There's been way too much optimism in Europe.

You've gotta grow stronger before you can grow bigger. That fear was, and still, is totally justified.

No. If anything, their membership should be conditional and with *fewer* privileges than the other states. And it's not like they're enthusiastic about it on their end. Before a Treaty reform no new members should be accepted anyway, let alone the one who's dead set on destroying the EU from within.

These overly optimistic assessments have been popping up for 3 years now. We need more secondary sanctions and more pressure on Europe to stop supporting Russian economy (especially HU), and fewer rosy economic analysis.

They're suffering labor shortages as a matter of fact.

Lol

It happened in Paris, I believe.

So, they're finally pro-nuclear?

Why do they want more tariffs?

Most of them saw no consequences for their crimes, in part because they were seen as critical actors for the economic development and stability of post-war Germany. It was a pragmatical decision to let them get away with murder.

Even with the Schengen collapsing that still rings true.

The second one should be a liberation day.

They didn't even lock up the former Nazis.

JD Vance thinks that higher prices will reduce inflation (or something like that). I wouldn't take anything he says as coming from an adult without serious cognitive disabilities. (Which is the problem.)

The problem, of course, is that Trump is now aware of how he's viewed. The next tariff announcement will not be reversed, no matter how much it hurts America. Trump only cares about his personal brand, not about anything else.

Exactly. This TACO meme is playing in the hands of the tariff fanatics. It's idiotic.