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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"Resident of the Unit" has a good ring to it here.
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.
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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.
Still not one country. It's Just wrong (the description..)
From all the things to be point out about this idiot, this one must be the most pedantic.
Ye true. But i dont care what the clown is saying. Cause nobody cares about clown jokes. I just thought the people behind are a bit smarter, who created this graphic...
Then we could agree to just ignore him? This is borderline rage bait and gives him attention.
I can appreciate a tightening of focus, but I hope you don't actually think taking our eyes off Trump will help us.
Of course not, but this discussion is pedantic and pointless, and a distraction of what evil thongs he's doing.
Every country is free to make it's own agreements internationally. But it doesn't make a lot of sense. Bargaining as the EU instead of an individual country gives you so much more bargaining power.
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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Time to make it true?
I'd fight you.
Eurasia here we come!
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.
and a military organisation would make that impossible
I agree that an EU military would be a great idea but let's say "less likely". We used to say the same about nato and yet here we are.
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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.
Don’t take it for granted. Im British, I did. Many others did probably too.
I'm German so it's kinda always been at the back of my mind 😅 But it still took me a while to come to terms with the fact that things could in fact become as bad if not worse than they were back then. 2025 has been very sobering in that regard.
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I love being part of the EU, but fuck no we shouldn't band together as a single country.
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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I prefer federated things
Germany is a federation as well as Switzerland and Canada, the US and India.
How centralised and integrated a federation is will always be an ongoing discussion, but one could argue that the EU is a federal state in all but name.
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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.
They interviewed a lady that did his makeup on the radio not too long ago (she's from Quebec so the interview was in French) and let's say she wasn't pretending that he looked good, she did what she could with what she had to work with...
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It's the same as with his incredibly long ties, he has his own opinion and doesn't let anyone else's opinions sway him.
Every day, for probably decades.
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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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