"This is a little bit of the Michael Corleone settling all the family business at once." Gordon Sondland, US ambassador to the EU 2018-20, says President Trump's tariffs are designed to get people "off their derrières and to the table, to start to solve problems". #Newsnight - ThreadSky

bbcnewsnight.bsky.social • 104 days ago

"This is a little bit of the Michael Corleone settling all the family business at once."

Gordon Sondland, US ambassador to the EU 2018-20, says President Trump's tariffs are designed to get people "off their derrières and to the table, to start to solve problems".

#Newsnight

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profdfhesq.bsky.social•104 days ago

Please don't give men like him a platform @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social . You can find better, smarter people to interview.

bunkx.bsky.social•104 days ago

Amen. This guy is a prior associate member of the Trump family mob.

nursegenius1019.bsky.social•104 days ago

He donated large amounts of money to Trumps campaign

petesky.bsky.social•104 days ago

Gordon is mistaken. Everybody knows MAGA doesn't solve any problems, it only creates them.

slappingkarma.bsky.social•103 days ago

So he wants all countries to do the same to the USA. Does it sound sensible when put like that.

judinthepines.bsky.social•104 days ago

🖕him!

mcchouffe.bsky.social•104 days ago

This is utter bollix. You are openly platforming a white supremacist fascist cunt with fuck all pushback, albeit the Beeb sadly has form in platforming fascist cunts like Nazi Nigel Farage who sang Nazi songs like "gas the Jews" in his Hitler youth adoration period 😔

mcoule.bsky.social•104 days ago

And you are taking his words at face value? For shame.

coileach.bsky.social•103 days ago

This is why Fredo was always kept on the sidelines.

shehasaplacetogo.bsky.social•104 days ago

Interesting because that's not what Trump is telling his supporters...I said it's going to change to bearing the burden being called patriotic...dear world poc will NOT fight their war...they've made it clear they don't want diversity SO be prepared to send ya own sons and fathers to the frontlines

globalinterest.bsky.social•102 days ago

Designed? It's chaotic.
It looks more like making it up as he goes along maybe he will, maybe he won't.

mediate4u.bsky.social•98 days ago

Well observed - Comparing the Trump administration to a corrupt crime syndicate, using bent lawyers, settling old scores, disappearing enemies and taking over the whole of the East Coast operation!

badhairdaydad.bsky.social•104 days ago

The trump mafia is never interested in real problems

antonelio1.bsky.social•103 days ago

The message is: the incompetent, corrupt, unscrupulous, greedy, pathetic dotard wanna be Hitler has zero negotiating ability and is so dumb that EU and Britain can run circles around him. Tell him his makeup is great & that he’s pretty he’ll give you a us state and one of his kids

antonelio1.bsky.social•103 days ago

trump is, like the name suggest, full of hot air. He is an incompetent, corrupt, greedy, despicable fascist dotard & he should be treat that way. Kowtowing and upraising a Nazi achieved nothing but destruction of our values. He’s terrible negotiator & an idiot so we should use that to our advantage

nicla22.bsky.social•104 days ago

Note the date.. This is all posturing to appear as a “powerful” negotiator and also probably a means of manipulating the markets for profit

https://www.canada.ca/en/public-safety-canada/news/2024/12/the-government-of-canadas-border-plan-significant-investments-to-strengthen-border-security-and-our-immigration-system.html

nicla22.bsky.social•104 days ago

This is just giving a platform to the right wing propaganda machine

scottjenkins67.bsky.social•104 days ago

HOW the FUCK did Trump get elected AGAIN?
America, as a (former!) frequent visitor to your shores, I have to ask ...
WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?
Trump should've been ARRESTED and TRIED for his crimes.
You're being taken over by a slow fucking COUP!
This is INSANITY!
And damn sad to see. 😔
🇦🇺💙➡️🇺🇸

susucity.bsky.social•103 days ago

The most frustrating bit is that the Republicans can impeach him now. No one respects him and once you impeach him, he’s gone. He can’t come back.

bunkx.bsky.social•104 days ago

Many of us here are asking the same question. Many of us made efforts to stop this prior to the election. Yes, I place a lot of blame on Merrick Garland for not pushing the lawsuits when he was able. This should not be happening.

bunkx.bsky.social•104 days ago

This is nothing like the frickin movies. So fitting that he referenced a mob boss. So if we're staying with that analogy, what happens when the other 'crime families' get together to take him down?

These people live in a fantasy world.

derekmacd18.bsky.social•104 days ago

Another economic illiterate.

diananicholettejeon.com•104 days ago

🤣

truehomeguy.bsky.social•104 days ago

Exactly like the Mafia!

tehamelie.bsky.social•103 days ago

It would be great if it did get the collective world off their butts and start working together to solve the problem of the US Republican party.

rhosan-ar-wy.bsky.social•104 days ago

Remember to vote for your democratic senators in 2026! There are 35 seats up- including special elections in Florida and Ohio - of which 22 are held by Republicans. Impeach #trump !

alenjay2.bsky.social•104 days ago

RUBBISH,
The FELON is out to wreak havoc and revenge.
His expansionist dreams have found a Buddy in elon musk, the most dangerous being on the planet right now
🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨

motorthing68.bsky.social•104 days ago

The only "Problem" is the United States, their propensity for electing utter charlatans into positions of power, and men like this idiot thinking a gangster movie is an appropriate template for something as complicated and consequential as geopolitics/ international trade.

lakshmiays.bsky.social•102 days ago

why aren't more people talking about this? Trump referred to tarrifs as "a beautiful thing" and to this period as the best time in America - the time they were the richest....

karolynschalk.bsky.social•104 days ago

The ambassador is only correct that he’s part of a criminal operation.

erinslick.bsky.social•104 days ago

That wasn’t fucking real gordo holy fuck. In real life you started a war. Also the Star Wars prequels are a more apt comp.

mothmanjunior.bsky.social•104 days ago

“You see, the President of the US is like a mob boss in that …”

zefirotorna.bsky.social•104 days ago

Real mob bosses in New York City think Trump is a clown. And now his dementia is getting him more delusional. So Trump has no idea what problems are real. One thing is consistent, Trump is always trying to please Putin.

rachwonders.bsky.social•103 days ago

Although it would appear the narrative of wins it's just counties telling Trump they will do the things they were already doing.

It's just shouting for disorder for no gain.

macleodl.bsky.social•103 days ago

😒

harbourchick1.bsky.social•103 days ago

You are part of the problem then. Explain how less than 1% of fentanyl going into the US comes from Canada but this is worth massive economic upheaval on both sides of the border. Better yet, what is the US going to do about the millions of illegal weapons coming from the US into Canada? Nothing

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