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Posted on 01/25/2026 7:58:38 PM PST by Olog-hai
The prospect of a full-blown trade war between the EU and the US was averted for the second time in less than 12 months following President Donald Trump's dramatic U-turn on Greenland.
For Ireland, several uncomfortable truths are emerging after this week’s geopolitical chaos.
The trading relationship with the US is part of the bedrock of the Irish economic success story. It is based on Ireland providing an environment of stability for multinationals.
One of the certainties important for US corporations is the level of tariffs applied to exports shipped across the Atlantic. […]
Fortunately for Ireland, pharmaceuticals and computer chips, which represent a huge proportion of exports, have escaped any extra duties.
This week, Donald Trump warned he would impose an additional 10% tariff on exports to the US from six EU countries and the UK and Norway, following their opposition to his plan to seize Greenland. The EU trades as a bloc, so those additional duties would have applied to all member states. Ireland is much more exposed than other countries to trade with the US. […]
There are two camps.
The first one, led by French President Emmanuel Macron, advocated standing up to the US President and fighting fire with fire by threatening counter measures on trade.
The second camp, to which Ireland belongs, says don't agitate Donald Trump, use diplomacy and wait for the US president's short attention span to switch to another topic — as is inevitable. …
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Ireland!?
They passed legal abortion after being a God’s country place and let all kinds of crap break loose
Then they opened their borders so it is now unrecognizable. President Trump is MAGA and they have a beef with HIM?
They lost their nuts along with the Brits. They’re part of the caliphate now.
Along with the French and Germans.
So it seems...
Ireland, once rid of snakes by St. Patrick is today fully populated by snakes and I don’t think even St. Patrick could save Ireland today.
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