Trump threatens to cut off trade with Spain after it disallowed US use of joint bases in Iran war (apnews.com)
from return2ozma@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 03 Mar 23:06
https://lemmy.world/post/43824192

#world

threaded - newest

ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world on 03 Mar 23:11 next collapse

EU - American divorce when?!

green_red_black@slrpnk.net on 04 Mar 01:43 next collapse

Depends on how serious Trump is on this threat

NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io on 04 Mar 04:58 collapse
Janx@piefed.social on 04 Mar 00:27 next collapse

Boy, he’s just speedrunning pissing off all our allies, huh?

Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org on 04 Mar 00:45 next collapse

Article 2. Cutting off trade with our allies and breaking treaties for a war that no decent human wants must be treason.

NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io on 04 Mar 04:57 collapse

The cutting off trade with allies is new, but you're implying any war the US entered after WWII was wanted by decemt people.

Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org on 04 Mar 05:38 collapse

No, I'm implying that most presidents after FDR should have been removed as traitors against the American people for sending innocent Americans to die.

NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io on 04 Mar 05:59 collapse

That's fair.

Munkisquisher@lemmy.nz on 04 Mar 02:31 next collapse

Watch the rhetoric ramp up while trump buys Spanish stocks on their way down, only to TACO and profit

redbrick@lemmy.world on 04 Mar 02:48 next collapse

Spain has dealt with enough bulls to know what TACO does…

Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca on 04 Mar 03:00 next collapse

<img alt="" src="https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/18725cf0-43ee-49ac-b64f-e7b4f4ed93fd.jpeg">

RunningInRVA@lemmy.world on 04 Mar 03:51 next collapse

Threatening trade is this dumbshit’s only play.

radiofreebc@lemmy.world on 04 Mar 04:08 next collapse

Spain is part of the EU. How is this supposed to work?

Vizzerdrix@lemmy.world on 04 Mar 05:08 next collapse

It is unclear how Trump would cut off trade with Spain, given that Spain is under the umbrella of the European Union. The EU negotiates trade deals on behalf of all 27 member countries.

“If the U.S. administration wishes to review the trade agreement, it must do so respecting the autonomy of private companies, international law, and bilateral agreements between the European Union and the United States,” a spokesperson from Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s office said Tuesday.

Vizzerdrix@lemmy.world on 04 Mar 05:09 collapse

This part is completely unhinged as well, but I guess it’s just what we expect now

Trump said despite Spain’s refusal “we could use their base if we want. We could just fly in and use it. Nobody’s going to tell us not to use it, but we don’t have to.”

unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de on 04 Mar 08:41 next collapse

US - Spain war when lol? Maybe Spain should just preemptively blow up that base just to be sure it wont be used against them in the future.

xcel@lemmy.world on 04 Mar 08:42 collapse

I hope bullshit comments like that, finally convince the Spanish government to remove US bases from the country. It’s been a bit of a debate for a while, that might just tip the balance.

gergolippai@lemmy.world on 04 Mar 05:41 next collapse

Can someone explain to me how he would to that though? Even if we ignore the “Spain is part of the EU” argument, how does one offended man child cut off trade with a country? Are they a communist planned wconomy now? I mean surely the actual companies that do the trade would have something to say to that? My first thought here was yeah okay he’s introducing a 1000% tariff, except we know now he doesn’t have them powers to do that. So how?

daannii@lemmy.world on 04 Mar 05:55 collapse

Spain doesn’t want to get bombed by iran. I respect them setting boundaries.