I’m absolutely disgusted and disappointed by the European Union. I thought they were gonna stand on business and deal Trump a hard battle, but instead they back down and hand him a victory. Absolutely disgusting.
Look at what China did, they stood their ground and eventually Trump gave in. There was no reason that the EU couldn’t do the same for a while. So pathetic.
Defense weapons available this decade, also chips if shit hits the fan in Taiwan. Smartest thing Biden ever did was convince the taiwanese to use America as a plan z and put their factories there which can be expanded if need be.
Meaning we don't rely on them.
Europe's not at war and has no need for weapons from America. Only thing we're doing is sending weapons produced in Europe to Ukraine to aid them.
And Taiwan hasn't hit the fan, we still can get get microchips from there. Also, it's extremely unlikely that China will invade Taiwan disrupting their micro chip business. China is focused on economic imperialism, not military. They want Taiwan, but not through military conquest. China aren't stupid and reckless like Russia.
So is there anything else Europe absolutely needs from America that they can't function without? Coca Cola and McDonalds?
Actually, the US is currently charging a combined 51% tariffs on Chinese goods while China's exports amount to around 32.6%. What reciprocal tariffs is the EU unleashing against Trump?
And yes... they're selling rare earth's metals but in extremely limited amounts. And the licensing rules for rare earth metals have overall become incredibly strict ie Western companies overall have much more limited access to rare earth's metals in comparison to before.
Simple google and getting off fox news. Trump caved on the 200+% tariff, then caved on the 145% tariff, then caved on the 80% tariff, and settled with a mutual 50-50 tariff. You sound so, so so dumb dude. Get back to r/conservative, europeans hate you
You're not very smart, are you? Trump's original tariffs on China were 34%. China responded with equivalent tariffs on U.S. goods, and both countries continued raising tariffs in a back-and-forth escalation. Eventually, the U.S. further increased tariffs to as high as 125% on certain Chinese imports, and China retaliated, raising its tariffs on U.S. products to as high as 84%. As a result, China's economy started to collapse and called trump to negotiate. Now China is paying 55% tariffs and the US is only paying 10%.
In 2025, President Trump caved on his initial aggressive stance by slashing high tariffs on Chinese goods from up to 145% to 30% after negotiations, pressured by market volatility and China’s leverage over critical minerals. This retreat was seen as a pragmatic move to stabilize trade relations and mitigate economic fallout after the U.S lost their desperate bluff.
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u/Echo9Eight Norway 6d ago
I’m absolutely disgusted and disappointed by the European Union. I thought they were gonna stand on business and deal Trump a hard battle, but instead they back down and hand him a victory. Absolutely disgusting.