BoycottUnitedStates

Source: https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/balance-of-trade

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/20088204

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Toot

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._Brent_Bozell_III

He had been nominated in January to head the US AGM but now that it is being dismantled he's nominated for ambassador to South Africa instead.

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Paywall? https://archive.is/FrNa4

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https://archive.is/An0yN

Only 16 individuals gave about 1,300,000,000 (1.3 billion) dollars in political donations

Written by u/BoycottUSA4Now on Reddit

It's so pathetic, reading how some Americans believe Trump's lies. Trump is doing the right thing, they wonder why a president hasn't done it before. Some Americans obviously are very simple and uneducated. Unbelievable. Nevertheless, we must not forget that there is still another America. Americans who go along with this boycott.

I used to live for about a year in the USA, years ago. None of my friends there voted for Trump, they are as much shocked as me. These Americans do also exist! So what are my reasons and those around me (Germany) for the boycott? Even before the election, Trump only stirred up hatred and spoke of revenge. All opponents would be eliminated. The criminals who stormed the Capitol in Nazi SS style, where there were even deaths, were pardoned. They are free and now the heroes.

Trump is not interested in the victims and their families, just as he is only interested in power and nothing else. Trump denies all scientific knowledge. Climate change is denied. Trump is de facto ending democracy in the USA. He has indirectly announced exactly that: You only have to vote once more, then no more. Trump fights any other opinion. Trump is dissolving important institutions such as the Ministry of Education etc. (Germany is already successfully recruiting good US scientists, just as the USA used to do.) Trump is only interested in money. Trump is not interested in people, not even Americans. He is only interested in himself and power. Trump lies constantly, only a few have the opportunity to contradict him, as Macron skillfully and kindly did on camera when Trump as always gave completely false data about the support for Ukraine. Pentagon deletes images of black World War II soldiers! He changes history.

All together. Trump is a dictator. Right now he is turning the USA into a dictatorship that is not better than China or Russia. These are some of the reasons. It has nothing to do with tariffs. As far as I know, Merz, the next Chancellor of Germany, was the first to say it, albeit indirectly like everyone else: the USA is the new enemy of Germany, of Europe, of the entire Western world, of the free world, to which the USA no longer belongs and can no longer belong in the future after this loss of trust, which cannot be repaired and will continue to put a strain on the relationship between Western democracies for a very, very long time after Trump, also in the case if US democtatie should survive Trump. The relationship between the USA and Western democracies is over for the foreseeable future. The West has already started to move towards a future without the USA. This will continue, and on a massive scale. Politicians from different countries have now said it several times: The West needs a new leading power. Nobody wants the USA anymore, because the USA is the enemy. And that has nothing to do with tariffs.

There are certainly many other reasons that can be added, such as the perverse game with Ukraine, which has shown the full malice of this perverse US government. Many reasons to boycott, but certainly not tariffs. They could simply be reciprocated and that would be fine, no more needed.

Written by u/Kaptajnknus on Reddit

Pituffik Space Base has facilities for around 7000 employees, and previously the workforce consisted of 4000 civilian employees and 6000 soldiers; today there are only 150 left.

The Americans were active in 50 places in Greenland and operated, among other things, nine airports, six radar stations, a naval base and 21 weather stations.

So when American politicians talk about Denmark failing in its responsibility in relation to Greenland's security, it is part of the story that the United States has also cut back heavily on its military presence over the years.

So security in Greenland is obviously not what plays such a big role.

America is still allowed to raise its manpower if they are so worried.

They just have to remember to take their radioactive waste home with them, this time.

Having said that, Denmark has taken on the responsibility of increasing radar surveillance in Greenland in 2021, but in the meantime war has broken out in Europe, and Denmark is the 7th largest contributor to Ukraine with 0.5% of GDP, the US is number 14 with 0.4% of GDP. Despite this, Denmark has not demanded anything back from Ukraine, why would they save their resources from one dictator just to hand them over to another dictator.

Written by u/NoxAstrumis1 on Reddit. True everywhere.

Now is the time for unity, not division.

I've seen several statements from various governments (including my own) along the lines of "we need to ensure we get preferential treatment from trump".

This is the wrong approach entirely. Begging for scraps from a lunatic's table is not the way out of this mess, uniting and leaving the lunatic to babble on his own is.

The free world cannot afford to start jostling each other for advantage, we have to come together and create our own bonds that exclude hostility. The US is one country, regardless of how large their economy is, we can do just fine without them.

Let's not descend into squabbling amongst ourselves. That's precisely what they're trying to achieve.

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/59554422