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Eugene

(66,231 posts)
Tue Aug 26, 2025, 06:07 PM Tuesday

Trump Threatens Countries Failing to Show Him 'Respect' in Deranged Late-Night Meltdown

Source: The Daily Beast

Trump Threatens Countries Failing to Show Him ‘Respect’ in Deranged Late-Night Meltdown

Ewan Palmer
Tue, August 26, 2025 at 7:24 AM EDT
2 min read

Tariff-loving Donald Trump has issued an unhinged threat against countries he claims don’t show the U.S. and major tech companies “respect.”

In a typical deranged late-night post on Truth Social, the MAGA president warned he would impose “substantial” new tariffs and block U.S. chip exports to countries that enforce digital taxes.

Trump argued that digital service taxes are designed to “harm, or discriminate” against American technology, and issued a sinister warning for if they are not dropped.

Trump has long railed against digital services taxes, including those imposed in Europe, which primarily hit U.S. tech giants, including Apple, Google, and Meta.

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Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-threatens-countries-failing-show-112431182.html

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Trump Threatens Countries Failing to Show Him 'Respect' in Deranged Late-Night Meltdown (Original Post) Eugene Tuesday OP
Well what did you expect, marry my daughter? twodogsbarking Tuesday #1
when oh when will the entire world tell him to eff off??????? nt msongs Tuesday #2
Respect, My Ass! He's Never Done Anything in His Fricking Pathetic Life to Justify Acknowledgement as a Human The Roux Comes First Tuesday #3
Feeding his narcissism, like the Cabinet does every damned day, is making him a bigger monster Attilatheblond Tuesday #4
You get back what you give, asshole. sheshe2 Tuesday #5

The Roux Comes First

(1,806 posts)
3. Respect, My Ass! He's Never Done Anything in His Fricking Pathetic Life to Justify Acknowledgement as a Human
Tue Aug 26, 2025, 06:20 PM
Tuesday

Attilatheblond

(6,991 posts)
4. Feeding his narcissism, like the Cabinet does every damned day, is making him a bigger monster
Tue Aug 26, 2025, 06:27 PM
Tuesday

They seem to think appeasement will make him easier to manage. These people are proof that failure to learn from history can have truly horrible consequences.

The man needs mental health care in a controlled environment, not a bunch of greedy sycophants trying to stay on his good side in hopes they can all make fortunes on the side gigs.

Our nation is never going to be safe until we stop this horror from alienating every civilized nation on the planet.

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