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edhopper

(37,133 posts) Thu Jan 22, 2026, 09:27 AM 19 hrs ago

Are the European leaders playing the long game? [View all]

Going along with him just enough to avoid a true economic war. They know he is gone in 3 years and nothing he does now will stand once he is gone.
I am not saying they are right or it will pan out this way, just wondering if they are not vigorously opposing him because they think this is temporary?

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Are the European leaders playing the long game? [View all] edhopper 19 hrs ago OP

they are hoping he will just go away rampartd 19 hrs ago #1

nope. Javaman 19 hrs ago #2

I am not suggesting WE do this edhopper 17 hrs ago #10

my original response is still the same Javaman 16 hrs ago #12

I'm sure they are. They are much better at this game than Trump. Ocelot II 19 hrs ago #3

Who's "going along with him"? Fiendish Thingy 19 hrs ago #4

Trump is as dumb as a box of hammers. I'm sure someone has told him repeatedly Ocelot II 18 hrs ago #5

Oil Johnny2X2X 18 hrs ago #8

Greenland has offshore oil and other mineral resources, but Ocelot II 17 hrs ago #9

They are playing the survival game, trapped on an island with a psychopath who has the most food, tools AND yaesu 18 hrs ago #6

They can't afford the time. DFW 18 hrs ago #7

They have the anti-coercion instrument. usonian 17 hrs ago #11