EU Von Der Leyen: Need departure from Europe's traditional caution | Metals Mine
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Vancarbon
Jan 21, 2026 2:36am
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Get a backbone ; stop appeasing and let him know sternly what the course of action is and its consequences .

This is the only language Trump and his merry men understand . It’ll cause more ructions in America than it will in Europe or globally , if they fail to heed the warnings .

Stop using soft rhetoric ; fight fire with fire .
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Trader#BBE1
Jan 21, 2026 3:36am
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Quoting Vancarbon
Get a backbone ; stop appeasing and let him know sternly what the course of action is and its consequences . This is the only language Trump and his merry men understand . It’ll cause more ructions in America than it will in Europe or globally , if they fail to heed the warnings . Stop using soft rhetoric ; fight fire with fire .
The weak telling the weak to grow a backbone
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ladder
Jan 21, 2026 6:33am — Edited
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Quoting Schultz
I was surprised how readily she agreed to the initial US-EU trade "deal" in July. As usual with Trump, though, there was coercion.
I thought EU would be the third, after China and Canada, to fight back against Trump's tariffs. It surprised me that EU quickly and easily accepted 15% tariff for EU and no tariff for US. Trump might think wow, EU is so weak.
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Schultz
Jan 21, 2026 3:38am
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I was surprised how readily she agreed to the initial US-EU trade "deal" in July. As usual with Trump, though, there was coercion.
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Trader#A0A6
Jan 21, 2026 3:00am
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Europe should adopt a winning strategy: listen for Leyen and do the opposite.
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