How do you think Trump's tariff threats are affecting Europe?

The Europeans will be able to design a trade policy to minimize the effects of the U.S. committing economical harakiri.

By “taking advantage” Trump means trade deficits, which actually only means that Americans like buying European goods for U.S. dollars.

Trump is saying that he won’t enter into talks with Europe on lifting tariffs ”unless they pay us a lot of money on a yearly basis, number one for present but also for past” — because apparently Europe was “taking advantage” of America.

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That’s what Trump effectively did.

Bad, bad Starbucks.

I can’t think of another time in the U.S. history when one man put the entire global economy into a recession on a whim.

Why do people keep denying the similarities between Latin and Italian by saying they are totally different languages when it’s obvious they sound similar?

To punish Starbucks, you impose a tariff on yourself, so now you are paying 20% more for the coffee.

It’s like you go to, let’s say, Starbucks, and buy coffee from them. Starbucks gives you coffee, you give them money. Starbucks isn’t buying anythIng from you. You have trade deficit with Starbucks now.

Stock markets are crashing around the world, as funds are trying to sell shares, fearing uncertainty and bankruptcies that may follow Trump’s tariffs implementation on April 9.

If Russia needs the resources to fund the war in Ukraine, why doesn’t it throw open its doors to visa free western tourism? Enough people would be interested, & it would start to get some hard currency as €, CHF, £, SEK, $, JPY in the tills at shops.

I feel that Monday April 7 will show whether Trump can survive as the president. If the markets crash, then the world economy is in grave danger.

Europe has China on speed dial — as well as Canada, Mexico, Australia and New Zealand.

That requires a stable genius.

Democrats be honest, how many of you were wishing that Musk rescue space flight blew up?