“The Trump team went to Europe in a state of malign ignorance, exemplified by Trump saying during his Davos harangue that “without us, you’d all be speaking German.” Most Swiss speak … German.”
—Paul Krugman, Trump 0, Europe 1
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trump-0-europe-1
#trump #usa #europe #davos #worldeconomicforum
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“Europe has problems, as we all do. But when MAGA types declare that a prosperous continent that in many ways delivers a better life for its citizens than we do is a social and economic hellscape, that says more about them than it does about Europe.”
—Paul Krugman, Trump 0, Europe 1
#trump #usa #europe #maga
“Europe’s initial response to Trump’s trade war—an attempt to appease and flatter him, hoping that it would all go away—surely reinforced Trumpian contempt. But … when Trump threatened to put tariffs on the exports of nations that have sent troops to Greenland, Europe didn’t cower in submission—it got ready to strike back at U.S. businesses. Trump then confirmed the old adage that bullies are also cowards.”
—Paul Krugman, Trump 0, Europe 1
#trump #usa #greenland #europe #eu #tariffs