Trump's actions have demonstrated that he is perfectly happy to tear up conventions and treaty obligations on a whim. Why should Starmer make a slew of harsh concessions, including potentially on digital services taxation, food safety, free speech etc. to get a "deal" that could be binned any time? - ThreadSky

edwinhayward.com • 12 days ago

Trump's actions have demonstrated that he is perfectly happy to tear up conventions and treaty obligations on a whim.

Why should Starmer make a slew of harsh concessions, including potentially on digital services taxation, food safety, free speech etc. to get a "deal" that could be binned any time?

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south2north.bsky.social•12 days ago

These guys broke the rules to get to where they’re at … it’s like trying to stick to Queensbury rules with the WWF … 🤣

brockthebadger.bsky.social•12 days ago

Agreed. Trump is fickle in the extreme

However, our govt (let’s not personal this to Starmer) could reverse any ‘tax concessions’ given to the US immediately …

jaffacat.bsky.social•12 days ago

Well said. And surely I am not the only one reminded of Starmer saying the first duty of government is to protect its citizens. So.. concessions on food safety? WTF?

spanglish51.bsky.social•12 days ago

This is what I fail to understand . You don’t treat with someone you cannot trust . A liar & fantasist .

didgerman.bsky.social•12 days ago

Yep, do not engage, is the best policy I think. Look for trade elsewhere and begin the process of rejoining the EU.

hornetgx.bsky.social•12 days ago

The entire basis of tolerating our current stance on the US is underpinned on the assumption that he wouldn't.

hornetgx.bsky.social•12 days ago

If he signs a deal we would have signed with Biden/Harris... I can uneasily tolerate it. If he's told to accept something else, he either rejects it in which case we pivot rapidly and little harm done trying, or he accepts it in which case his remaining tenure will be counted in days.

willradford.bsky.social•11 days ago

Also, why the f would we accept US chicken, chlorinated or not, while they have a bird flu outbreak and a science denying drug addict running the dept. of Health and Human Services?

baggiesman.bsky.social•12 days ago

I second your view. We can no longer trust America. If we buy US aircraft, how do we know that he may stop the supply of spare parts? He is a liar and a scammer.
His ridiculous ‘signature’ on executive orders is rarely legal because Congress has the last word.

joseph-yossarian.bsky.social•11 days ago

Because Starmer is fundamentally weak and Trump will enjoy humiliating him

arj2024.bsky.social•11 days ago

Just wait until Trump sees the scale of the protests if he comes to the UK for a trip down The Mall in a golden carriage.

He'll flip out and whack us with more tariffs - that's the sort of person he is.

Bizarrely Starmer seems to think he has a "special relationship" with Trump! Weird!

profsensible.bsky.social•11 days ago

Giving big US tech a tax break while taxing the rest of us is really bad optics.

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