They really believe they are the center of the world
this post was submitted on 11 Aug 2025
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When you've spent your entire life immersed in American Exceptionalism, acknowledging that other countries have valid interests can be a difficult concept to grasp.
Level playing field? Sure why not?
Favor American businesses over health or local businesses? Hahahaha no
Threats? Nevermind. Let’s throw that out the window. Fuck you
Even as an American, why do these dumbasses think threats will make people more likely to be favorable? At some point, people are going to just be like “all right fam good luck with that”
They are playing to the masses, not the world. They all want a golden ticket in the Trump empire. Getting in line to be stepped on is certainly a mood, but it's what y'all are into these days?!
Let me know when that happens. The west is so addicted to America it's pathetic might as well be one country.
Well, "the west" is a contiguous land mass which makes trading much easier than going across the ocean, so there's that...
I wouldn't go so far as to call it an addiction.
The field has been tilted in America's favor for generations...they're finally getting a taste of a real level playing field.
"And by level, we mean in our favor. Anything else is unfair."
Let me get this straight:
- You don’t want a trade war, which your country started
- You want access to our markets to flood our shelves with your subsidized and unregulated products
- If we don’t let you in, you’ll continue to wage economic war on us
English was not the only thing they learned from the British. But just like Imperial units, the 21st century isn’t as forgiving on being this much of a simpleton.
Nope, you are going to destroy yourselves. You need us, we don't need you. And a level playing field is just that, both sides get a fair share. Do you understand how that works?
“A message to partners: don’t do as we do or we will destroy you”
Global-scale abusive relationship mentality. That’s what you get when people like Andrew Tate, Jordan Peterson and Joe Rogan become the new idols of men.
What a shithole country. Imagine putting such a stupid, petty and cruel person in a position of leadership. Over and over again and never learn.
I'm Pole. Almost all out historical tragedies, including disappearing from maps a few times, can be explained by politicians saying and doing idiotic things to get a cheep local points instead of worrying about global politics.
This moron said something to get applaud of morons in his loccal piggery. He either think world will not notice, or he don't care becouse his personal gains are more important than consequences to the entire country.
He shouldn't be trusted. With anything.
Imagine the crying in the USA if we, Canada, stopped sending softwood lumber, crude, steel, and aluminum, electricity, potash.
Forget about rebuilding after a hurricane or tornado. Good luck driving a car or fueling a war machine. Lots of hungry people with reduced yields due to less potash.
They are going to destroy themselves.
The term banana republic started in central and south America because everytime the workers revolted, the capitalist Americans would cry communist and get the American military to come and suppress unionization. Hey mr tally man tally meh banana, daylight come and meh Wan go home.
Or just... not be a trading partner.
Level playing field? Yeah sure. To give every proponent equal opportunity, firms will be given a fair chance. On the other hand, companies represented by people who make mob-boss like threats won't be considered as that disrupts the level playing field. Whoops, you just disqualified all American companies, Congressman. What a shame.
We're gonna destroy you, utterly.
Is that a fucking threat ?
The biggest problem here that these idiots don't understand is that our economy is as big as it is because the world lets us have it. It's an unwritten agreement that they use the dollar for trade, and we police the world, give aid and keep markets stable. It won't take much for the world to turn their backs on us and send us crashing, and honestly I'm surprised they haven't already done that.
The world has been salivating for the USA drop the ball this bad. The only reason the world hasn’t fully turned their backs is that the USA is dangerous and armed, but Russia and China couldn’t be happier with this stupid presidential cycle.
"The only reason the world hasn’t fully turned their backs is that the USA is dangerous and armed"
No its mostly because some common policies or businesses.
Can you imagine if a 9/11 type situation were to happen today, boy there would be a lot of hard decisions to make.
I know Canada sent firefighters to California, and there are US firefighters here in Canada right now helping with our fires….. and I know it’s the right thing to be doing on both sides but if there was a similar 9/11 event…. I wouldn’t want to send help from Canada. But we would. But I really wouldn’t want us to.
Fuck you and we won’t see you tomorrow.
Yeah okay, but more importantly, does anyone else feel like there's something weird about his face? Like, as if his skin is rubber and that's why he can't make real looking facial expressions?
Stay in your lane old man
Hey assface 🖕🖕🖕🖕how about you go fuck yourself.
Which state is he from?
The state of confusion/delusion/denial? Idiocy?
Sorry, hard pass - don't like playing with cheaters.
If you could destroy them without it, why do you even need a level playing field? 🤔