Trump Says EU Must Buy More US Oil and Gas or Face Tariffs

[@donparkvideos]

Extorting your allies is an interesting tactic.

[@ssuwandi3240]

That's Merkel and Syrian disaster. Remember?

[@eliso5973]

Biden did the same by creating proxy wars.

[@dejabu24]

you mean vassals

[@credibletube90]

when their allies are not that smart and accepted the starting of the ukrainne war,European Idiots

[@TienyeeTien]

Trump: US don’t have allies.

[@Atheist_GOD9]

Its Russian oil and gas labeled as Indian sold by the United States at double the price. Hail capitalism. 😂😂

[@srirammohan2597]

India buys russian oil refine and we sell to the European as under our banner at extortion rate , see we had made deals with Americans on this

[@michaeltse6961]

💯🎯👏👏👏👍

[@anyetitan8410]

Keeping EU totally dependent on the US. Tomorrow, he'll threaten about cutting these gas supplies if they don't acquiesce to his whim.

[@rodneyagesa1851]

The reason why Europe is in recession is from buying very expensive gas from the US.

[@johnl.7754]

US didn’t force them to purchase it. It was what they thought was the best available.

[@philipjh6789]

Then pay for your own defense.

[@MarincaGheorghe]

​@@philipjh6789you are as transactional as Trump. Maybe it's news for you but having good international relations is good for the US. The good of the US is not what is good for the Orange you know ?

[@MultiMenvafan]

And China stopping to buy crappy ICE cars. Both could have been avoided by a bit of foresight by frau Merkel

[@SK-lt1so]

Nahhh...

[@DanBurgaud]

HAHAHAHAHA! With friend like him, who needs enemies?

[@ssuwandi3240]

@@DanBurgaud well US Treasury Bill enemy?? You need that to afford Longerivity club!

[@ryanortiz2648]

Right, the EU? The EU is taking advantage of the U.S. all the way.

[@cyansadventures]

​@@ssuwandi3240Dedollarisation incoming, the US won't be able to pay for 700 military bases. Goodbye evil empire.

[@TienyeeTien]

Trump: why do EU always think we are their allies? That is so weird.

[@lannesromain1453]

US is our ally, not our brother. Europe must wake up

[@micaeloliveira2727]

Because Canada , China Mexico have tarifs we don't 😂😂 that's called cooperation

[@ssuwandi3240]

Donnie is a good man who must speak up sooner before it's too late. Next 30 days in rough water..

[@oldskoolmusicnostalgia]

He said the quiet part out loud.

[@KadiddlehopperClem]

@@ssuwandi3240 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@FelionRoar]

If you give in to bullies ONCE they will keep coming after you.

[@kristeinabraham]

Americans r only force in towt

[@ssuwandi3240]

That's Rachel from Call Center worker

[@markdeng6198]

“It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal.” ― Henry Kissinger

[@oldskoolmusicnostalgia]

And Europe has already given in too many times.

[@kckuc310]

What bully?

[@wongwk4670]

Ursula von der Leyen : YES BOSS!! NO PROBLEM BOSS!!

[@arik2216]

Ursula von der Leyen : More daddy no problem daddy 🥰

[@hansudowolfrahm4856]

@@wongwk4670 Only the AFD agreed to that, they even want to cut down electric cars to buy more oil, or what's their plan?

[@zeegydoo189]

That is how a gangsta intimidates - friends and foe alike

[@aryankushwaha1964]

Right

[@SK-lt1so]

You are reading Xi's biography?

[@boiscooka232]

​@@SK-lt1sohahaha read the room bro 😂

[@ryanortiz2648]

@@zeegydoo189 EU is no ally. The EU is just a beneficiary of the U.S. Taking advantage of the U.S.

[@americatoday1104]

The US contributes 22% to NATO. If Europe buys Russian gas, then defend themselves against Putin.

