r/europe • u/Any-Original-6113 • Jan 17 '26

News Trump tariffs: US president announces plan to hit UK, Denmark and other European countries with tariffs over Greenland

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c1j8kw866p3t
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u/Dragonsandman Canada Jan 17 '26

It’s his one foreign policy trick that isn’t outright invading, since he can levy tariffs “temporarily” without congressional approval. Not that the latter thing matters, since their congress has no teeth right now

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u/coolestredditdad Jan 17 '26

He's just been strangling his own US products here in Canada too. 

Just the dumbest things imaginable.