Allowing that kind of inequity in trade is quite literally paying to keep people as your friends.
Continuing to bare the brunt of defense is also paying for your friends.
Doing the yeoman's work for defense for Ukraine is paying for them AND covering for them.
I have to continually remind myself that you don't make the jump from point A to point B easily.
Concrete Man! Under Biden: EU tarriffs on US @340B last yr while US tariffs on EU were @50B.
Replies to: "Concrete Man! Under Biden: EU tarriffs on US @340B last yr while US tariffs on EU were @50B."
- Vance bitch slapped EU, talk about shock & Awe! [NT]
- jamie - 10:25pm 2/17/25
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- Allies are so overrated. So 2008. - Chris94 - 10:28pm 2/17/25
- Sometimes people need tough love. - Iggle - 6:01am 2/18/25
- I don't know. If Germans can kill 6 million Jews with free speech, we should be careful with them. [NT]
- NedoftheHill - 10:31pm 2/17/25
- You think they shouldn’t have a right to ban neo Nazi speech given their history? - Frank L - 8:39am 2/18/25
- Allies-on condition that we pay them, cover for them,& let them take advantage of us - are overrated - BaronVonZemo - 10:44pm 2/17/25
- We don’t pay them, cover for them or let them take advantage of us. Smart post! [NT]
- Chris94 - 11:04pm 2/17/25
- Concrete Man! Under Biden: EU tarriffs on US @340B last yr while US tariffs on EU were @50B. - BaronVonZemo - 11:45pm 2/17/25
- They do seem to think their main ally is overrated, don't they. At least they take us for granted. [NT]
- NedoftheHill - 10:45pm 2/17/25
- It's SO much easier for appeasers to get allies when they don't expect fairness & freedom from them - BaronVonZemo - 10:48pm 2/17/25
- We don’t pay them, cover for them or let them take advantage of us. Smart post! [NT]
- Chris94 - 11:04pm 2/17/25
- These countries aren’t Allies. Biden foreign policy - how much do I write the check for! [NT]
- jamie - 10:30pm 2/17/25
- They were after 9/11. [NT] - Frank L - 8:39am 2/18/25
- Allies are so overrated. So 2008. - Chris94 - 10:28pm 2/17/25
