Trump Threatens the EU with 50% Tariffs

[Zincwarrior]

In Today's bouncy bouncy, Trump threatens the EU with 50% tariffs. Markets are of course, tanking again.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/23/trump-recommends-50percent-tariff-on-european-union-starting-june-1.html

President Donald Trump on Friday said he is “recommending a straight 50% Tariff on the European Union” after complaining that trade negotiations have stalled.

The steep new import duties would start on June 1, Trump wrote on Truth Social.




The EU “has been very difficult to deal with,” Trump wrote. “Our discussions with them are going nowhere!”

Trump’s announcement came less than 30 minutes after he threatened to impose a tariff of at least 25% on Apple if the company does not start manufacturing iPhones in the United States.

U.S. stock futures sank immediately following the posts, which showed the Republican president once again wielding the threat of massive import taxes in response to economic activity he disfavors. European stock markets fell 2%.

The posts tee up a potentially tense exchange between U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and his European counterpart later Friday. Greer is expected to tell European Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic in a meeting that Brussels’ latest moves in the ongoing trade talks falls short of U.S. expectations, the FT reported.

 

[theHawk]

In Today's bouncy bouncy, Trump threatens the EU with 50% tariffs. Markets are of course, tanking again.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/23/trump-recommends-50percent-tariff-on-european-union-starting-june-1.html

Good. The EU has been using high tariffs against the U.S. for decades.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

A tariff was is one in which there are no winners.

 

[Zincwarrior]

Good. The EU has been using high tariffs against the U.S. for decades.

Please cite the high tariff rate you are referring to.

 

[martybegan]

In Today's bouncy bouncy, Trump threatens the EU with 50% tariffs. Markets are of course, tanking again.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/23/trump-recommends-50percent-tariff-on-european-union-starting-june-1.html

How are the markets "tanking"

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

How are the markets "tanking"

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   I don't think it is tanking, but a poor way to end a so so week.
   

 

[martybegan]

1. DJIA Falls 0.003% to 41859.09 — Data Talk - Morningstar​

   16 hours ago · The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 1.35 points or 0.003% today to 41859.09 --Down for three consecutive trading days --Down 932.98 points or 2.18% over the …
   
   
2. TRADING ECONOMICS
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   United States Stock Market Index (US30) Index Price - TRADING …​

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   I don't think it is tanking, but a poor way to end a so so week.

Wow, the markets fluctuate, ITS THE END OF THE FUCKING WOOOOORRRRLLLDDDD

They have also been open for less than an hour.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

Wow, the markets fluctuate, ITS THE END OF THE FUCKING WOOOOORRRRLLLDDDD

They have also been open for less than an hour.

Grow up, Marty.

Yes, people are losing money today because the President runs his mouth.

He knows what he is doing.

Why he is hurting Americans when he does not need to is beyond me.

He is an asshole, period, a Danila Krasnakov.

While this does not affect me at all except as up and down numbers, it does hurt many people.

 

[martybegan]

Grow up, Marty.

Yes, people are losing money today because the President runs his mouth.

He knows what he is doing.

Why he is hurting Americans when he does not need to is beyond me.

He is an asshole, period, a Danila Krasnakov.

While this does not affect me at all except as up and down numbers, it does hurt many people.

The market recovered from your April doom and gloom.

He's trying to fix decades of trade imbalance and economic suicide.

 

[Dekster]

In Today's bouncy bouncy, Trump threatens the EU with 50% tariffs. Markets are of course, tanking again.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/23/trump-recommends-50percent-tariff-on-european-union-starting-june-1.html

I'll become a tariff mule smuggling Ford F-150's up my butt to France and magnums of champagne back to America.

 

[BasicHumanUnit]

Trump Threatens the EU with 50% Tariffs​

That's terrible!

It should be 100%

 

[BasicHumanUnit]

Please cite the high tariff rate you are referring to.

See, THIS is the basic problem with you imbeciles.....you get ALL your info from CNN, never bothering to research for yourselves and there you are...in idiotville.

Spoon feeding morons is an exercise in futility

 

[Zincwarrior]

See, THIS is the basic problem with you imbeciles.....you get ALL your info from CNN, never bothering to research for yourselves and there you are...in idiotville.

Spoon feeding morons is an exercise in futility

Sophistry. Please cite the 50% tariffs that the EU has on the US.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

The market recovered from your April doom and gloom.

He's trying to fix decades of trade imbalance and economic suicide.

With much loss of money, I might add, like today.

Only Trump's actions are leading to economic suicide.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

See, THIS is the basic problem with you imbeciles.....you get ALL your info from CNN, never bothering to research for yourselves and there you are...in idiotville.

Spoon feeding morons is an exercise in futility

Don't deflect. What are the EU's tariffs on the US. Just answer the question.

 

[martybegan]

With much loss of money, I might add, like today.

Only Trump's actions are leading to economic suicide.

The market is down today by less than 1%, so what?

It goes up, it goes down.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

The market is down today by less than 1%, so what?

It goes up, it goes down.

But... it is not random. It is deliberate. Trump is doing it deliberately.

That means, marty, he deliberately hurts people.

 

[martybegan]

But... it is not random. It is deliberate. Trump is doing it deliberately.

That means, marty, he deliberately hurts people.

No, he isn't.

He's fixing things, now go run along and play in traffic.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

No, he isn't.

He's fixing things, now go run along and play in traffic.

No, he hurts people because it makes him feel good, feel powerful.

He is sick in the head, and so are those who defend him.

 

[jwoodie]

Please cite the 50% tariffs that the EU has on the US.

Please try to stay on your own topic. As you know, Trump's tariff announcements are a negotiating tactic for better trade deals. The bed wetters who drive down stock prices merely create buying opportunities for others. But the ensuing volatility does drive up Treasury yields, so please stop overreacting to every news headline.