[@maxdc988]

That's what American "allies" are for, i.e. to make America great again (at the expense of their own country). Your "reward" for being a loyal poodle. 😂😂😂

[@StevenTV-p9x]

Europe has been blindly follow US and that's the reward

[@b.kgurng7679]

Very true 😂😅

[@Joey-ct8bm]

Not on this issue. We had that Russian pipeline. Kinda crazy we need to pay the US for that gas and oil from Iraq. They should share it for free.

[@dral9971]

BS

[@miltonlai4850]

I doubted his name is Donald Tariff?

[@sunnyzhang45]

you nailed it, man!

[@okwatever3582]

President Tariff 🤣🤣

[@NURREDIN]

Get ready for the next Depression.

[@enjoy4091]

@@NURREDIN In the US. .... interest rates have deccoupled from the Feds policy sonce September.

[@NURREDIN]

@@enjoy4091 WHAT does that have to do with a tariff induced collapse? Have you ever heard of Herbert Hoover?

[@enjoy4091]

@NURREDIN The US will collapse. A FIAT currency, interest rates jumping high. Trariffinduced inflation ahead. Lack of cheap workforce after 15 mln remigations. Lack of rate earth supply from the BRICs and its partners. ENJOY IT.

[@MoreThanYouTimesTwo]

Trumpression

[@Pierina.24]

Here comes the Greatest Depression ever. "Smoot Hawley Tariff Act" of 1930 all over again.

[@factanalyser5021]

Europe should show some balls finally.. let US live in its own space..

[@cubbiecollins]

Your not smart and we Americans agree that America is better without the freeloaders

[@canadiangirl5119]

I am American and agree… I am Canadian in origins. Too many selfish people here and Americans are losing their class worldwide. Bullying is not good…

[@Astrocomment]

How come?

[@canadiangirl5119]

@ Bullying is never good.

[@factanalyser5021]

@@Astrocommenttodays world is bipolar .. EU can switch its partners …

[@faterrorism]

Russia did not force the EU to buy its oil and gas, but the United States did.

[@americatoday1104]

The US contributes 22% to NATO. Yet Europe buys Russian gas to make Putin stronger and have more weapons to invade Europe - a contradiction. Then defend themselves against Putin.

[@Hozzckharr]

What a stupid clown. America is cooked.

[@wjpeaj8890]

Not is cooked but they cooked themselves by voting. 😄

[@ryanortiz2648]

You people are mad that we are tired of being taken advantage of from so called “allies”

[@saellenx3528]

Why? Our vassals are gonna buy and they are gonna like it.

[@srirammohan2597]

​@@wjpeaj8890 Entire Europe is under recession as US ,Saudi and India are selling oil and gas to western Europe if anybody is cooked it will be the self entitled Europeans

[@Odnthdisjdb]

@@saellenx3528 no American uses the term vassals - bot detected

[@vincesiy1403]

Poor Europeans. They got conned by the U.S into fighting their main supplier of cheap oil and gas. Now they have no choice but to pay 3-4 times more for U.S oil and gas.

[@carkawalakhatulistiwa]

Moving gas by pipeline is 25% cheaper than by ship

[@mistermood4164]

all by design

[@howdy9061]

kissinger was right after all. USA is the greediest piece of garb on the surface of the planet.

[@dral9971]

We are ending all oil dependence, that is the goal for ALL nations. Welcome to the 21st century.

[@jaabaadaabaaadoo]

What a dumb comment my goodness.

[@waffenwafflesreal]

Using the stick even when if it's not necessary. This is why the international community never wanted trump to be president again.

[@sul-v5p]

All of them use the stick all the time 😂😂, so all of them red or blue are same

[@rujotheone]

@waffenwafflesreal well Trump is the president of USA not international community, so he will do what he believes is right for Americans.

