, security, or control. And not a word about Denmark. Because no matter how much the Trump team would like it to be the case, Greenlanders are not fighting against Denmark. They are fighting for independence.
Why Trump Can’t Afford To Buy Greenland
To give the Greenlanders what they want, Trump would have to do the opposite of what he says he wants: instead of gaining control, he would have to give up the idea of ever controlling Greenland. And he can’t afford that.
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As long as the question of Greenland is about money, Trump is in control of both the deal he is trying to cut and the narrative of why Greenland is important for him to ‘get.’ But the moment the question of Greenland is also about the Greenlanders and what they want for their country, Trump is on thin ice.
Trump’s mandate is to ‘Make America Great Again.’ It’s to care about American voters, not Greenlandic, Danish, or European. That’s why Trump needs to be in control of Greenland: because if he is not, and Greenland is not part of the United States, he cannot afford to spend his time – and American taxpayers’ money – on making Greenland part of the 'Golden Age’ he has promised Americans.
And that’s why the Trump team doesn’t talk about Greenland’s independence, but about Greenland’s independence of Denmark: because the question of independence is dangerous for the Trump team. When JD Vance says, “Yeah, I think they want to be independent from Denmark, and then once they do we can have a conversation about the relationship we will have between the United States and Greenland,” he elegantly omits to get into the independence part. Because if Greenland’s wish for independence is actually about independence, American control of Greenland is just as problematic as Danish. And no amount of U.S. dollars will ever change that.
10k? But dont they get 60k from Denmark? Or is that 10k on top of the 60k? I suspect Greenlanders want independence first, staying with Denmark second and becoming a part of the US a very distant third.
They are not getting independence. Their land is too strategically important and they are too militarily weak. If they were already independent they could negotiate a deal but becoming independent the same time your land is worth more than ever is a definite long shot.
It's still a bigger lost for them. China, wouldn't be enough cover the purchasing lost EU products would have without the US market. The German auto industry alone wouldn't be able to manage if the current tariffs stay in place and Germany is the biggest economy in the EU. Chinese buyers now trust their own brands and they have the built-in incentive to be loyal to that because of the CCP. It's not like 20 years ago where everything western was considered the best of the best to them. The spirits industry would also suffers. No protection for calling calling products champagne, etc. The US can completely self suffice for spiritl. We have vineyards, liquor distilleries etc. Trust me, the EU can posture but they fully understand it will be chaos with the US market. Geographically the EU needs globalism to survive.
Do you think the EU situation would be as you described if they didn’t let Washington talk them into going against Russia?
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Dude be saying anything
That's more of an energy situation and they willingly went for that one supporting Ukraine. It's their own territory so why they went for it knowing they have more to lose being dependent on Russia gas anybody's guess.
Consumers now face "tariff surcharges" for some goods as companies pass along costs
Some enterprises, from small businesses to nationally recognized brands, have already announced higher prices, citing President Trump's tariffs. While others, from footwear companies to furniture brands, are warning consumers to brace for increased costs to come.
By Megan Cerullo
Edited By Alain Sherter, Anne Marie Drummond Lee
April 11, 2025
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Some enterprises, from small businesses to nationally recognized brands, have already announced higher prices, citing President Trump's tariffs. While others, from footwear companies to furniture brands, are warning consumers to brace for increased costs to come.
By Megan Cerullo
Edited By Alain Sherter, Anne Marie Drummond Lee
April 11, 2025
Consumers now face "tariff surcharges" for some goods as companies pass along costs
U.S. businesses are starting to add a tariff fee to customer bills and shopping carts to offset rising import costs.
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When “Wall Street” gets ahold of Trump and tell him he is Fuckin’ with their money….his ignorant pussy Ass backs down immediately.
Smartphones and computers are now exempt from Trump’s latest tariffs
The exemption, which comes after the Trump administration on Wednesday imposed a minimum tariff rate of 145% on Chinese goods imported to the United States, does not include the 20% tariff on Chinese goods for the country’s role in the fentanyl trade. The tariff exemption would have a major impact on tech giants like Apple, which make iPhones and other products in China.
By Auzinea Bacon, CNN
April 12, 2025
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Smartphones and computers are now exempt from Trump’s latest tariffs
The exemption, which comes after the Trump administration on Wednesday imposed a minimum tariff rate of 145% on Chinese goods imported to the United States, does not include the 20% tariff on Chinese goods for the country’s role in the fentanyl trade. The tariff exemption would have a major impact on tech giants like Apple, which make iPhones and other products in China.
By Auzinea Bacon, CNN
April 12, 2025
Smartphones and computers are now exempt from Trump’s latest tariffs | CNN Business
Electronics imported to the United States will be exempt from President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, according to a US Customs and Border Protection notice posted on Friday.
I’m look to see who could possibly join Washington
The EU really ain’t fucking with Trump like that
They started to make side deals with China on electric cars so that should tell you everything
this is hilarious china exposing all them big supposed to be high end clothing brands...china say fuck them buy direct from us...
