27 Jan
6:41am, 27 Jan 2025
31,270 posts
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richmac
The spatette Trump has had with Columbia. Does it look like Trump 'lost' that? Also, the pres of Columbia is sending his jet to pick the people up, apparently, surely that's giving trump the finger.
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27 Jan
6:54am, 27 Jan 2025
26,033 posts
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Dave W
Nope. That's being bullied. Not easy to stand up to someone who has the levers that he can pull, I agree. But every time he gets his way from bullying a smaller nation to do his bidding, he gets worse. Difficult to see a way past this though. |
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27 Jan
7:24am, 27 Jan 2025
31,271 posts
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richmac
I get that. Think Colombia would be wise to start trying to concentrate on other markets for it's exports, the threat of tariffs will turn an ugly backdrop to anything they do for the next 4 years. |
27 Jan
8:27am, 27 Jan 2025
18,388 posts
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jdawayinamanger
Who could possibly have predicted that an unholy alliance of govt IT project and generative AI would go wrong? I mean, it had all the ingredients for a stunning success.
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27 Jan
8:28am, 27 Jan 2025
18,389 posts
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jdawayinamanger
Forgot the link but you don’t really need to read it to know how the story goes: theguardian.com |
27 Jan
8:28am, 27 Jan 2025
25,627 posts
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3M
I'm willing to bet Trump doesn't care about the price of coffee that much.... which makes Colombia an easy target to bully first. (I'm sure they do export other things to the USA too!) |
27 Jan
8:48am, 27 Jan 2025
33,193 posts
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macca 53
[I’m pretty sure the export of white powder won't be affected - Customs exempt!]
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27 Jan
9:04am, 27 Jan 2025
33,618 posts
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Johnny Blaze
The US is a rogue state now. Sooner or later the price they pay for the baby's tantrums will have a political cost. For instance, flipping the house/senate in a couple of years. That would make him fill his diaper to previously unseen levels.
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27 Jan
9:18am, 27 Jan 2025
31,273 posts
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richmac
Trumps problem with knackering Columbian coffee, as you've alluded to Macca, is the farmers would swap to Coke production giving the US a bigger problem, although I don't see Trump being worried about an over supply of that
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27 Jan
9:33am, 27 Jan 2025
33,619 posts
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Johnny Blaze
If only we were in a trading bloc big enough to tell him to FRO with his bullying eh? As it is, we are easy pickings.
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