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And that’s basically it!
Why? Why not irritate the heck out of him? If you can make him crack, do it ASAP.
That deranged child diddler is in charge of the the world's greatest nuclear / military superpower. Anything can happen with him with a literal press of a button
I'd rock his cradle until he tries to. Using that excuse as a lever against his allies would be a great new low for his supporters to think about. Spell it all out donny chump.
The way Macron and the others lick Trump's feet is pathetic.
Just bully the fuck out of him until he has another stroke
I think they should be subtle about it.
"Do you want a soda Mr Trump? I have 1-4 you here".
He’s too stupid for word play
If people have to use kid gkoves with you it is because you have the fortitude of a child.
NATO Leader A: Don't mention any of his failures as it would trigger him
NATO Leader B: So we have sit in complete silence then?
Stop placating the old bitch
Some recent reports claimed EU needs about 10 years to become militarily independent from USA. Some other reports claim that Russia is planning on testing NATO in the near future. Most countries realize now they can't rely on USA anymore but not talking about football is small price to pay for keeping the alliance together a little big longer.
There's no avoiding rocking the boat with a narcissist. There's no placating them. The only ways to deal with them is to bully them or ignore them.
Yes but you don't have to rock the boat more just for fun. No talking about football is a small price to pay for keeping the alliance together a little big longer.
Here's the thing, barring a nuclear weapon I think Poland or Finland all by themselves could take Russia and there's no one else really threatening Europe at the moment.
Trump also doesn't respect placation, it just invites him to go harder. What he does respect is popularity and violence. He's cool with Mamdani because the mayor is popular, he's deferential to Putin because Putin projects violence.
People keep thinking Russia wants to fully invade Europe and send their tanks to Lisbon or something. They don't. They want to invade the Baltic States. Are those strong enough to stop Russia? No. They will need help. They need NATO.
Poland and Finland most likely can withstand invasion the same way Ukraine did but what will happen to EU economy when part of free market is now under Russian occupation and some of it's members are waging war on their territories? What will people do when drones and rockets start falling on their cities?
What Russia wants is to destabilize Europe. Russia is now more and more dependent on China. So.. what does China want?
Their official concern (which I don't believe is authentic, I think they just want to feel powerful) is that they're worried that an invading force that reaches the steppe can just cruise through central Russia - which means they'll need to draw a line from the Baltic's to the black sea through Poland and Ukraine.
What Russia wants is to destabilize Europe. Russia is now more and more dependent on China. So.. what does China want?
My personal opinion is that China and the CCP is primarily concerned with internal stability, undoing the century of humilation, and increasing ethnic homogeny through subjugation.
Long term I can see conflict between China and Russia over outer Manchuria, especially when the stresses of climate change begin to impact the Earth.
However, Russia has nuclear weapons.
True, but clearly it feels like using them to conquer their neighbors would have negative results
Metro 2035 moment
Spineless
Cowards. They should have a giant poster of Stormy with the Belgian team on the wall.
Because he's a special baby snowflake.
Pedro Sánchez, Spanish PM, said he had an informal conversation with Trump about soccer and the World Cup.
https://xcancel.com/clashreport/status/2074869832990740508
Trump knows nothing about soccer, so it should have looked like an elevator talk.
Ah, yes, appeasement. Why was that never tried before?
Ironically, it actually did its job pre WWII.
Chamberlain realised he had fucked up. Britain didn't have the forces to actually resist the Nazis. Appeasement was to buy them time to rearm. When the war actually started, Chamberlain fell on his proverbial sword, to give Churchill a clean slate and a functional military to work with.
The emperor is naked.
Bunch of fucking cowards.
If they irritate him it might raise his blood pressure and that's bad for someone so fucking old. Do it
Why are all the world's leaders kissing his ass? Why doesn't anyone have the balls to tell him no, he's an idiot?
Nuclear bombs.
Endless military bases sprinkled around Europe.
The capability for dealing economic damage.
A cabinet of sycophants.
A cult-like following.
They are treating him like you would treat a dementia patient.
That fits
He is the commander-in-chief of the world's most advanced military and second largest nuclear stockpile on Earth. Despite the United States' economic woes, he also wields great influence over a massive trade partner with the EU.
Until the Europeans can successfully deleverage most of their integration with the United States military and economy, the pragmatic thing to do is only pick fights where it's absolutely necessary.
Personally, for what it's worth, I wouldn't want to cede one millimeter of proberbial ground to what is clearly the worst president of all time. However, I understand the tactical decision being made.
Why antagonize him while it's much easier to appeal to him and make him sign stupid deals in your favor he wil call victories?
It's Europe. Just switch to another language. Hell, just call it football and he won't know.
Narrowly Avoiding Tantrums Organization
Belgian waffles for every G7 breakfast.
Pedro Sanchez claimed Wold Cup was the only thing he discussed with Trump. Is that's what pissed Trump so much? :D
Bastards didn't warn him?
And they won't mention 12 year old girls as that might get him too excited.
I heard he rearranged the conference with his men to be the elephant in the room, he was ready to go nuke lol
Whiny bitch
What a crybaby
Pussies. Given the opportunity I'd piss him off every chance I had.
As enticing as that sounds, youre seriously putting peoples lives at risk to do so.