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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 dont 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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twodogsbarking
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(1,806 posts)Attilatheblond
(6,991 posts)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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