The eurolibs/NAFO shits don’t seem to like this one
There was a large influx of Euro-nationalists around the time of some Reddit controversy, alongside the “Buy European” movement. Not that I disagree with anti-US Empire sentiment, that’s the correct take, but tons of Euro-nationalists seem to think they are immune to the ills of capitalism and are totally disengaged from the western imperialist hegemony. Seems that’s why there’s such strong support for NATO on Lemmy, despite everyone more or less being anti-US (with some notable exceptions).
Well put insert the “A symbol of western imperialism and capitalism but I like it” meme
lmao, true
Canada too.
yup… eblows down, bottoms up
I don’t think Canada has much of a choice. Have you seen what it looks like on a map.
We have an ice free sea port to the Pacific, and ones in the Atlantic.
America is an extremely natural trading partner, an overwhelming military threat, and right next door to all of Canada’s major cities.
They, more than any other country, need to walk a tightrope.
They don’t. Not really.
America is nothing economically without its trading partners. And that goes for every country, not just the US.
Accepting what the US does is a stupid idea on any country’s part because Trump’s tariffs have nothing to do with “normal trading”. If anything, they’re abnormal.
And they should be treated as such. Laughed off. Ridiculed. And most certantly not appeased. This entire situation isn’t unlike the Hitler Sudetenland stuff.
Whatever Mr. President says Mr. President gets. Not really a good foreign policy move. It was percisely the US who set up penalties for countries “restricting trade”. Why should other countries not hold the US to the rules?
Both import and export tariffs are barriers to trade. Since Mr President’s childish demands are appeased, soon enough, those countries appeasing will start “reciprocal” tariffs on Mr President’s percieved enemies. Why? Because it’s Mr President’s next logical step.
Now, short of all countries that decided on appeasig the US make a sharp U-turn, what’s done is done.
But, should they decide on such a course of action, they’d isolate America on the world market, which would dissuade Trump from keeping his mercantilism up.
The alternstive is isolating themselves from others, together with America.
Ukrainism, not even once
