The US president added that he "can do anything I want" with Brussels' $600 billion worth of pledged investments

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The US president added that he “can do anything I want” with Brussels’ $600 billion worth of pledged investments

Archived version: https://archive.is/20250805165341/https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/trump-threatens-eu-with-35-tariff-if-investment-pledge-falls-through/

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  • ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    20·
    9 days ago

    And I said, well, because they gave me $600 billion. And that’s a gift; that’s not like, you know, a loan, by the way.”

    Dude does not understand basic economics. This is as if my wife told me she applied to a company with a turnover of a billion, and I went and bragged at the pub “my wife made us billionaires!”

    He just heard the number and is now happy with the number, without knowing what that number even measures.

    • A_norny_mousse@feddit.orgEnglish
      15·
      9 days ago

      Oh, that has been established a long time ago. And his constituency doesn’t understand either. Also, “a gift” sounds a lot like corruption.