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I hope we respond by putting tariffs on American pickups. Democratic nations need to cut the US out of the global economy entirely until they learn how to act right.

Apologies if there's any weirdness in this post, it's my first one.

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[–] MisterFrog@aussie.zone 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Huge cars with terrible visibility should have been outlawed ages ago anyway. There's no good reason for someone's bonnet to come up to my shoulders on a fucking ute.

There's a reason why the road toll is going UP per capita in the US.

As much as it sucks for the Americans, there is a small part of me that's happy about Trump shooting themselves in their own collective foot, because maybe we'll consider diversifying our alliances a little. Instead of being America's little ~~laptop~~ lapdog.

[–] TimePencil@infosec.exchange 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

@MisterFrog
Little "laptop"?

Laptop?

Well, I suppose it's better than being America's "gameboy"....

@Zagorath

[–] MisterFrog@aussie.zone 1 points 1 day ago

Typo, was supposed to be lapdog*