[@danix4883]

@@rujotheonefr, I think ppl forget that the president of the USA, is the president OF THE USA, he does what is best for the USA

[@gavinmeinzer6024]

@@danix4883 Yes it's important to do what's best for your own nation, but doing what's best for your nation at the cost of your allies and the international community is not in a country's best interest. Europe didn't even do anything and Trump is already making demands and asking concessions. (Btw if you're going to bring up NATO, the only large economies not spending 2% are Italy, Spain, and Canada. Everyone else meets the suggested 2% threshold)

[@hitthedeck4115]

If that's true then the world is basically America's btch since world leaders were lining up to congratulate him and wanted to meet him in person.

[@10000years]

“It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal.” ― Henry Kissinger

[@noraa-dog]

Quoting an ass is not anyway to get cred!

[@cubbiecollins]

That is stupid..now go away liberal and watch

[@10000years]

@@noraa-dog I know he's an ass, but he's right about that

[@WeJustLoveIt]

​@@noraa-dog ​ "@noraa-dog" ― ​@noraa-dog

[@rv1251]

Eu lets tax tesla ,amazon ,apple and the rest 😂😂😂

[@nkl07ba12]

I will tariff you, if you tax my companies,

[@micaeloliveira2727]

​@@nkl07ba12😂😂😂

[@Kai-ic4mp]

Empires rises and falls… we are witnessing both!

[@Odnthdisjdb]

@@Kai-ic4mp only thing falling faster is the ruble 🤣

[@cyansadventures]

@@Odnthdisjdb You mean the rubble.....of Pokrovsk.

[@Odnthdisjdb]

@ oh no, I meant the ruble. Russias junk currency that hit a low of .0084 USD before being frozen until January.

[@NckBrktt]

Could be a good reason to stop buying any sort of oil.

[@lylestavast7652]

I think this is actually a decent way for countries (and companies to a large degree) to decouple - get as much of your energy as you can by not relying on deliveries from others. Equipment to do it, sure - but for "fuel" be as close to self-sourced as you can, given the nature of a various country.

[@kgblankinship]

This is going to backfire.

[@jinmi7832]

They chose to be vassals states of US now they must live with consequences of expensive energy and failing economy.

[@badbad-cat]

EU is not sovereign. Shame

[@lylestavast7652]

by definition, EU, is not sovereign - the constituent countries of it all. EU are an intentional joint entity.

[@Curubey29]

It’s because China is diverting from oil when it comes to their energy mix so big oil is in trouble as they face demand destruction. Now big oil lobbied to make up for that loss and threaten us europeans, nevermind how wronged we’ve been so far. We’re headed for increasingly hard times, but at least there’s better chance the european nations would extrapolate themselves from the US grapple, put forward indipendent industrial policies and rise again.

[@SchnuffiJames]

I think in the next ten years everyone will be able to make hydrogen. From sunlight and water, it will end up being cheaper than getting oil out of the ground.

[@saellenx3528]

You are gonna do what we tell you and you are gonna like it.

[@SchnuffiJames]

​@@saellenx3528 The US can't even keep its government open; more people are against Trump than with him. We will watch the civil war unfold with Musk as the shadow president.

[@FingersKungfu]

And I thought dinosaurs had been extinct for 65M years. The world has been trying to phase out oil and gas for almost 10 years and then this dinosaur got elected.

[@Voxabonable]

Just look how calm and tame you are being threatened and extorted.

[@servanttoall4037]

This comedian’s term will be very interesting to see in the coming years.😂😂😂

[@davidlefu]

Russia has gas and oil, China has labour and manufacturing, EU has market and technology. Why do we have to play with the Americans?!

[@ryuuguu01]

The US has the Military & SWIFT

[@dral9971]

We are ending all oil dependence, that is the goal for ALL nations. Welcome to the 21st century.

[@davidlefu]

@@dral9971 Apparently we are not. Welcome to reality.

[@americatoday1104]

Then, Europe can defend themselves against Putin's invasion.

