www.thedailybeast.com GOP Megadonor Rages at Trump’s ‘Bulls**t’ Tariffs
“I don’t understand the god---n formula,” billionaire Home Depot co-founder Ken Langone said.
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BoycottUnitedStates @europe.pub tfm @europe.pub GOP megadonor rages at Trump’s ‘bulls**t’ tariffs
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27935573
Summary
Home Depot co-founder and GOP megadonor Ken Langone blasted Trump’s sweeping tariffs as “bulls--t,” calling the 10% across-the-board rate and country-specific hikes—like 34% on China and 46% on Vietnam—“too aggressive” and poorly calculated.
Langone criticized the administration’s formula, based on trade deficits, as nonsensical.
Other prominent figures, including economists and billionaires like Stanley Druckenmiller, Bill Ackman, and Elon Musk, have also spoken out.
Critics warn the tariffs hinder negotiation and lack sound economic grounding. Langone said Trump is being “poorly advised” on trade policy.
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www.politico.eu Trump says EU must buy $350B of US energy to get tariff reliefBrussels’ zero-for-zero tariff offer not enough, U.S. president says, but indicates he’s open to a deal if the bloc commits to closing the trade deficit in goods.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27931079
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Trump has rejected the EU's "zero-for-zero" tariff offer on cars and industrial goods, demanding instead that the bloc commit to purchasing $350 billion of American energy to offset the trade deficit.
Following his implementation of 20% tariffs on EU goods last week, which triggered significant market downturns, Trump indicated openness to negotiations while emphasizing his "America First" stance.
He also criticized EU product standards as "non-monetary barriers" designed to block American exports.
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www.thedailybeast.com Elon Musk Rage Quits Livestream After Being Cyberbullied by Gamers“YOU WILL ALWAYS FEEL INSECURE AND IT WILL NEVER GO AWAY”
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www.politico.eu France suggests targeting Big Tech’s data use in response to US tariffsFrance is also considering taxing digital services, French Economy and Finance Minister Eric Lombard tells Le Journal Du Dimanche.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/41924766
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BoycottUnitedStates @europe.pub tfm @europe.pub www.businessinsider.com Elon Musk's zero-tariff proposal with Europe is a sign of weakness and fear, German economy minister saysGermany's finance minister said Elon Musk's call for zero tariffs was "ridiculous" and motivated by the crumbling stock market.
cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/10410219
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www.nytimes.com Used Tesla Market Heats Up as Owners Sell to Protest Elon MuskTeslas that have been sold or traded in during the backlash against the company’s chief executive have become bargains on lots.
cross-posted from: https://europe.pub/post/143757
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BoycottUnitedStates @europe.pub tfm @europe.pub The US government can access many political emails in Europe
republik.ch «Die US-Regierung hat die Möglichkeit, auf viele Politikermails in Europa zuzugreifen»Was Europa dagegen tun kann, erklärt der Geheimdienstexperte Bert Hubert
cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/60644394
Dutch informatics and intelligence expert Bert Hubert explains why European governments are urgently trying to get away from the American clouds and how they do it fastest. The article is in German. Here are few excerpts translated by me using Firefox Translation.
What is happening in the EU, is that the politicians are finally waking up. They should have done this five years ago.
The Dutch Cybersecurity Center NCSC has conducted an in-depth investigation of Microsoft. In an official evaluation, it has recorded mutatis mutandis: "The USA can at any time access the European data storage. But we don't think they will do that." Of course, that has always been pure wishful thinking. [...] It remains subject to American surveillance laws.
The data transfer agreement will be cancelled soon. Either the EU Commission is pulling back the adequacy decision, which presupposes that the US is a country with an adequate lev
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BoycottUnitedStates @europe.pub tfm @europe.pub Trump cuts funding to FOSS projects.
thelibre.news Trump cuts funding to FOSS projectsSo far he hasn't been successful, but it might simply be a matter of time.
cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/28204065
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tuta.com Boycott US? New tariffs make people choose European products. Are we seeing a trend? | TutaWith the growing movement to boycott US goods, more people are choosing European alternatives. Let’s take a look at the best European products you can use.
cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/60630230
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euromaidanpress.com US warns EU against excluding American companies from € 150 billion defense initiative which can supply Ukraine with weaponsUS officials press European countries to maintain access for American defense companies as EU plans €150 billion ReArm initiative that could limit participation of non-EU firms amid growing transatlantic tensions.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27880900
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BoycottUnitedStates @europe.pub Mee @reddthat.com What is the avaliable alternatives to Bloomberg, Reuters, New York Times, Politico and The Verge?
