• A_norny_mousse@feddit.org
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    9 months ago

    “If you don’t play by our rules you can’t do business with us!”

    They just keep shooting themselves in both feet. As if a tariff war wasn’t enough.

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      9 months ago

      To be fair

      “If you don’t play by our rules you can’t do business with us!”

      Is how our European market works as well right?

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        9 months ago

        It could be argued, I guess?

        But to impose arbitrary (and contrary to democracy itself) rules overnight and expect everyone to follow suit instead of negotiating a solution? No fucking way.

        Maybe I should have put it differently:

        “If you don’t run your business by our fascist rules right now you can’t do business with us!”

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          Trump legitimately believes his purpose is to put forth the rules that make his voters happy… so in that way, negotiation is more of a sign of weakness and would tank his numbers.