Donald Trump on Monday, January 19 threatened 200% tariffs on French wine and champagne over France’s intentions to decline the US leader’s invitation to join his “board of peace.” The board was originally conceived to oversee the rebuilding of war-torn Gaza, but the charter does not appear to limit its role to the occupied Palestinian territory.
“I’ll put a 200% tariff on his wines and champagnes. And he’ll join. But he doesn’t have to join,” Trump said, referring to French President Emmanuel Macron. A source close to Macron told AFP on Monday that France “does not intend to answer favorably” to the invitation.
The board’s charter “goes beyond the sole framework of Gaza,” the source close to the French president said.
Would you say the same about all Russians? That all Russians are the enemy and deserve death because their leader Putin is a warmonger?
What? I never said any such thing. But yes of course Russia has been the enemy of EU for a long time, even before invading Ukraine, because they’ve manipulated European politics, something friendly states simply don’t do. Incidentally USA has done the same several times since Trump became President.
Obviously Russia is an enemy since they’ve invaded a peaceful European democracy.
And now USA is threatening the same, threatening to invade Greenland, despite they’ve been allies with Denmark for 85 years. And Denmark has been among the most faithful allies to USA.
But no I am not calling for the death of either all Americans or all Russians, that is hyperbole that is happening in your mind.
Most likely if USA invades Greenland there will be very little to no military response. The response will be very strong economically though, and the threat alone has already almost completely destroyed the NATO alliance. USA is a bigger enemy now than China! Think about it! We trust USA less than we trust China now!
How do you think that will influence support for USA in the future?
But using Russia as a comparative example is pretty spot on, because USA is behaving like Russia now.