[@cyansadventures]

@davidlefu Because the Americans have 700 military bases around the world. The EU couldn't kick the CIA out of Frankfurt after finding out they wiretapped Merkel for a decade, what makes you think the EU is politically independent?

[@QwertyQwerty-bd3tm]

EU should move away from dollar.

[@Joey-ct8bm]

I was a European soldier fighting with Americans in the Middle East. I'm now all for dropping the dollar and the US. You don't treat allies this way. Canada should immediately make a deal with us and we will buy it from them.

[@ryuuguu01]

Did Europe ever finish setting up its own version of SWIFT? I know they started during the Bush/Cheney administration.

[@nigelgarrett7970]

Have you heard of the EURO?

[@nigelgarrett7970]

​@@ryuuguu01 And show me that you know nothing about SWIFT. Like where it's based, or who runs it.

[@user-fb6hy2eh5y]

What will the European colonies do?

[@rv1251]

Tax the apple google meta and others 😂😂😂

[@enjoy4091]

Drill, drill, drill.

[@santostv.]

If things set bad change suppliers again but the USA is our biggest ally so probably would not happen instead retaliatory tariffs on usa products and services

[@StanleyJohnson-b4v]

Europeans will whine but ultimately comply. They have no power.

[@santostv.]

@@StanleyJohnson-b4v You are the ones trowing your arms up because we have a trade surplus with the usa, if the eu bows down to this buffoon will set a bad precedent, the dude is saying Canada should be the 51 state of the USA, the first lady is giving money to Farage. If we say he is great he might shut up,the usa is already our number 1 supplier.

[@lorryleaselimited8263]

In the future, this period will be known as the war for Europe

[@YMZ-z3e]

quote Henry Kissinger - “It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal.”

[@keithss67]

The Europeans know how to play this game too

[@kubes8388]

@@keithss67 no they too pussy

[@JessicaD.-vb9ho]

@@keithss67 it's really never looked like they do though.

[@howdy9061]

@@JessicaD.-vb9ho they really dont.

[@KingKong-uf3xq]

Great that US treat EU like beggar.

[@deanbusch2727]

If EU buys more US gas then the US has to import more gas, ie from Canada at 25% more from the Tariff's he is planning on putting on them. Plus Canada could just sell to the EU and avoid the hassle of Tariffs.

[@Joey-ct8bm]

Exactly, we could get it at a discount too. We also will deny the US ASML chip technology to the US and share it with Canada and take all US tech companies with Canada.

[@americatoday1104]

The US has more gas than any country on earth.

[@GM-id9nu]

​@@Joey-ct8bmnope no discount, you will be getting it at a fair, tariff free and stable democracy though.

[@user-rb1yf4he9q]

“Trump says” and “Trump does “ are two completely different things.

[@nyikayaramba7460]

That guy is mad threatening every country

[@b.kgurng7679]

Hahaha US bulling EU ...I think EU deserve it because they fully depends on US leaving China behind so EU maybe learning something new tactics of US...

[@PD55_]

Taking the world back 100 years. Smart.

[@chisomahamba379]

EU have completely F themselves up totally 😂, they now totally belong to US or face complete destruction 😂😂.

[@GM-id9nu]

What an absolute failure by you to understand the topic

[@Alicja009]

Niektórzy nie będą płakać

[@clorox1972]

Because threatening your customers has historically always worked out for the seller 😂😂😂

[@lindaSmith6588]

Trump doesn't know the meaning of win-win. Always a win lose guy!!

[@okwatever3582]

EU: relies on and allies with US. US: ah, it's a nice opportunity to make more off of them.

[@saellenx3528]

Business is business.

