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Scalded Nun

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46. Please, oh please! Do not try to negotiate. Just pull the pin and make this happen.

Reply to moonshinegnomie (Original post)

Sun Jan 18, 2026, 06:16 PM

3 hrs ago

You cannot trust we would honor any agreement we make. This country is currently governed by leadershit that has or knows no honor. It is in their DNA and they will not change.

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eurpoe has a giant weapon it could use against the US in an economic war [View all] moonshinegnomie 12 hrs ago OP

make it so creon 12 hrs ago #1

Oh please! Make it so! SheltieLover 12 hrs ago #2

Oh yes! Engage! GreenWave 11 hrs ago #6

K&R UTUSN 12 hrs ago #3

a very short look at these machines: ret5hd 12 hrs ago #4

Many thanks for this video!!! n/t iluvtennis 10 hrs ago #17

Fascinating video on ASML... Thanks! liberalla 9 hrs ago #21

And that's why Generalissimo Trump will march into the Netherlands after he's done with Greenland. dem4decades 12 hrs ago #5

Not true edhopper 11 hrs ago #7

In a flash of a scaramucci? SheltieLover 11 hrs ago #9

They'll be called "Trumpchips." The Madcap 11 hrs ago #11

Those cow chips will be the mighty engines powering the goldish plated Trump fones! Hugin 9 hrs ago #25

In the beginning was the Plan. an oldie... frogstar0 9 hrs ago #32

I knew there was a Plan beneath all this crap! Excellent. erronis 5 hrs ago #36

Was that plan also drawn on a napkin? KS Toronado 10 hrs ago #13

And you all thought is was going to be a ballroom. Nope, it's trump's Stable Genius Chip Foundry. erronis 9 hrs ago #26

That would take time. bucolic_frolic 11 hrs ago #8

NVIDIA F-18_AMO 11 hrs ago #12

EU would make a quick impact by just boycotting American goods. The Canadians have sobered US booze industry... dutch777 11 hrs ago #10

Not Many High End Chips Are Made In The US. GB_RN 10 hrs ago #14

According to the video supplied above, TSMC and others get this technology from ASML erronis 9 hrs ago #27

Right. GB_RN 5 hrs ago #35

That is the type of discussions they are having, rather than reciprocal tariffs they Bev54 10 hrs ago #15

They should do it already for the good of humanity SSJVegeta 10 hrs ago #16

Cymer n/t aggiesal 9 hrs ago #18

ASML purchases Cymer for $2.5B "to get control of a light-based technology" erronis 5 hrs ago #37

I know. I used to work at that company and ASML was the main competitor. ... aggiesal 4 hrs ago #39

Small world AZ8theist 4 hrs ago #42

I worked directly out of the Cymer in San Diego at the HQ on Thornmint Court. n/t aggiesal 4 hrs ago #44

Huh! AZ8theist 1 hr ago #48

Pharmaceuticals. Danish (and other European) companies make a lot of haele 9 hrs ago #19

ASML EUV machines are dependent on the US DetroitLegalBeagle 9 hrs ago #20

Look at my comment #18 n/t aggiesal 4 hrs ago #40

I'd cheer for that. Alice B. 9 hrs ago #22

China just developed a 4nm machine, but they do not have an inventory of them yet. LiberalArkie 9 hrs ago #23

Dear Europe maliaSmith 9 hrs ago #24

How to eliminate AI when using Google DownriverDem 9 hrs ago #28

Cool pro tip! I love pro tips! TY! ❤️ littlemissmartypants 9 hrs ago #30

Is there anyway to make that the default settings so I don't have to keep entering -AI? n/t aggiesal 4 hrs ago #41

Nope relayerbob 9 hrs ago #29

machines cannot be exported Progressive dog 9 hrs ago #31

It is a small country with little military power. Trump will threaten to invade and conquer. Norrrm 8 hrs ago #33

It' TACO time! Mme. Defarge 6 hrs ago #34

ding. this. :) AllaN01Bear 5 hrs ago #38

Now now... don't tease me with a good time! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E 4 hrs ago #43

Isn't the biggest weapon dumping US bonds? not fooled 3 hrs ago #45

Please, oh please! Do not try to negotiate. Just pull the pin and make this happen. Scalded Nun 3 hrs ago #46

If the world got together and drooped the dollar it would crash our economy. BradBo 3 hrs ago #47

DO IT! vapor2 1 hr ago #49

Sell US currency, Move resources and credit out of the USA, tell citizens to come home. Freeze US money in banks, PurgedVoter 13 min ago #50