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Who in their right mind [#UK obviously isn't as it's government is still unwilling to admit that the #Brexit was a shit idea that should've never been done given a hairline majority in a referendum!] would agree to being a #VassalState to the #USA?

Cuz I'd rather see #Germany charge the #US #military market-rate #rent for it's bases (based off #RealEstate surrounding it!) and the #EU starting it's own #NuclearArms program than paying a single cent for a #racketeering US #regime that may drop one like a #HotPotato?

  • THIS is why #Taiwan never relied solely on the USA for it's continued existance and deterrence against Beijing's threats.

#UK readers will be familiar with this sort of rhetoric from proponents of another experiment in shaking up trade- #Brexit.
#TrumpTarrifs
journa.host/@w7voa/11429387762
w7voa@journa.host - "I don't want anything to go down. But sometimes you have to take medicine to fix something," President Trump, on Air Force One, responds to reporters asking about stock markets plunging.

Journa.hostSteve Herman (@w7voa@journa.host)"I don't want anything to go down. But sometimes you have to take medicine to fix something," President Trump, on Air Force One, responds to reporters asking about stock markets plunging.

#Starmer decides to use #Trump induced #tariff chaos as an excuse to row back on EV targets for 2030 and slash planning regs (aka environmental protections) while his ministers claim they’ve unearthed A #Brexit bonus - we’re still being kicked in the nuts, but not poked in the eye at the same time like the EU.

My hopes were low, but they’ve just gone through the floor

theguardian.com/business/2025/

The Guardian · Government will step in to support key industries amid tariff turmoil, says StarmerBy Pippa Crerar
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@ChrisMayLA6

Starmer has effectively silenced the Left in terms of reversing the damage of #Brexit for years now. He has wanted us all to assume it’s done and dusted, put to bed and now we have to lie in that cold lonely bed.

But, despite it all, we still do more trade with the EU as our closest neighbours than we do with the US.

#Starmer needs to get his arse off the fence and re-embrace the EU. A US trade deal will be toxic on all levels.