Trump Threatens Europe and Canada if They Band Together Against U.S.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/world/europe/trump-tariff-threat-canada-eu.html

by aeppelcyning

38 comments

  1. Well we actually added Mark Carney to our European group Signal chat on tariffs in error but, you know, no harm done…am I right? 😉

  2. Guess that means it’s a step in the right direction if it makes him angry

  3. Bullies always love to pick off someone weaker, but hate if their victim calls in their friends.
    Deep down, bullies hate to pick a fair fight.

    But the whole point of the EU is that when a bully shows up, any smaller country has a bunch of friends.

  4. We’re all so frightfully sorry. We promise to wear suits from now on.

  5. >“If the European Union works with Canada in order to do economic harm to the USA, large scale Tariffs, far larger than currently planned, will be placed on them both in order to protect the best friend that each of those two countries has ever had!” Mr. Trump wrote.

  6. Granpa hasn’t understood that the USA will lose relevance if Canada and the EU work more closely together?
    Gramps Trump, in case you haven’t understood it yet: NOBODY will care what tariffs you threaten if nobody trades with you anyway.

  7. Come on Mexico, join Canada, the EU and the UK in a coalition of the sane

  8. paywall

    anyway, countries looking for more trade between each other under more favourable terms is not “banding together” against anyone. They want to trade, Trump wants to disrupt trade, so they just steer somewhere without any disruptions. Spice must flow 😀

  9. The EU should ignore his threats, we know the consequences would be so terrible for US companies / exports (counter tariffs and more) that he would lose and back down anyway.

    Let’s work with Canada against Trump’s stupid trade policies!

  10. Trump threatens, Putin threatens
    Trump warns, Putin warns
    Trump demands, Putin demands
    Trump pressures, Putin pressures
    Trump can go fuck himself, Putin can go fuck himself

  11. Bro this is pure Putin rhetoric: „I should be the only one who is allowed to terrorize you. If you do the same in response, we‘re not friends anymore“.

  12. Americans, why are you letting this guy destroy everything? All the big talk about having to own guns and freedom, your precious second amandement, the don’t thread on me, and you all sit and watch, it’s weird.

  14. Time for us ( the rest of the world) to ignore the Americans.

    They clearly don’t want allies. So let them sit in their juices and stew

  15. You know, we really need to stop referring to him as “President Trump.” The only appropriate designation is “Russian agent Trump.”

    If news agencies were to adopt this policy across the board, it might change the conversation in a very positive way.

  16. “We’re sick of bailing out Europe”

    “If you aren’t dependent on us we are gonna tariff all your imports”

  18. There has to be non-stop celebration in Kremlin these days, when all their hard work and billions spent finally pays off in a spectacular fashion

  21. Can he please shut up and start working on making America gay again?

  22. “If the European Union works with Canada in order to do economic harm to the USA, large scale Tariffs, far larger than currently planned, will be placed on them both in order to protect the best friend that each of those two countries has ever had!”

    I guess the EU is a “country” now. The brilliance of Trump and his old man late night dementia.

  23. Sounds like a reason to band together with Canada against the US. Stop giving us good ideas Mr. Trump!

  24. Reminds me of Russia telling Ukraine which alliances it can or can’t join.

  25. Strategic mastermind right here. Who would’ve tought thst if you alienate your core allies those allies will seek closer ties without you.

  26. We absolutely need to band together and inflict punishing damage to American taxpayers standard of living.

  28. Trump: we don’t need anyone else. They only take our stuff.

    World: fine.

    Trump : but you can’t work together! You have to buy my stuff.

    This is some Pixar despicable me stuff.

  29. Lol, old Krasnov copying Putins playbook. Threaten countries encouraging them to move away and group together and then threaten them some more for doing so

  30. “Do not come to our country illegally”

    I do not want to come to your country legally either.

    Americans scare me.

    The further away you are, the better.

  32. “each of those two countries has ever had” Since when is the EU a country?

  33. I find it particularly irritating when large countries like rus us and china starts threatening smaller countries that band together to stand a chance.

    “Hey that would be a fair fight, stop doing that!”

  34. Canada, Mexico, Australia, UK, Japan and EU. Who can beat that?

  35. As a Canadian, I am more than happy to work with our Euroean cousins . We have far closer ideologies with Europe than to our US neighbors.

    Collectively, let’s piss on Trump.

    When the US stops the temper tantrum toddler behaviors, then maybe he can sit at the adult’s table.

  36. Trump makes an even stronger case for Europe and Canada to band together

  37. Aggressor gets mad because others are fighting back and then blames them for the ongoing war.

  38. Abusers often scream at what they fear the most.

    If Trump is openly threatening Canada for strengthening ties with Europe, it’s clear we should double down on this partnership. The idea of a united, economically independent Canada and EU is exactly what Trump fears, and that’s why we should make it happen.

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