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trump puts 25% tariffs on Aussie steel and aluminium (www.msn.com)

submitted 1 month ago by TheCriticalMember@aussie.zone to c/australia@aussie.zone

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I hope we respond by putting tariffs on American pickups. Democratic nations need to cut the US out of the global economy entirely until they learn how to act right.

Apologies if there's any weirdness in this post, it's my first one.

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[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 16 points 1 month ago

I hope we respond by putting tariffs on American pickups.

I kinda don't want this. Because I want those yank tanks taxed and/or regulated regardless, because it's the right thing to do, and I don't want progress towards that to be undermined by being seen to get caught up in a bullshit trade war.

[-] MisterFrog@aussie.zone 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Huge cars with terrible visibility should have been outlawed ages ago anyway. There's no good reason for someone's bonnet to come up to my shoulders on a fucking ute.

There's a reason why the road toll is going UP per capita in the US.

As much as it sucks for the Americans, there is a small part of me that's happy about Trump shooting themselves in their own collective foot, because maybe we'll consider diversifying our alliances a little. Instead of being America's little ~~laptop~~ lapdog.