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[–] gaael@lemm.ee 1 points 19 minutes ago

Pleasedo, maybe this way the wine lobby in france is gonna have a bit less money and we'll get some less pesticides.

[–] un_aristocrate@jlai.lu 2 points 6 hours ago

More champagne for us then.

[–] CircaV@lemmy.ca 22 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Orange Shittler says “it’s time to buy US champagne” like the fucking sundowning syphilitc he is. There is no such thing as US champagne. Champagne only comes from the Champagne region of France.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 6 points 9 hours ago

In the US, it's either wine pop or wine cola, depending on the region.

[–] Scott_of_the_Arctic@lemmy.world 41 points 23 hours ago

What a fantastic time to not be American. Actually it's always a fantastic time to not be American.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 29 points 22 hours ago (4 children)

Putting tariffs on luxury goods that most of us can't afford is probably the least bad thing Trump's done so far.

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 7 points 19 hours ago

How low has america fallen when a bottle of wine (an $8 expense) is a "luxury item most of america can't afford"

[–] Murvel@lemm.ee 6 points 21 hours ago

You cannot afford a bottle of wine?

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[–] NotLemming@lemm.ee 8 points 18 hours ago

Now the rich and middle classes will overthrow him.

[–] VolumetricShitCompressor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 105 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A tariff on champagne would mostly hit the rich so go for it hahaha

[–] GoatTnder@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (3 children)

It would hit plenty of us working class schmucks too. I don't usually get to treat myself to a bottle, but it's nice for a special occasion to get actual champagne over prosecco. I guess this is the end of that.

[–] FreeRangeMustard@lemm.ee 33 points 1 day ago

Pretty sure you have bigger problems? Asking for a friend.

[–] Nighed@feddit.uk 12 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Prosecco is Italian, so I assume would be covered too?

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[–] poor_choices@lemmy.ca 71 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Send it to Canada. We have extra shelf space since US booze was removed.

Let's drink to that. Cheers!

[–] TranslateErr0r@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Next up: Trump says "Its easy: just produce your French wine in the US to avoid the tariffs"

[–] Zozano@aussie.zone 6 points 22 hours ago

"Produce a regional wine which can no longer be named by its region, but has to be called 'sparkling' instead - in the us"

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 51 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

The EU should increase the tariff on bourbon to 800%, would be funny.

[–] FreeRangeMustard@lemm.ee 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Let’s do super random goods. Like 1000% on marshmallows or something.

[–] trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works 42 points 1 day ago (4 children)

The EU is doing something infinitely better than placing tariffs on random goods, a strategy already used when that orange turd was US president the last time. They are very specifically targeting products of US states that voted for him and his party where the impact on the EU economy is minimal.

No surprise he is foaming at the mouth over that, I guess those in his inner circle who do have more brains than him (Is it true that all orange presidents have to share the single brain cell with all the orange cats, by the way?) did already complain about the bad EU ruining their business.

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[–] biofaust@lemmy.world 16 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (3 children)

Let's remind everyone that Trump doesn't drink alcohol, doesn't smoke and eats his steak well done covered in ketchup.

[–] NotLemming@lemm.ee 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
[–] biofaust@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Did he say he only eats at McD? I must say that, for as long as I visited the US, their steaks, cooked medium-rare, where the main reason to endure the travel and the people there.

[–] NotLemming@lemm.ee 0 points 4 hours ago

Too bad you're adding to the plastic in your brain with every meat consumption. Idk about 'only' but he looks like he's made of McD trash and he eats it everyday apparently.

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[–] Gaboose@lemmy.world 7 points 20 hours ago

Hooray! Looks like I can start to sell my wine cellar for a big profit and make a tiny dent in my 401(k) loss

[–] sirico@feddit.uk 20 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Can't make Champagne in the USA, one thing us Europeans won't stand for is calling a food something if it wasn't made in the right region. Brought to by Big Hallomi

[–] Zzyzx@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

I mean, I'm going to guess that if this administration wants to do something, then international laws about place of origin don't matter anymore either.

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 5 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

Excellent then... if USA won't respect intl rules, I would finally be able to open my Spider-man vs Darth Vader themed cafe and pay nothing to Disney for it

[–] Zzyzx@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 10 hours ago

I would like to visit your cafe

[–] radicalautonomy@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Just commenting to say that Zzyzx is the password I use to lock the diagnostic math test we use at the middle school where I teach. I still remember passing by that road sign on the way to Vegas from LA and doing a triple take.

[–] Zzyzx@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 10 hours ago

The word and the place is a fun bit of trivia!

[–] NotJohnSmith@feddit.uk 4 points 23 hours ago

That was my thought exactly, like GI laws are going to apply in Trump's new kingdom

[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

By new executive order, Champaign will now be known as "Trump's Freedom Juice".

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.org 22 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (7 children)

Loooool have fun with your shitty wine. Besides you can't even have your own champagne as it's location trademarked.

[–] blitzen@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 day ago (13 children)

It’s a pretty outdated view that US wine (primarily from California, Oregon, Washington) is of lesser quality of that of Europe. True, the big flagship wines -the first growth Bordeaux and premier cru Burgundy and Champagne, are rarely matched. But a large majority of American wine is on par with most European wine.

Now, of course I do not support tariffs on US imports of wine. But pushing back on the quality comment.

[–] HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works 5 points 21 hours ago

In my experience you get a pretty aweful wine in the US if you don't spend at least $10-15. In France and Italy, you get decent wines for 4-5€ and excellent wines for 10-15€. Nobody buys more expensive wines except maybe real connoisseurs.

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[–] Brumefey@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 day ago

For whatever tariff he adds, we should compensate by a long term « positive » deal with our Canada ally.

[–] bappity@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

DO IT HAHAHAHAHAHA

[–] 79luca79@lemm.ee 10 points 1 day ago (4 children)

i didnt think Trump would be such a bad President for them. his foreign and economic policies are crazy. xD

[–] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 5 points 20 hours ago (5 children)

It's insane to think most of his voters were because they were tired of inflation... So, after inflation was under control they voted for the guy that was straight up telling them he wanted to raise the price of things with tariffs.

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