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    1. Mormegil71 on

      Is he related to Chamberlain?

      You can’t appease bullies. They’ll just come back for more.

    2. contre-torpilleur on

      Please, for the love of God, retaliate against us. I know it’s hypocritical of me to wish against my own self interest but Europe needs to do so to preserve the free world.

    3. ipakin94 on

      >“I think that this can be resolved, and should be resolved, through calm discussion,” he said.

      To think soft power will do the job with this Trump administration at this point in time, is beyond naive.

    4. OrangeRadiohead on

      Keir, it’s time to stop placing feet in each camp. It’s time to be a PM and fight for the people. The US is no longer an ally.

    5. dazed_and_bamboozled on

      Also in the news: Starmer rules out evolving into a vertebrate

    6. zertz7 on

      Why are we putting up with this? Trump is a bully and a thug, and he’ll keep punishing you if you do nothing.

    7. EquivalentKick255 on

      We’re not at that stage yet on appeasing. This is in retaliation to US tariffs on the UK.

      Tariffs hurt the home country more than the country you apply them on.

      What the UK can do is push back with regulations, while lowering tariffs.

      We can also move the chess pieces behind the scene. Less F35s, put on hold other US service purchases.

      Obviously if the US makes a move vs Greenland, or escalate more, then the UK will reconsider.

    8. PureCaramel5800 on

      Keir Starmer should have learned that you can’t deal with Trump by backing down.

    9. Ready-Inspector3729 on

      Even if our EU goverment wont do anything we the people can. Dont buy American products, dont trust them with your data.

    10. freelancer331 on

      I mean, tariffs are stupid to begin with, _an eye for an eye_ is stupid, but given that Trump doesn’t really care for anything and doesn’t abide by any rulebook, retaliatory tariffs might be as good as anything else. The important part is that whatever the European nations do, they do it together. Way to undermine all of that, Keir. Grow a spine, for fuck sake.

    11. Royal-Hunter3892 on

      Not surprising !!

      Forget about retaliatory tariffs against US , on the contrary UK is increasingly buying US debt .

      UK is increasing its share in US treasury bonds meanwhile other countries are lowering their share .

    12. CharmingTurnover8937 on

      Getting involved in a tariff war is stupid, especially if this ends up as another bluff. It only hurts everyday people on both sides of the Atlantic.

      That being said, I hope Starmer and co are actually prepared for the worst case scenario. We must not bow down if they move on Greenland.

    13. KentishJute on

      1: Getting into a tariff war & making things more expensive for British citizens is stupid and 2: Why do people expect the UK to be the sacrificial lamb in the tariff war? The EU has ruled out tariffs for now too

    14. Bogsering on

      Further proof that Brexit was a mistake. The UK is in a much more vulnerable position now than they would have been as a part of a bloc.

    17. poklane on

      Congratulations, you just secured further escalation from Trump. 

    18. dannnnac on

      Maybe he can try getting the King to write another special letter inviting him to a tea party?

    20. Mongri on

      why would starmer go for
      “yeah, to make the us pay we take a bigger cut of every good that is sold here, fuck my own citizens”
      i think ignoring that us citisens have to pay more for a good is the way to go, find other buyers than people from the us, reality will bring us customers back soon enough

    23. Cool-Calligrapher-96 on

      Don’t blame Starmer, we should have stayed in Europe. Remember ‘stronger together’, but no we can do this on our own. And people are still listening to farage.

    24. TheOnlyPlantagenet on

      He is going to stand up for mutual respect by allowing us to be bullied, and do nothing in response.

    25. Haxemply on

      Good. Because bitching out ALWAYS helped against Trump so far….

    26. AlchemyAled on

      This is the right approach. People criticise Trump for taxing his own citizens with tariffs, and I’m glad Starmer isn’t shooting himself in the foot too. We must work with allies to de-escalate this potential conflict before it happens, rather than escalating it in a game of tit-for-tat

    27. Environmental_Tap162 on

      It’s appears that despite Trumps infamous tariff spree last year people still have no idea how they work. Its a tax that WE pay for goods from America, with the intention of forcing companies to turn to domestic sources instead, except we have no domestic capacity to do so. Retaliatory tariffs would hurt the UK far more than it would the US.

    28. Mikowolf on

      Tbh it makes sense, tariffs impact domestic consumers most, not the country they imposed on.

      Slapping some fines on orangeman friends tho…

    29. ChickenRave on

      Well tariffs only make things more expensive for Europeans, so not a bad idea to rule them out if instead they’ll try export taxes

    30. Honest_Science on

      THe right answer is to ignore the bully, no call, no stage, ignore him. He will go ballistic within 7 days.

    31. Lore86 on

      Well they’re putting taxes on themselves so retaliation would be putting taxes on ourselves, if you want to hit them on the wallet there are better ways. As for the consumers they can start avoiding US products even if they don’t cost more.

    32. Illustrious-Divide95 on

      Never rule out anything!!! Don’t let your opponent know what you’re thinking

      British politicians of all persuasions can’t negotiate for toffee. With their public red lines and ruling things in or out it basically negates your space and leverage in negotiations. You have to leave some doubt and uncertainty in your opponents mind.

      Trump is eating this stuff up

    33. Interesting_Chip8065 on

      lol he knows what he is dealing with and he is realistic

    34. militantcentre on

      He said nothing of the sort. He said a trade war would be bad for everyone and he wanted to avoid it, and did not answer the retaliation question. If the new tariffs go ahead, domestic pressure will force him to retaliate.

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