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Donald Trump on Monday, January 19 threatened 200% tariffs on French wine and champagne over France’s intentions to decline the US leader’s invitation to join his “board of peace.” The board was originally conceived to oversee the rebuilding of war-torn Gaza, but the charter does not appear to limit its role to the occupied Palestinian territory.

“I’ll put a 200% tariff on his wines and champagnes. And he’ll join. But he doesn’t have to join,” Trump said, referring to French President Emmanuel Macron. A source close to Macron told AFP on Monday that France “does not intend to answer favorably” to the invitation.

The board’s charter “goes beyond the sole framework of Gaza,” the source close to the French president said.

    • Sarah Valentine@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      5 hours ago

      Right here: “USA as a country is our enemy now, not just the GOP. So in that way it is actually all Americans.”

      Backpedaling later in your comment doesn’t fix this awful take.

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        5 hours ago

        It’s awful yes, but it’s a fact.
        USA as a country is an enemy, and technically that means all Americans.
        If the sane Americans can change things back to normal in USA, this would end.
        But as it is, when USA as a country is an enemy, the population of that country becomes an enemy too. Because it’s the population that allow the government to function as it does.

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          I hope you understand that this take puts you in the company of tyrants and fascists, including the Nazis. Your hate is no better than their hate.