[@vjcarter4657]

When people refuse to step up and may fair amounts for their own protection and rely on the US for protection, that is what happens

[@Joey-ct8bm]

@@vjcarter4657 We spend 400 billion on defense in total in the EU. 4x what Russia spends and equal to China. China has a higher GDP than we do in the EU. We've 1.9 million soldiers and the US only has 1.3 million. What we do miss is a big weapons industry. We buy our weapons from the US. Which i hate to the core. We should make our own weapons and ammo. 238 billion the US weapons industry made in 2023 selling weapons to foreign nations and only 40 billion of aid went to Ukraine in 2023. Look it up! We hate your weapons industry more than you do. My country the Netherlands has US nukes too, which makes us the first target in a nuclear war for Russia. If my country gets hit by a nuke i want it to be our own nukes. You do realize republicans and democrats voted for more defense spending this month in the US. It's not going down. Bernie was one of the only ones who voted against that bill.

[@americatoday1104]

EU buys Russian gas to make Putin stronger to invade Europe, but refuses to buy gas from the US. Yet, demand the US to contribute 22% to their defense and protect them from Putin. What a contradiction. Very bad friends.

[@GM-id9nu]

​@@saellenx3528if extortion is in your business model you are going to have a very bad time

[@GitkiTaan]

I too want a tarriff Donald Duck 😢

[@tylermcfadden2000]

It’s like telling a kid to eat their vegetables or they can’t watch tv.

[@cypressbutane4575]

Or a parent abusing a person that they delusionally think is their child and getting knifed

[@therazakshow1264]

I do not care and I will give Trump high tariffs too .

[@07dree02]

“It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal.” ― a European citizen

[@marksvanlife2963]

Somebody tell this bloke to go away with extreme prejudice

[@pkwong1940]

Obey or face more terrifs!

[@Danster82]

Doesn't really make sense, generally the importing country pays more when tariffs are enacted and the US is importing more from the EU than the EU is from the US...

[@boballman1860]

It doesn't matter were we get the oil from. Big oil companies made big profits. It's called greed.

[@AmerBoyo]

More evidence of ever we needed it that we need to ditch oil, gas and coal NOW!

[@Joe-ij6of]

Individual businesses and utilities decide to buy oil and gas, not nations and certainly not the EU. This is all just motivated reasoning to justify tariffs, which trump wants to do for other reasons: he wants tariffs to offset massive tax cuts to the rich and corporations, and he wants to use exemptions as a patronage tool.

[@jklee5419]

It costs a lot for the US to protect EU for decades, and EU needs to pay back a little.

[@nigelgarrett7970]

American troops in Europe: 60,000. German troops in Europe: 180,000. How about paying Europe back for all the support after 9/11?

[@Pierina.24]

Here comes the Greatest Depression ever. "Smoot Hawley Tariff Act" of 1930 all over again.

[@Nieosoba]

good value 5x more expensive than for us consumers, yeah bargain

[@ricka4678]

EU is already struggling, they’re done if Trump adds tariffs to them

[@MrOmalambo]

Where are the Oxford and Cambridge graduates to solve EU problems

[@saellenx3528]

​@@MrOmalamboThey work for us here in States.

[@Joey-ct8bm]

??? We just deny ASML chip technology to the US and take all US tech companies. We will be rich in the EU.

[@Odnthdisjdb]

@@ricka4678 tariffs are a way for trump to tax americas own citizens. And America is 36T in debt, so… glass houses or something.

[@goenzoy712]

Not really € is still credible currency + Europe is not lacking gas and oil in its vicinity .And not a lot of countries depend on US exports

[@samuelwilliams7331]

Or just go electric and stop giving money to Saudi, Russia, and USA. Why play this game if you don't have to?

[@josejose1988]

MAGA🎉

[@paulcasey5204]

Neat. Spot what blind Freddy can see is coming, make demands that it MUST happen and then claim a victory when it does. Works brilliantly with an unthinking electorate.

[@tedosmond413]

trump: do what you are planning on doing or i go crazy....they do it and trump claims credit

[@beunited3877]

Congrats to European's Country. You have the "Greatest Allies"

[@Raggamuffin007]

Trump hitting our allies with rap battle threats in the middle of the night

[@Emanuel-t5e]

If US oil&gas companies suddenly can export more for higher prices... expect US prices to go up as well, increase of demand...

