Since when? 2030? With PACs circumventing the laws on party financing and lobbyists writing the laws, I would say corruption is a key pillar of American politics.

What? Just because he did not get what he paid bribes for?

I’m at Hetzner für 10-15 years now.

They somehow don’t like it when their crimes are documented and exposed…

There is an idea that an empire only holds for 250 years. Think about it: 1776+250=?

Bonus: It might make some companies move to non-US hosters, making their data way safer.

Apart from the point that I’m not an American, I consider the issues you raised as part of “marketablility” – if it is so unsafe that it is illegal here, you can’t bring it on the market. But it also includes issues like American cars simply being to big for European roads (I recently had an issue with a US brand pickup truck driver noticing that the car is too big for the city’s underground car park. As he was in the queue in front of me, it took a while to sort this mess out).

That we Europeans have to stick closer together is something I preach for decades now, If Trumps tantrums finally helps some European politicians to see the light, so be it. And if this leads to taking down American market dominance at the same time, I’m not going to cry a river.

Trumpers are actually dumb enough to believe that factories and jobs pop from the ground overnight and without any costs.

As long as American products are not competitive in international markets, be it because of price, quality, or marketability, there will always be a trade deficit.

Just take cars. The US produces cars basically for the American market only. No other country produces or uses cars like that. But they all produce cars they like, that other countries like, and even Americans like.

American car companies cannot expect to sell goods to other countries that simply have no markets in those countries.

We tariff the ads.

I rode a train going 300km/h, and it felt amazingly slow, compared to going 180km/h on the Autobahn in a car.

Creating a single permanent job costs about 100k in investment. Any potential profits will only hold as long as the tariffs are in place, and as the tariffs are as volatile as Trump, nobody is going to spend that amount of money on an idiots folly.

I had a catalogue once from a convenience food supplier for commercial kitchens. It was a very interesting read. Imagine chicken broth powder in buckets of 10kg, no idea how much broth this makes. Frozen stuff of all kinds, up to “grilled fish” of some sort, to be regenerated in a warm water bath, complete with fake grill stripes. Absolutely crazy stuff.

I believe it when he is gone for good. Until then, keep driving Tesla stock down.

Of that I am not convinced. This will work with a lot of smaller countries that don’t have much of a copyright portfolio, but not with Europe.

It is obviously a waste of money, as the money goes to poor people, and not to the billionaires.

Wiping out the Republicans? I don’t see a downside with that.

Having Non-US platforms would be nice, yes, But leaving the US-based ones without ad revenue and a shit-ton of users would be nice, too.

The corporate sponsors are only needed for elections. No elections, no sponsors…

To be expected. Any company will think twice before investing in something that is only profitable as long as the random policy of the day baby in the White House keeps the tariffs up against any economical sense.