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Can someone explain to me why this is worse than Europes VAT tax?

According to an International Monetary Fund (IMF) study, any nation that switches to VAT initially feels the negative impact of reduced tax revenues. In the long run, however, the study concluded that VAT adoption has in the majority of cases increased government revenue and proved effective.

It seems to be proven quite effective, and Europe still has them, so why is Trumps worse/better than a VAT?

Edit: https://lemmy.ca/comment/14304431

Would love to be in the guy's head for just 5 minutes, to see if he's high or crazy or what.

The EU was setup to help protect Europe and enable them to have better control over overly enthusiastic capitalist companies such as those found in the US.

But what do we expect from a low intelligence puppet of Russia?

I'm in the EU and I very much I hope he does, beause the response will be spectacular: apparently there is an Act from 2023 that the EU can respond to this by suspending intellectual property rights of US companies, plus from last time Trump was President the EU learned to target counter-Tariffs for maximum political effect (basically hitting Republican states hardest) and that will also work fine in targetting US companies politically affiliated with Trump (bye, bye, Tesla!).

Also it will definitelly finish off any lingering delusions of European politicians that the US is an "ally".

DO IT! COMON! DO IT! Make every european leader more alligned with the EU and push us more and more together and more indipendent again!

DO IT! SCARDY CAT

Do it. See what happens to that beautiful country of yours. What do you even provide the world besides shitty tech like meta and microsoft?

Trump is kinda right. Charles De Gaulle wanted a united Europe to prevent Anglo-American influence. Aside from his Anglophobia, he vetoed UK joining then EEC because he thought UK is a Trojan horse for American influence into Europe. He also thought that the British are reluctant Europeans anyhow, so why let them in?

Fast forward 60 years later, and De Gaulle was found right. US companies tried to lobby the EU through UK. The Brits voted for Brexit, and the US finally became an unreliable ally.

For so much of the French being chauvinistic in a cringey way, they are right not to commit to Anglo influence or Atlanticism, presciently. The French still likes to assert their own global influence but in multilateral way with other countries. Macron and De Gaulle are correct for looking for strategic autonomy.

Edit: I also want to add, that the Brussels effect forces other countries to adopt higher standards and regulations if they want to trade with the EU. Obviously, many right wing Americans such as Trump don't like this.

Wake me when that pussy manages to even speak in his own cabinet meetings without elon interrupting.

And the bloc of 50 united states was formed to screw the bloc of european union ?

Any attempts of anyone to do anything he doesn't like is an attempt to screw him in his eyes.

The EU's major effect isn't harm to the us but keeping France, England, and Germany from shooting each other

Surely this will lower egg prices!

The EU was formed to screw the US... THE EU WAS FORMED TO SCREW THE US?! Bruh dude is possibly channeling Hitler and Stalin simultaneously. That's the only thing that makes sense. Or he's terminally dumb. One of the two.

Inb4 EU and Canada signs a great trade deal just to screw over Trump.

Time for Ukraine to join the EU quickly. Tariff his precious minerals.

Orange fuckwit.

food undercooked? tarriff!

Food overcooked? Believe it or not, tarriff!