[@willeisinga2089]

We are Going All Electric. No More Gas and Oil and Coal needed.

[@Joey-ct8bm]

That's nonsense. Oil is in everything. We will buy oil and gas from Canada. A way better idea. They got enough left.

[@willeisinga2089]

@Joey-ct8bm China goes All Electric. Solar and Wind in China both 2000 GW in 2030. 4000 GW Clean Energy. The World goes Electric. Nothing you can do about it.

[@pkpjjoyce6168]

Gonna be 4 great years......after that, only God knows 😮

[@MoreThanYouTimesTwo]

You can't be serious. 4 great years?? Wow

[@pkpjjoyce6168]

@MoreThanYouTimesTwo ha....the countdown and the roller coaster started yesterday.....with 'potential' US government shutdown tonight 🥴. Interesting times ahead, a chara 😬

[@robijorum4113]

I think those sanctions on Russian gas seems misplaced right about now 😂😂😂😂

[@chrisdistant9040]

Why, russias economy is completely tanked, so it’s super working

[@robijorum4113]

@chrisdistant9040 how's Germany doing 🤣🤣🤣

[@ZNation-v4j]

Russian economy is doing way better in entire Europe. Instead of focusing on Russia which you think that we're fighting with shovels you shouldn't be worried about us in the first place . you make fun of Russia just by adding few emojis because you have no facts to present. I understand that that you don't wanna focus on facts because that's where you loose . i mean sure hate us all you want time will tell who's on right side of history and who isn't if we're doomed to fail we will . but atleast speak facts not some random gay emoji .

[@robijorum4113]

@ZNation-v4j you stupid or what ..i meant that NATO sanctioning Russia was a mistake and they are finding out right about now because of their economic woes ..you here typing a lengthy speech saying the same thing but get triggered by emojis?? Grow a pair 🙄

[@robijorum4113]

@@ZNation-v4j so you mad about the emoji after i supported Russia? You a kid or what? 🙄

[@PretoBeleza]

I thought Europe and America were friends

[@PD55_]

EU is imploding, and no country wants continued foreign oil/energy dependencies that drain local currencies.

[@Odnthdisjdb]

Unpopular reality for trump fans: Tariffs are a way for America to tax it’s own citizens for imported goods.

[@Miller-k4r]

It bogles my mind that nobody is realizing that. Tariffs tax YOU, when you try to import you pay more, as a company or individual, and that money goes to the state, it is a tax on YOU not on foreign companies. As a consequence you are forced to buy domestic instead of getting the best deal. Tariffs only benefit collectives standing to lose from free trade like uncompetitive sectors (US agriculture vs 3rd world agriculture) and of course the state itself which reaps massive taxes from it.

[@b.kgurng7679]

This is what happens when you fully depends on one side..

[@jorsm.3893]

Can they actually deliver ? It's easy to yell that they have to buy more, but you have to be able to guarantee timely supply first ... afaik, when the EU initially started looking to replace Russian gas, they bought pretty much all the gas they could from the US ...

[@lylestavast7652]

Indeed and it was a pinch point finding export terminals enough to deliver enough (a big one was out from a fire). That's resolved through time though, both on US shipping side and more receiving terminals in various key points in the EU which have opened in the interim, several in Germany case in point. Most goes to Netherlands, Germany and France.

[@scooby1647]

Drop the dollar and trade in anything but. A bitter pill for sure, but it's the only cure for the American empire.

[@galaxymyt4834]

Qatar is better or iran thank you mr mac donald 😂

[@eish3291]

Talk about blackmail .

[@Ibcurious2-u2k]

Too bad the EU lost their balls. They will do whatever Trump says. I want to see what Canada does in response, and they will like they did the last time on tariffs.

