• Drusas
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    Sorry for multiple posts, but my points are different.

    Impose tariffs on Denmark? Do you all know what we import from Denmark? Medication and medical devices. So that would further increase the cost of healthcare in the US. He already signed an executive order to undo the $35 insulin cap for Medicaid recipients. He is actively raising healthcare prices.

    Tariffs would only hurt both countries.

      • @Dadifer@lemmy.world
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        723 months ago

        No, actually he was installed by our oligarchs to destroy the country, so they can buy it for cheap. Just like last time!

        • @Mihies@programming.dev
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          123 months ago

          Actually he was installed by incredibly stupid, shortsighted and/or far right people in a process called democracy 🤷‍♂️

          • @superkret@feddit.org
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            323 months ago

            When the media that people are shown is microtargeted and controlled by 2 billionaires who are buddies with Trump, you don’t have a democracy anymore.

            • @Mihies@programming.dev
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              83 months ago

              Well, Trump isn’t something new. Everybody could see what he is in his previous term or before. There is also other media and social networks not controlled by oligarchy. Finding an excuse is hard, it’s not like - ouch, media is controlled. So again, stupidity, ignorance, greed and such.

          • @dan1101@lemm.ee
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            63 months ago

            …that were fooled by the oligarchy into believing in things like trickle-down economics and that a white poor person is superior to a brown poor person.

        • @unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de
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          Watch USAmericans go to war against russia instead of finally killing their slavers. They never learned who their true enemy is so far, lets hope this time is different.

    • @CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
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      433 months ago

      It’s also an integrated EU economy, so I’d assume the entire European single market would retaliate.

      But yeah, he doesn’t care about or understand that. Or at least won’t until there’s active unrest in America over the crazy inflation and layoffs.

      • @Eatspancakes84@lemmy.world
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        133 months ago

        Yes, to add you cannot impose targeted tariffs on Danish goods, as these are typically traded within the EU before going to the US.

        • @CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
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          13 months ago

          To date, it hasn’t been the president’s fault. The shit they do makes it’s way to workers and consumers well after they leave office, for the most part. This would be different, and in some cases very uneven - if there’s an accross-the-board 25% tariff with Canada, the Detroit auto industry basically shuts down and lays everyone off today.

    • @andallthat@lemmy.world
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      433 months ago

      Tariffs seem to be Trump’s go-to move nowadays. “Grab them by the wallet”.

      • To Putin: stop the war or tariffs!
      • To Europe: buy more US oil or tariffs!
      • To Denmark: gimme Greenland or tariffs!
      • To Melania (probably): pretend you can still bear being in the same room with me or tariffs!
      • McDonald’s - “cash or card, sir?” “Tariffs!”
      • @wewbull@feddit.uk
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        193 months ago

        Not “Grab them” but “Grab the US consumer”. Tariffs raise prices inside the USA. The target country only loses by being less competitive in the US market.

        Trump wants to raise import taxes on goods from everyone, so only US goods are competitive. Trouble is the US has exported a bunch of manufacturing so it must import.

      • @Blackmist@feddit.uk
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        173 months ago

        His voters still don’t seem to have figured out that just means things will cost them more.

    • Wowbagger
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      363 months ago

      There is no way to impose tariffs on Danish goods. We’re part of the EU, and the inner market, so we’ll just send the goods from some other EU country. So any tariff on Denmark would have to be a tariff on EU.

    • @PetteriPano@lemmy.world
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      273 months ago

      Do you all know what we import from Denmark? Medication

      Ozempic comes to mind. It’s still under patent, so I guess there’s no other source than Novo Nordisk in Denmark.

    • Flying Squid
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      273 months ago

      It would hurt both countries, but Denmark can still sell their medication and medical devices to the rest of the world.

      These tariffs in general are going to hurt Americans far more than anyone else.

    • @Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org
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      173 months ago

      Do you think he cares?

      That is very on brand for trump. Pissing off a former ally and messing up healthcare worse for “his own” country.

    • Cris
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      163 months ago

      Wait he seriously undid the cap already??? Fucking for real?

      Like I shouldn’t be surprised…