I just realised Switzerland isn't party of EU. I keep confusing Sweden with Switzerland for some reason, they both start with Sw so maybe that.
this post was submitted on 05 Apr 2025
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This reminds me of a video where Europeans were shown a map of the USA and had to point at the state the interviewer asked and vice versa. So the interviewer asks someone in the US and he put Sweden and Switzerland next to each other in Scandinavia and than later this interviewer asks about Slovakia (I think) and the guy goes "well, here are all the s-countries so it must be there somewhere" I laughed my ass of for real.
Wasn't Russia absent from that list?
Yes. But penguin island was not.
Now watch Trump lift sanctions against Russia and send the most noteworthy opposition to that to the El Salvadoran concenration camp.
The only silver lining in how big the last protest was. If momentum continues in the right direction we may either win, or put him under enough pressure to limit his options, and ensure an election again in 2028.
Those darn penguins and their snarky little salesmen
A third presidential term?
He has repeatedly openly threatened to not step down and I've seen a few too many of his voters express support for it.
He did mention during his election campaign
"christian come vote. You don't need to vote in four years, it'll be fixed"
Whatever that was supposed to mean, but it is concerning
The time for concern is over.
Either you're already aware of what he's doing and either pissed about it or fine with it.
Or you're very, very, incredibly, stupendously, ridiculously and extraordinarily dense.
I'll choose dense. I get how you'd like to presume that was about current events. And it very well might be.
Fortunately I don't live there, and I don't think I ever will
I get how you’d like to presume that was about current events. And it very well might be.
What the hell do you mean to say by this?
Exactly as it says, I don't read or write between the lines. But I can break it down to make it simpler if that helps:
Trump said: "you wont need to vote next election, it'll be fixed". And now he's trying to become a sort of dictator.
It could be that he was talking about becoming a dictator, but it could also have been about something else, or nothing entirely. But I do understand if you would like to assume he was actually talking about that.
I think you might genuinely be retarded.
"Resident of the Unit" has a good ring to it here.
Time to make it true?
I'd fight you.
I consider myself hardcore pro European (Euro-patriotic if you will) but I think one of the reasons we're still standing is how decentralised this arrangement is. Poland seemed lost to propaganda but managed to bounce back. So could Slovakia or even Hungary. Infiltrating the EU is so much harder compared to a single, large nation because of that. It's also a pretty effective tool against imperialism in our own ranks. If you take a look at what other countries are doing it seems to me in comparison we've got a good thing going.
I agree, but there's definitely some more integration that can be done. An initially opt-in military organisation would be great because it doesn't really make sense for individual EU countries to do military alone. We should never fight with other countries in the block (and a military organisation would make that impossible), and it doesn't make sense that the EU wouldn't protect other member states.
I guess we might get that for free when we inherit NATO...
Shared military is probably the single strongest reason US states could never leave the Union. It comes up every single time Texas or California talk about secession. Some of our largest military operations are in those states, they would never be allowed to leave. Once you have nationalized military you have soldiers with no allegiance to your own state in all your bases and your own soldiers are spread thin among all the other states with no way for you to recall them without appeasing the current head of the military who is also always more loyal to the union (or the military or themselves) than your state.
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I'm European and happy to be but I also look at European history and don't want us to go too hard.
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I love being part of the EU, but fuck no we shouldn't band together as a single country.
Eurasia here we come!
Let's make the USE a thing!
No. Let's get the EU to slowly move into a true federal model, improving on the good parts that already exist and creating new schemes of mutual approach as we advance. We do not need to become the USE.
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For trade purposes, the EU acts as a single country. You can't make trade agreements with a single EU country.
You say that, but this is a timeline where California is negotiating its own trade agreements to get around the bullshit in OP's picture. Anything could happen.
California can do that?
Edit from le chat mistral:
So he doesn't give them anything, he's just asking to keep trading with them
"Yes, that's correct. Governor Newsom's strategy primarily involves advocating for California's economic interests and encouraging international trading partners to maintain or even expand their trade relationships with California, despite the federal tariffs. He is essentially asking these partners to consider exempting California-made products from retaliatory tariffs, emphasizing the state's economic stability and reliability as a trading partner. This approach does not involve offering specific concessions or incentives but rather leverages California's significant market power and economic influence to negotiate more favorable trade conditions."
California isn't doing anything, just asking politely to be exempt from our tariffs on USA.
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How TF his face darker than his lips?
He looks likes one of those offensive old cartoon characters made to make fun of black people
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Poorly applied makeup.
I know, it was kinda rhetorical, it's just funny to me that someone was like " yup, you look great boss" and then sent him out.
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Taiwan and China are also listed as separate countries.
New headline. Trump tariffs confirm Taiwan sovereignty.
USA accidentally makes the split official policy.
(Maybe it has been for a time. I recall it used to be tacitly understood but unsaid.)
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Him and everyone surrounding him is a fucking idiot.
did you see how they text in Signal with the emojis and everything? my 12 yo niece finds it cringe
I wouldn't mind making it real though
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