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The joke was already making the rounds among diplomats during his first term: Negotiating with the president of the United States, Donald Trump, is like playing chess with a pigeon. The bird furiously flaps its wings, knocks over all the pieces while cooing with delight, then defecates on the board and says, "I won!" In reality, Trump has lost a lot at this game.

When facing down China, which Trump threatened with a tariff apocalypse, or the head of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, whom he tried to destabilize, Trump merely flapped his wings wildly, but it made no difference. And when he "wins" – which does happen – it is at the cost of indescribable chaos that affects everyone. That is how, at the end of June, Trump shattered a jewel of multilateralism: the global minimum tax on multinational profits, the result of the broadest international tax agreement ever reached.

In October 2021, for the first time, this agreement put a stop to the global race to the bottom in corporate taxation, which for decades had undermined state revenues and exacerbated inequality. More than 130 countries agreed to a minimum tax of 15% on large corporate profits. Admittedly, the rate remained modest; admittedly, exemptions weakened the measure. But at least, under the leadership of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the G20, an agreement finally made it possible to stand up to large corporations.

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[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 25 points 21 hours ago (5 children)

You can train a pigeon to shit in the toilet, and they will panic when its inaccessible before giving up and pooping as close as possible

[–] Bread@sh.itjust.works 2 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

What you do if put in a similar situation? Would it be any different?

[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I can open the door and I leave it open for the pigeon who free roams the house, but grandma keeps closing it then complaining about shit in front of the door...

[–] Bread@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

No no, if you were the pigeon. Lock out of the bathroom and nowhere to go. That corner by the door looks pretty enticing when you are getting ready to shit yourself.

[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 hours ago

oh well yeah if I was a pigeon I'd have no choice. judging by the size of the nug, she tries to hold it in pretty long before giving it up. sometimes I open the door and she rushes in out of nowhere, stands above the toilet and looks down before backing in and dropping bombs like hiroshima

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