Literally all it takes is to say nice things to him. Amazing.

  • Spzi
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    45 hours ago

    Surround yourself with Yes-men, piss off your allies, cuddle with dictators. Great strategy.

    Maybe MAGA actually stands for Make America Gone Again. Is that acceptable English? Not a native speaker.

  • @[email protected]
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    481 day ago

    Being “nice” is not a policy for the UK to follow. It might be lucky to avoid some of the tariffs targetting the EU but when he wants something from the UK he will use the tariff threat.

    The UK is far better off trying to improve relations with the EU and liberalise trade as much as can be achieved without reigniting the brexit debate. That might not be much.

      • madjo
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        271 day ago

        Given that Keir Starmer is currently in Brussels to strengthen the UK-EU bond, I think the UK is aware of this.

  • @[email protected]
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    501 day ago

    So the orange toddler is pissed at Canada because Trudeau laughed at him a few times?

    Jfc. What a time to be alive.

        • @scaramobo
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          25 hours ago

          Ah. Thanks, been wondering some time about that and googling gave a lot of mixed results for me.

      • @[email protected]
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        44 hours ago

        Trump couldn’t care less. She’s there for the money and trump needs to pretend to be married for clout

    • @[email protected]
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      622 hours ago

      I mean, all of this happened because Obama made fun of him at the Whitehouse correspondents dinner.

  • @[email protected]
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    920 hours ago

    As much as I hate Starmer, he and Zelensky have done a good job of keeping their interests vis à cis Trump.

  • @[email protected]
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    1121 hours ago

    And of course Donald Trump is as immovable as granite and unwaveringly loyal to his friends & allies.

    There is no chance of him having a spat with the Aberdeenshire council about rubbish collection for his golf club and responding with a 50% tariff…

    Or for that matter of being directed to do it by his owners with even less justification…

  • @[email protected]
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    41 day ago

    The UK and US have pretty balanced trading, both reprting surpluses. Isn’t that the real reason? Tariffs would be really stupid here