[@ThomasMullaly-do9lz]

He means buy more Canadian oil refined in the United States.

[@AnnoyingRat2610]

who is EU??? is it a village??? is it significant city in world politics????😂

[@Joey-ct8bm]

It's a 20 trillion single market with 440 million people who let the US have ASML chip technology. Without ASML the whole US tech sector would collapse.

[@lameiraangelo]

The guy is a genius 😂

[@javastream5015]

The EU should then switch back to Russian oil and gas when that comes. End of discussion.

[@mehmoodkhankhattak]

So now EU should buy x3 more expansive oil and gas from USA

[@Michael-yk8nv]

Trump continues to show us that he is missing essential gray matter.

[@Joey-ct8bm]

We will buy it from Canada. They will have a lot of reserves, so we could get it at a discount too.

[@ceocommunications1248]

How likely? 100%

[@JayS-g1s]

That's right! They should pay for their security too

[@nytsamlegt]

Europe pays for its security dork.

[@gavinmeinzer6024]

Most European nations do pay for their own security. And most countries in NATO meet the 2% suggested threshold of spending. Just because the US has a base in another country does not mean we are paying for their defense. It is a strategic way for the US to enforce its power on a global scale in a minute's notice. Most US bases in foreign countries are leased so we are actually paying them for their land.

[@nigelgarrett7970]

So Europe should not have helped America after 9/11?

[@Thyringer]

oh how cute, another MAGA idiot. :D

[@maleseladease8920]

Serves EU right for living under the US shadow

[@izzathadi4006]

it's ok to buy from US as long as Euro rate is still above Dollar, even higher at 0.01 cents 😐

[@ItsJefin]

The EU is an American colony

[@统一台湾-l2n]

Now you know who boom the pipe

[@anuragchakraborty8766]

Did that cause massive chinese youth unemployment?? 😂

[@paulfuller9352]

Sounds like an olive oil company owner with other interests.

[@lvjinbin28]

What did Kissinger say?

[@donpeleas4780]

The “free” market the way it has to be, EU should behave as the colony they are

[@oldskoolmusicnostalgia]

There you go EU, there's your reward for always bowing to the will of Grand Master America and being deluded enough to think there is some kind of alliance.

[@pja8901]

The EU runs a trade deficit with the US, sure. But.. The EU has 8 strategic dependencies from the US. But the US has 32 strategic dependencies from the EU, almost all chemical and pharmaceutical. A trade war wouldn't benefit either party. I'm not sure why this is being proposed, especially at a time when US GDP growth is really good.

[@lv3609]

The whole “trade imbalance to USA” is a partial story or a scam Because in services USA have the upper hand not only with Europe but practically almost whole World: finance industry, Internet services (Google, YT, Amazon, twitter/X; look what they’re doing to TikTok), and the judiciary in a number of cases specially with Latin America (look vulture funds and Argentina).

[@saellenx3528]

We have army on your soil and you dont have on ours. So tread lightly.

[@pja8901]

@@saellenx3528 My soil? I'm not in the EU.

[@lv3609]

@@saellenx3528 full Mafia now of course it is called Don… 🤣🤣

[@saellenx3528]

@@lv3609 Geopolitics are not won by feelings.

[@nesseihtgnay9419]

Great job president Trump

[@dwaynepiper3261]

How does oil and gas provide jobs for Americans compared to manufactured goods?

[@lylestavast7652]

exploration, extraction and production, shipping, maintenance of the infrastructure, working refineries etc. and a portion of those are manufactured goods if they've been through a refinery.

[@PSA78]

More taxes for the Americans? EU should counter with things like Tesla, which isn't liked anyway, and I bet China would be happy to sell things to EU at a reasonable price.

[@maxpower-u1t]

not enough oil/gas is available. also a slight shortage of delivery and storage capacity.

[@archangel763]

LOL, Trump is a joke.