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Re: EU Parliament freezes US trade deal ratification

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Post by raverbashing »

nosianu wrote: post #40
thecopy wrote: post #11

It all seems so surprisingly unnecessary. Angry geriatric man f*cks the world up for generations to come, then in a short bit he will die, and not have to live through the consequences.

You will have to translate this German language article, but this is NOT Trump. It is about the tech billionaires supporting this quest, and why they want it. https://orf.at/stories/3417584/ I doubt Trump would have ever even thought of Greenland on his own. I think was told about it, and the narrative planted in his head deliberately. This focus on "Trump" in Internet comments and media irks me to no end. Trump is n…

But if you repeat the idea as your own so it becomes

(Yes the president can't tell Greenland from Iceland, but neither half of those "tech bros" who failed geography at school

Re: EU Parliament freezes US trade deal ratification

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Post by RandomLensman »

rapsey wrote: post #36
RandomLensman wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The US is providing security guarantees to Qatar? When did the Senate vote on those?

The US is the security guarantor of the worlds shipping lanes. This is a corner stone of US led globalism. Read any geopolitical comentator or book and it will be there.

How does that relate to a security guarantee for Qatar?

Re: EU Parliament freezes US trade deal ratification

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Post by dragonwriter »

RandomLensman wrote: post #20
rapsey wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Russia is still an energy provider to Europe. Do we provide any security guarantees to Qatar or can protect the shipping lanes? We can not. It is controlled by the US, which is also a major supplier. For every political squeeze EU can do, the US can squeeze 10x as hard. ASML also has quite a lot of US suppliers. We are all tech dependent on each other, but China is working hard to fix that and the US also.

The US is providing security guarantees to Qatar? When did the Senate vote on those?

> The US is providing security guarantees to Qatar? When did the Senate vote on those?

Treaties aren't the only mechanism of security guarantees.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/assu...

Re: EU Parliament freezes US trade deal ratification

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Post by RandomLensman »

csomar wrote: post #44
RandomLensman wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The US is providing security guarantees to Qatar? When did the Senate vote on those?

They have a large military base there and provide arms and training. They do the same for the rest of the Gulf countries except Iran.

Not the same as a security guarantee.

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Post by thecopy »

littlestymaar wrote: post #19
thecopy wrote: post #11

It all seems so surprisingly unnecessary. Angry geriatric man f*cks the world up for generations to come, then in a short bit he will die, and not have to live through the consequences.

Even if Trump died today, Vance would continue his nefarious job.

Vance doesn't have the cult of personality

Re: EU Parliament freezes US trade deal ratification

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Post by RandomLensman »

dragonwriter wrote: post #53
RandomLensman wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The US is providing security guarantees to Qatar? When did the Senate vote on those?

> The US is providing security guarantees to Qatar? When did the Senate vote on those? Treaties aren't the only mechanism of security guarantees. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/assu...

Note the word "assuring" not "guaranteeing" (or "this assurance" in Sec 2 d).

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Post by smashah »

ViewTrick1002 wrote: post #32
thecopy wrote: post #11

It all seems so surprisingly unnecessary. Angry geriatric man f*cks the world up for generations to come, then in a short bit he will die, and not have to live through the consequences.

Trump is the symptom, not the cause. The cause the US people.

Foreign and Billionaire demonic interest have disenfranchised the people long ago. Luckily the people have a second-amendment constitutional duty to re-secure the free state. It's clear America is no longer a free state. One cannot be free in a panopticon.

Re: EU Parliament freezes US trade deal ratification

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Post by lm28469 »

rapsey wrote: post #49
lm28469 wrote: post #31

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And the US spent the last 5 years pissing off the EU, China and playing a weird game with Russia while gargling Israel balls (as usual) What's your point?

The US has power. Military, Financial, Cultural. The EU does not.

Look into why they have such power, and look into what's happening right now. It's not like these things are god given... All of them are slowly dissolving

~100 years ago the British Empire was the largest empire on earth, now it's an isolated island nobody gives a shit about, they should keep these things in mind while they're sabotaging their own soft power... There is a bakery older than their country in my home town in France

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