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1 posted on 05/23/2025 9:06:45 AM PDT by dennisw
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I am recommending a straight 50% Tariff on the European Union

Sounds good.

2 posted on 05/23/2025 9:08:42 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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The euroweenies being euroweeenies.


3 posted on 05/23/2025 9:09:42 AM PDT by DallasBiff (Apology not accepted.la is not the sharpest knife in the drawer)
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MSN is still around? They have, what, 15 in the audience?


4 posted on 05/23/2025 9:09:49 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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Trumps tariffs are a moveable feast. The trade deficit is going down just by the confusions that Trumps up and down tariffs are creating. We have so much Chinese junk here, we are set for at least 5 years. We need to repair more and buy less from the ChiComs.


5 posted on 05/23/2025 9:09:55 AM PDT by dennisw (💯🇺🇸 Truth is Hate to those who Hate the Truth. 🇺🇸💯)
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His timing is impeccable. Make an announcement sure to roil the stock market on a Friday before a holiday weekend. You get 3 days for the price of 2.


6 posted on 05/23/2025 9:10:19 AM PDT by webheart
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BTTT


10 posted on 05/23/2025 9:12:51 AM PDT by nopardons
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Fine by me.


11 posted on 05/23/2025 9:17:07 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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Last threat trying to get a deal done, so he’ll settle for less.


12 posted on 05/23/2025 9:18:44 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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The plastic shed i looked at was about $1000 a few months ago. now it it $2200. Not sure if it is tariff related as i wasn’t monitoring it that closely. Maybe when they sign something with China it will go down. I hope.


15 posted on 05/23/2025 9:34:39 AM PDT by kvanbrunt2
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Yes the EU runs about a $300 billion trade deficit with China, and use the surplus with us to help balance it out. It is unfair trade especially the VAT tax (it’s basically a sales tax on every step of production and procurement - we don’t do that here we exempt wholesale and purchase for productions from sales tax).

They are not happy about our tech companies, most especially free speech. So they go after them. And they go after their own dissenters too - cancelling elections or cancelling political parties and even locking up people who are suspected of offending anyone - not just race or sex or politics or religion the UK locked up a dad and mum for being upset that their school board did not hold an open hiring call for a new headmaster and appointed a crony, then forced the parents to move their kid to another school because the new headmaster was offended and “felt unsafe”. The EU is a mess and a monstrosity. We can only do so much about their internal problems and philosophical disaobut we sure as heck don’t have to subsidize them.


16 posted on 05/23/2025 9:34:43 AM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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This is what I voted for!


17 posted on 05/23/2025 9:35:34 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Democrats are the Party of anger, hate and violence.)
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The EU is going to be a tough nut to crack, since it is governed by unelected bureaucrats that are not accountable to anyone.

Even Starmer, who is in theory accountable to his voters, spits in their faces every day.


18 posted on 05/23/2025 9:36:53 AM PDT by odawg
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Flips out?


19 posted on 05/23/2025 9:39:17 AM PDT by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
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“Flips out”? Editorialize much? Isn’t this supposed to be a straight news story?

Trumps words sounded perfectly businesslike to me — measured, matter-of-fact, effective. But then, I favor Trump and what he’s doing. Maybe if I hated him I’d say “flips out”, too.


20 posted on 05/23/2025 9:48:55 AM PDT by Migraine
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50% is a bit much and that level of tariff will backfire. I am not against tariffs but common sense should play a role in determining how they are levied.


23 posted on 05/23/2025 9:54:39 AM PDT by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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Good for Mr. Trump. It’s long past time to stop treating the EuroLosers like friends. Aside from the Italians (occasionally), they haven’t been our friends for a long time.


26 posted on 05/23/2025 10:02:28 AM PDT by Antoninus (Republicans are all honorable men.)
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I’m fine with 50% on the EU. Not sure what I buy from the Euroweenies anyway.....

Can someone tell me something that I need to buy from the EU?


27 posted on 05/23/2025 10:05:34 AM PDT by caver ( )
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Trump got tired of the runaround by the communists in the EU.


28 posted on 05/23/2025 10:15:20 AM PDT by CodeToad
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I’m good with this...


29 posted on 05/23/2025 10:16:42 AM PDT by rrrod (6)
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I can live without anything from the EU.


30 posted on 05/23/2025 10:27:06 AM PDT by bigbob (Yes. We ARE going back)
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