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Trump is threatening to jack up tariffs on China by an additional 50% unless Beijing abandons its retaliatory duties on U.S. imports.

Trump in a Truth Social post gave China until Tuesday to undo its 34% tariffs, imposed in response to the "reciprocal" duties unveiled at the White House last week.

Trump also wrote that he will cancel all planned talks with China if they do not comply with his demand.

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[–] TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world 87 points 21 hours ago (29 children)

If you're going to start a war, you better know for a fact that you can win. Trump thinks he knows, but he doesn't know shit.

The US has a terminal disease: hubris. This is what it's like to live in an empire in decline.

[–] Jesusaurus@lemmy.world 41 points 20 hours ago (25 children)

The US has a terminal disease: hubris. This is what it's like to live in an empire in decline.

This is exactly what I thought of Russia after their failed invasion of Ukraine. Generally regarded as a super power prior, they put on display how atrophied their millitary had become by not being able to steam roll Ukraine.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 9 points 19 hours ago (24 children)

yet europeans are still afraid that russia is going to conquer europe somehow.

[–] Frjttr@lemm.ee 16 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

If they win the war, they will absolutely invade the EU.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml -4 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

they're barely able to advance and even then at very steep costs; their victory will be pyrrhic at best

[–] RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 18 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

If they bomb your local city and then collapse does that change the fact they bombed your local city?

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml -4 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

i doubt very much that they want a nuclear wasteland next to them nor do they have any history of using nuclear weapons; however europe's ally does and they're already in the process of screwing over europe more than russia could ever hope to achieve.

[–] bollybing@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 3 hours ago

UK and FR have ~500 nukes, more than enough to ruin Russia.

[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Russia wouldn't care, because Putin would be able to hide away on some cozy island in Oceania or wherever.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml -1 points 14 hours ago

there wouldn't be anyone left to care after the nuclear holocaust takes place.

[–] RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Lol, who doesn’t have a history if using nuclear weapons? The successor state to the nation that regularly tested nukes?

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml -1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

-- against other nations; like in the scenario you were painting.

[–] RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

There's always a first for everything and it isn't as if the Kremlin being run by decent caring people who have what's best for people in their hearts.

They are in fact quite bad possibly worse than the USA.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml -2 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

they could only wish that they were worse than the usa; we're king when it's comes to committing genocides and fostering political violence.

we're so good at it that our victims refuse to believe it happened, even when you have proof.

[–] RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

The UK, Netherlands,Spain, Portugal and France would like to have a word with you about your genuine lack of history.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 0 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

they WERE the kings; we ARE the king.

[–] RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

IDK France and The UK have been keeping up

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 0 points 12 hours ago

definately contenders, but we're more sophisticated at screwing over people; so much so that a majority of the people we've screwed over refused to believe that they've been screwed over, even when you present with them proof that we screwed them over.

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