Donald I, emperor of the world.

[cookiemonster]

NURSE!!! She's out of bed again!!

 

[AndyRM]

If Keir allows a chip tariff that's surely the nail in his coffin?

 

[Beebo]

If Keir allows a chip tariff that's surely the nail in his coffin?

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Is it dress like your boss day at work?

 

[AuroraSaab]

It would be amazing if Trump solved our obesity crisis with his chip tariff. If he puts a similar one on pies we'll all be skinny by Christmas.

 

[BoldonLad]

If Keir allows a chip tariff that's surely the nail in his coffin?

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Will there be a higher tariff for French fries, given their EU connection? 😊

 

[briantrumpet]

It'll be interesting to see how this plays out, given a few universities and big legal firms have already given into the threats. Well done Harvard - I reckon this will end up in the Supreme Court very soon. My prediction is that Trump will bring a wave of legal and financial wrecking balls to try to bring them into line, but one hopes that they've run the likely scenarios and have the legal framework and financial reserve to face Trump down.

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That didn't take him long. It's obviously unconstitutional (as it's spending mandated by Congress), but the Constitution seems to be so yesterday, as Congress is letting him do it. As someone posted on Bluesky yesterday, it would take just four Republicans in each of the HoR and Senate to stop all the shït dead in its tracks.

 

[secretsqirrel]

You mean you don't like chlorinated chicken, milk that might as well be white water and beef pumped full of hormones?!

Don’t forget vomit flavoured chocolate

 

[briantrumpet]

Don’t forget vomit flavoured chocolate

You need scare quotes for US 'chocolate'.

I think it's to the UK's shame that we needed an exemption to call UK chocolate 'chocolate' under EU regs, as it contains ingredients not allowed in mainland European chocolate (even if it isn't as bad as US 'chocolate'). Why we didn't just improve UK chocolate is a mystery to me.

 

[Bazzer]

In a sane world this headline would be obviously satire

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The next few days, both at the Supreme Court and in Judge Xinis' court could be interesting.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/tr...lp-wrongly-deported-man-return-us-2025-04-14/

 

[Rusty Nails]

If Keir allows a chip tariff that's surely the nail in his coffin?

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While having a trade deal (under the right conditions) with the US could be good for us economically I would be very wary of the way Trump would see it as doing us a favour and not hesitating to weaponise it if we disagree with him on anything. Having trade deals with Canada hasn’t stopped him doing that.

 

[secretsqirrel]

You need scare quotes for US 'chocolate'.

I think it's to the UK's shame that we needed an exemption to call UK chocolate 'chocolate' under EU regs, as it contains ingredients not allowed in mainland European chocolate (even if it isn't as bad as US 'chocolate'). Why we didn't just improve UK chocolate is a mystery to me.

People like their ‘Dairy Milk’ I suppose. Unfortunately while trekking in the Swiss Alps I bought the cheapest own brand super market chocolate I could find, and lost my innocence as far as chocolate is concerned.

 

[BoldonLad]

Forgive my ignorance, but, I thought trariffs were an economic tool?, not a means of making poor quality food, confectionary etc more expensive? If a responsible Government wished to keep it's citizens safe from products of doubtful safety, would they just ban their import?

 

[Psamathe]

If a responsible Government wished to keep it's citizens safe from products of doubtful safety, would they just ban their import?

If that were the aims of a Government they would. But these days too many Governments place "keep its citizens safe" of much lower priority that corporate profit, eternal growth (nonsensical in a closed system), etc. If a Government wanted to "keep it's citizens safe from products of doubtful safety" it would not allow a country's river system to be turned into open sewers in the interests of shareholder dividends, etc.

Ian

 

[BoldonLad]

If that were the aims of a Government they would. But these days too many Governments place "keep its citizens safe" of much lower priority that corporate profit, eternal growth (nonsensical in a closed system), etc. If a Government wanted to "keep it's citizens safe from products of doubtful safety" it would not allow a country's river system to be turned into open sewers in the interests of shareholder dividends, etc.

Ian

Couldn't agree more, but, I wasn't. considering the tariffs in relation to the UK alone.

 

[First Aspect]

There goes Donald, helping Airbus again.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/vid...d=4cb56bdad1e5496ab6fca59689921254&ocid=hpmsn