I want to switch from those American for profit news outlets to Euro or non-profit news outlets, what are my options?
I will list the ones I know and I find here:
- Bloomberg: TBA.
- Reuters : Associated Press.
- New York Times: Follow The Money, Mediapart.
- Politico: The Guardian.
- The Verge: The Register, Techzine, Heise.
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BoycottUnitedStates @europe.pub tfm @europe.pub It is no longer safe to move our governments and societies to US clouds. Of course it isn't. Never was.
berthub.eu It is no longer safe to move our governments and societies to US clouds - Bert Hubert's writingsThe very short version: it is madness to continue transferring the running of European societies and governments to American clouds. Not only is it a terrible idea given the kind of things the “King of America” keeps saying, the legal sophistry used to justify such transfers, like the nonsense lette...
cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/10333459
It is no longer safe to move our governments and societies to US clouds
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BoycottUnitedStates @europe.pub tfm @europe.pub Hundreds of protesters turn out in European cities against Trump
cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/60475731
Hundreds of people protested in European cities on Saturday against U.S. President Donald Trump and his adviser Elon Musk, following a bruising week for financial markets after Trump unveiled sweeping global tariffs.
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BoycottUnitedStates @europe.pub activistPnk @slrpnk.net Boycotting the US is silly. Boycott shitty corporations and you are already boycotting the US anyway, in effect. Nothing changes here.
You should be boycotting these companies already because they support extreme right politics by their ALEC membership:
- FedEx
- UPS
- Motorola
- Anheuser Busch
- American Express
- Bose
- Chevron
- Marlboro
- Sony
- Texaco
- Boeing (fly on Airbus instead, see how to boycott Boeing)
You should be boycotting Amazon for many reasons.
If you oppose private prisons, then you already boycott these banks:
- #BankOfAmerica (#BofA)
- #FifthThird
- #JPMorgan #Chase
- #PNC Bank
- #Suntrust
- #USBank (#USBancorp)
- #WellsFargo
Don’t think they are out of reach to Europe -- many European small banks that you assume are ethical actually outsource their investments to JP Morgan. Also, BofA uses different branding outside the US.
If you like transparency with food labeling, then you endorse labeling of #GMO food, in which case y
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www.newsweek.com California to negotiate trade with other countries to bypass Trump tariffsGov. Gavin Newsom said California will look for new trade opportunities.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27781103
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BoycottUnitedStates @europe.pub tfm @europe.pub Demokraten planen landesweite Proteste, Obama und Harris rufen zu "Mut" auf
www.derstandard.at US-weite Proteste gegen Trump und MuskEx-Präsident Obama sagte in einer Rede, Bürger, Unis und Anwaltskanzleien dürfen sich nicht einschüchtern lassen. "Das wichtigste Amt ist der Bürger", niemand anderer werde zu Hilfe kommen
cross-posted from: https://metawire.eu/post/2416
Ex-Präsident Obama sagte in einer Rede, Bürger, Unis und Anwaltskanzleien dürfen sich nicht einschüchtern lassen. "Das wichtigste Amt ist der Bürger", niemand anderer werde zu Hilfe kommen
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BoycottUnitedStates @europe.pub tfm @europe.pub Retaliation against US tariffs is the EU’s only real option.
www.bruegel.org Retaliation against US tariffs is the EU’s only real optionThe impact of phased tariffs on US goods and services is worth the immediate cost to Europe
cross-posted from: https://reddthat.com/post/38460251
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www.ft.com US stocks shed $5.4tn in two days as Trump’s tariffs stoke recession fearsChina’s retaliation against Washington’s levies adds to sense of gloom across global markets
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arstechnica.com EU may “make an example of X” by issuing $1 billion fine to Musk’s social networkRegulators discuss size of penalty as X calls punishment “political censorship.”…
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27791056
European Union regulators are preparing major penalties against X, including a fine that could exceed $1 billion, according to a New York Times report yesterday.
The European Commission determined last year that Elon Musk's social network violated the Digital Services Act. Regulators are now in the process of determining what punishment to impose.
"The penalties are set to include a fine and demands for product changes," the NYT report said, attributing the information to "four people with knowledge of the plans." The penalty is expected to be issued this summer and would be the first one under the new EU law.
"European authorities have been weighing how large a fine to issue X as they consider the risks of further antagonizing [President] Trump amid wider trans-Atlantic disputes over trade, tariffs and the war in Ukraine," the NYT report said. "The fine could surpass $1 billion, one person said, as regulator