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BradBo

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47. If the world got together and drooped the dollar it would crash our economy.

Reply to moonshinegnomie (Original post)

Sun Jan 18, 2026, 06:17 PM

3 hrs ago

And you can blame Trump and the SCOTUS with help from Garland.

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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 14 min ago #50