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[–] [email protected] 225 points 3 months ago (12 children)

Sorry for multiple posts, but my points are different.

Impose tariffs on Denmark? Do you all know what we import from Denmark? Medication and medical devices. So that would further increase the cost of healthcare in the US. He already signed an executive order to undo the $35 insulin cap for Medicaid recipients. He is actively raising healthcare prices.

Tariffs would only hurt both countries.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 3 months ago (2 children)

It's also an integrated EU economy, so I'd assume the entire European single market would retaliate.

But yeah, he doesn't care about or understand that. Or at least won't until there's active unrest in America over the crazy inflation and layoffs.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago

Yes, to add you cannot impose targeted tariffs on Danish goods, as these are typically traded within the EU before going to the US.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

None of that is ever blamed on the Republican president in office though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

To date, it hasn't been the president's fault. The shit they do makes it's way to workers and consumers well after they leave office, for the most part. This would be different, and in some cases very uneven - if there's an accross-the-board 25% tariff with Canada, the Detroit auto industry basically shuts down and lays everyone off today.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Tariffs seem to be Trump's go-to move nowadays. "Grab them by the wallet".

  • To Putin: stop the war or tariffs!
  • To Europe: buy more US oil or tariffs!
  • To Denmark: gimme Greenland or tariffs!
  • To Melania (probably): pretend you can still bear being in the same room with me or tariffs!
  • McDonald's - "cash or card, sir?" "Tariffs!"
[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Oh, not his beloved McDonald's.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 3 months ago

There is no way to impose tariffs on Danish goods. We're part of the EU, and the inner market, so we'll just send the goods from some other EU country. So any tariff on Denmark would have to be a tariff on EU.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 3 months ago

It would hurt both countries, but Denmark can still sell their medication and medical devices to the rest of the world.

These tariffs in general are going to hurt Americans far more than anyone else.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 months ago

Do you all know what we import from Denmark? Medication

Ozempic comes to mind. It's still under patent, so I guess there's no other source than Novo Nordisk in Denmark.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 months ago

Not like trump cares about that

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago

Do you think he cares?

That is very on brand for trump. Pissing off a former ally and messing up healthcare worse for "his own" country.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Wait he seriously undid the cap already??? Fucking for real?

Like I shouldn't be surprised...

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It was only capped for Medicare recipients like retirees and congresspersons, HHS is still reporting it as active policy

https://www.hhs.gov/inflation-reduction-act/index.html

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Thank you for the correction,it's a shame all this discussion happened without that context

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

You know what is from Denmark? Ozempic

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

Tariff wars alway hurt all involved.