OT: American Politics

[Aberdeen]

Annoying seeing all these countries placating this asshole. I guess they're just being pragmatic. But much of the US will see this as "winning".

EU and US agree trade deal, with 15% tariffs for European exports to America

US President Donald Trump and EU chief Ursula von der Leyen confirm the deal after "tough negotiations" in Scotland.

www.bbc.com

The United States and European Union have reached a trade deal, ending a months-long standoff between two of the world's key economic partners.

After make-or-break negotiations between President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen in Scotland, the pair agreed on a blanket US tariff on all EU goods of 15%. That is half the 30% import tax rate Trump had threatened to implement starting on Friday.

Trump said the 27-member bloc would open its markets to US exporters with zero per cent tariffs on certain products.

Von der Leyen also hailed the deal, saying it would bring stability for both allies, who together account for almost a third of global trade.

 

[mbow30]

Maybe but prices are going up up up.

Just listen to the US steelcos singing about the tariffs allowing them to raise prices.

 

[MindzEye]

So… the entire raison d’être of MAGA is gonzo.

All righty then.

The publicly spoken reason for being....yeah

It was always a white nationalist movement at it's heart. It sought meaning in other things to help broaden it's tent, but it's super instructive that "throw out the brown people" (after your punish them, of course) is it's 200 billion dollar core piece of government policy.

 

[MindzEye]

Annoying seeing all these countries placating this asshole. I guess they're just being pragmatic. But much of the US will see this as "winning".

EU and US agree trade deal, with 15% tariffs for European exports to America

US President Donald Trump and EU chief Ursula von der Leyen confirm the deal after "tough negotiations" in Scotland.

www.bbc.com

Until he calls it the worst deal ever, the Europeans are very nasty people, deal is off, etc within the next 6 months.

 

[WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou]

Until he calls it the worst deal ever, the Europeans are very nasty people, deal is off, etc within the next 6 months. days.

Fixed.

 

[manny]

Annoying seeing all these countries placating this asshole. I guess they're just being pragmatic. But much of the US will see this as "winning".

EU and US agree trade deal, with 15% tariffs for European exports to America

US President Donald Trump and EU chief Ursula von der Leyen confirm the deal after "tough negotiations" in Scotland.

www.bbc.com

Rest assured, nobody is caving.

Devil is in the details, and these “deals” are all going to hurt the US more than they hurt their trading partners (still net loss all around because Dotard is a fool and the US is over.)

 

[Aberdeen]

Rest assured, nobody is caving.

Devil is in the details, and these “deals” are all going to hurt the US more than they hurt their trading partners (still net loss all around because Dotard is a fool and the US is over.)

Oh I agree totally, I just don't like the optics. Would rather the world united and played more hard ball

 

[manny]

Oh I agree totally, I just don't like the optics. Would rather the world united and played more hard ball

I agree there. Shouldn’t be any question whether multilateralism is good, just because the US is done with it.

Other countries are hedging their bets. Taking advantage of a stupid US administration in the short term (without doing anything blatant enough for Dotard and the US media to know they’re not actually WiNiNg), and meanwhile hoping the US has a path back to sanity and leadership. I don’t see it.

 

[CH1]

I don’t think Japan has yet to provide any details about the supposed amazing deal signed last week

 

[worm]

I assume these countries want some stability while rearranging trade without the USA but it will take time

 

[Cal Gal]

Amy Sherald Cancels Smithsonian Exhibition over Censorship Concerns​

American Sublime” features some 50 works by Sherald, making it one of the largest and most comprehensive presentations of her work yet. The show was originally organized by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and subsequently traveled to the Whitney Museum, where it is on view through August 10. The iteration set for the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery would have marked the first solo presentation of its kind by a Black contemporary artist at the institution.

Amy Sherald Cancels Smithsonian Exhibition over Censorship Concerns

The National Portrait Gallery considered removing Sherald's painting of a Black transgender Statue of Liberty from an upcoming show.

www.artnews.com

 

[CH1]

I assume these countries want some stability while rearranging trade without the USA but it will take time

That and they want Trump to focus his stupidity on countries other than their own

 

[Tryamw]

Yeah, you know the old saying. Gotta fuck a few kids to make an omellete.

I think that's the old saying anyway, I'm not good at those things.

You are right you aren't

 

[Tryamw]

I'm still shocked this hasn't gone away yet

He had more Teflon than Slick Willie

 

[MindzEye]

 

[lecoqsportif]

I don’t think Japan has yet to provide any details about the supposed amazing deal signed last week

The initial assessment is that Japan came out the winner.

 

[Aberdeen]

On Reddit Europeans are losing their minds over this deal. See it as total capitulation.

 

[axlsalinger]

pretty interesting comment:

 

[Cal Gal]

Wonder who he's talking to.

 

[MindzEye]

So sick of these fucking hypocrites

Oklahoma’s MAGA superintendent who demanded Bibles in class faces investigation after TV in his office shows naked women

‘This is a bizarre and troubling situation,’ the state’s senate president said

www.aol.com

Don't care about the porn slip up, care about these scumbags pushing their fake religious beliefs everywhere while being decidedly ungodly in their personal lives.