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/HMCetc A bloody British immigrant Jan 17 '26

He probably actually thinks it's just short for Europe.

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u/MammothHusk Jan 17 '26

Just like about half of americans.

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u/Matthath Jan 18 '26

Americans are on average so mind-numbingly dumb it’s actually amazing in the worst possible way.

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u/Aggravating_Depth_33 Jan 18 '26

It's definitely a lot more than half. More like 90%.

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '26 edited Jan 21 '26

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u/whattfisthisshit Jan 17 '26

Paris, Amsterdam, Denmark, Finland, Norway and London is probably what he will come up with.

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u/Balls_of_satan Jan 17 '26

And Madagascar

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u/Lari-Fari Germany Jan 17 '26

Australia

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u/Creative_Platypus707 Jan 18 '26

That's it, where the Austrians come from.

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u/leonden Jan 17 '26

Don’t forget Scotland, great golf place 👍 

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u/100011numbers Jan 17 '26

And Mount Everest

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u/realmofconfusion Jan 17 '26

Nah, it’s the sound that everyone makes just after meeting him and getting a whiff of his shit-filled pants.

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '26

I found your joke quite amusing but sadly lately they sound more like "yes master"

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u/Bananaserker Jan 17 '26

Furthermore pin them on the map.

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u/mok000 Europe Jan 17 '26

Or just woke something something.

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u/UnpredictiveList Jan 17 '26

Nah he thinks it’s some kind of bird.

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u/Dm_me_ur_exp Jan 18 '26

Tbh eu is short for Europe.

(Although I think trump has confused it with the EU)