“That’s a, nice economy you got there. Be a shame if, something happened to it. Fortunately, my cousin Salvatore runs a heating oil business. You get your heating oil from him, and only him, there won’t be any problems, capisce?”
EU leaders will most likely capitulate, but there is a non-zero chance we are about to witness an incredibly graceless pivot to Putin in the European liberal press, which would be incredibly funny
"And where did that bring you " that would sting like mf
I can see at least some EU members pivoting towards BRICS as the economic situation continues to deteriorate.
“What’s the matter, run out of gas?”
Euros being demanded tribute under the Anglo-American Yoke
Tie yourself to the biggest bully the world has ever seen, and then complain about being bullied? You ever hear the one about the scorpion and the frog?
Europe should tell the US to fuck off. Sadly, given the sycophants for American imperialism that form a big a part of the governance, I’ve a sneaking fear they may well just say yeah okay.
They are not merely sycophants, they are collaborators, profiteers, and coconspirators. Some of them are even progenitors.
Also very, very true.
That’s it? That’s not even that much on an international trade scale is it? I know it won’t be the end of it, but even as a start this has real “Dr Evil demands 1 million dollars” vibes
Edit: unless bending Europe to the will of the US very publicly is the real point?
He didn’t specify how much energy they get for it, just how much it will cost
i wouldn’t call buying additionally 1 % of seppoland gdp as nothing
to be amerikkka’s friend
There it is
I guess the picture for the article including BiBi is to let the EU know that if they reject the deal, it’s because they are anti-semites.
Lmao tell him to eat shit
J-JDPON Don?
“Who’s the colony now, Hitlerites?”
Conversion is about 8 Twitter incs
I remeber posting about how I thought mercantilism was about to make a comeback as neoliberalism keeps faltering last summer, but I didn’t think it would be this blatant.
No, Trump is holding US citizens hostage. We’re the ones this hurts.
Politico .EU : hosts article about how a thing impacts Europeans
Americans: Don’t forget how I am actually the victim here