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> I want to be Switzerland. Ally with no one, trade with everyone.

Imposing tariffs and threatening annexation of former allies is not a great start.

But you will get a lot more of the "anti-americanism" you were crying about some comments ago. Better get used to it, it has merely started.



>Imposing tariffs and threatening annexation of former allies is not a great start.

I'm against annexation of Greenland as I stated elsewhere: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43460070

The US, as a sovereign country, has just as much right to levy taxes on imports as any other country.


> I'm against annexation of Greenland

You, personally, being against it means little, when your president openly threatens it.

> The US, as a sovereign country, has just as much right to levy taxes on imports

And other countries, in their own sovereignty, have just as much right to retaliate with tarriffs of their own, and do trade deals amongst themselves.


>You, personally, being against it means little, when your president openly threatens it.

You can discount all of my opinions due to me not being president then :-)

>And other countries, in their own sovereignty, have just as much right to retaliate with tarriffs of their own, and do trade deals amongst themselves.

Agreed.


> Agreed

And that, friend, is called a trade war.

Good that we made some progress here.




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