Date: January 17th, 2026 8:13 PM
Author: ,.,,.,.,,,,,,.....................
Translation of top-rated comments - this is where public opinion in Germany and the rest of the EU is at. Hard to see the EU caving when their voters want them to go much harder.
https://www.reddit.com/r/de/comments/1qflhyw/bundesregierung_reagiert_zur%C3%BCckhaltend_auf_trumps/
Comment 1:
(I already wrote this a few days ago, but I can only repeat myself because it's driving me absolutely crazy...)
Why doesn't the EU ever threaten back? Why do they always cower and make themselves seem smaller than they are?
US Treasury bonds. For God's sake, finally threaten to treat that junk for what it is. Let it bleed dry if that's what they want. Let gas prices in the US (the U is missing because there's nothing "United" about it anymore) explode. Let food prices explode, let them feel that we're not their plaything.
Get the German gold back, preferably as quickly as possible. Impose taxes, travel bans, just do whatever is necessary and cut them off...
It simply can't be that this fat, ugly, criminal child molester gets away with everything and is celebrated for it by his MAGA followers.
That guy belongs in The Hague, the EU has to stop just watching and sugarcoating every piece of nonsense he spouts.
It's just driving me insane that this asshole is in the headlines every single day!
Comment 2:
This subservient attitude infuriates me!
Tax technology companies heavily, implement retaliatory tariffs, bring back all the gold reserves, impose a complete six-month entry ban on Americans. Then threaten to dump US bonds or, I don't know, close Ramstein Air Base. At the same time, launch a European nuclear weapons program.
Better a few tough years than kissing Trump's feet every single day.
Europe, grow some balls.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823395&forum_id=2Reputation#49597579)