I’d be willing to bet money that heir leader doesn’t understand that nuance at all. More to the point, if anyone tries to explain it to him, he will keep saying, “but that’s not what he said, he said…”

He was only half-wrong about “playing with WWIII.” Ukraine is just defending its land, Russia & now Trump are playing with WWIII. And one half of that equation can’t comprehend the nuance and subtext of what the other half says and does - and the other half 100% knows this. Unfortunately, I think Ukraine will ultimately pay the price for all this. Trump isn’t interested in a fair deal, he wants a deal at any cost so he can look good and scream about how he deserves a Nobel.

Thought I spelled it out pretty clearly: tariffs on the entirety of the US instead of just “red states.”

I’m actually not OK with this, TBH. First, it very much better than bending the knee, but if they’re going to impose tariffs, they need to be on the country. Plenty of democrats in those red states and plenty of republicans in blue states either will or won’t “get what they voted for.” In the end, we all should pay for this travesty.

You forgot the “J.” DOGE will be efficiencizing you shortly…

Completely true. Here’s a guy who’s currently bashing the North American trade agreement that was signed under his own first administration. Simply can’t be trusted to sign a car rental contract, let alone an international agreement.

As an American, I hope more countries choose this path. Trump, and a large number of Americans need to understand that “American exceptionalism” only matters to (some) Americans. A community of nations means no one country gets to dictate to all the others. Eventually that isolationism some of my country clamor for will come to feel pretty lonely as fewer and fewer countries put up with our BS.

I think in this case, y’all is more accurate. At least to my understanding. “All y’all” is for every single person in a group, based on my understanding. “Y’all” is the group as a whole. As someone who voted against Trump twice, I’m fine being lumped in with my stupid brethren. We deserve it. But I really don’t want to be seen as one member of that stupid group or people.

Splitting hairs, I know, but what else would we do in Internet forums!?

Oooh Trump’s gonna get in a fight with Canadian Trump! Get some popcorn y’all!

I think of you offer anything that even smells like an ultimatum, Trump’s going to respond with tariffs. For some reason, he’s behaving like a rabid dog backed into a corner, and he’s lashing out at any and every perceived threat.

Rather, I think Europe should intend on proceeding without the US. Trump said it himself, “We’re out.” Take him at his word, and act accordingly. He will either see the light, or he won’t.

European countries can attempt to continue relations with the US, separate from Ukraine, unless Trump wants to make it about Ukraine. If he does, it should be explained that Ukraine’s not on the table, the US has stated their position (they’re out), and Europe is respecting that.

Why? They did their jobs: save the state money.

So my wife has an ex-husband who lives in Texas (by choice - loves it there, owns “let’s go Brandon” stuff). They’ve been divorced long enough that their interactions are cordial. She’s a civil servant, and she mentioned to him that all the attacks on federal workers have her worried about her job. His response to this, and many many things, was, “you’ll be fine.”

All this is to say, I think when conservatives don’t understand or don’t want to think about things, they default to “it’ll be fine.” And it will… Until it isn’t. Then they look for who to blame.

Yeah. I think at this point, we can pretty much assume that if it’s a Good Thing, Trump’s against it and actively working to kill it.

I mean there was the one reporter who asked what if Putin doesn’t stick to any deal they agree to. Of course that was probably state media trolling!

Few things age like milk as they’re happening!

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Italy needs to understand that thinking you can reason with Trump makes Europe weaker.

In fact, this works with all countries. He’s a literal baby. He doesn’t understand or want to hear your reasoning because he knows he’s right. As soon as everybody understands that, the quicker they can get to the task of isolating the US as much as possible.

All these years after winning it. That’s some special war-fightin right there!

He’s made noise about NATO, but… he makes a lot of noise. He also, to a small extent had a point at one time about nations committing the agreed upon percentages of their budgets to defense. Regardless, today’s actions paint a pretty clear picture for Europe and the rest of the world.

I’m sure he got an email from Daddy telling him what a big strong man he was today. That’s all that matters.

I don’t think you have to. Plenty of them see Putin as the “strong leader” they want.