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Eugene

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Tue Aug 26, 2025, 06:07 PM Tuesday

Trump Threatens Countries Failing to Show Him 'Respect' in Deranged Late-Night Meltdown [View all]

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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