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"The United States has reached out to Denmark..."

You know, the country the United States wants to invade and forcefully take land from.

America: The dumbest rocks in the sock drawer.

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[–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 16 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

Air delivered eggs from another continent, surely they're going to be cheap. If only there were at least two neighboring countries that could be able to send them for cheaper...

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 4 points 36 minutes ago

Unfortunately they have totally unpreventable tariffs right now. I said totally unavoidable. No way to prevent it.

[–] digdilem@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 hour ago

That would increase the prices in the exporting countries. It's not as if there's such a huge surfeit that they're being destroyed.

[–] ragingdachshund@lemm.ee 40 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Citizen of the United States here. Don’t. Assume whatever this orange anal fistula offers to pay will in fact not be paid. Assume whatever agreement brokered will immediately be ignored or violated. Assume this pus filled clementine will still try to “take” Greenland.

Let this shithole 3rd world country burn. It asked for fascism in the form of egg prices, let them deal with their egg prices.

[–] pancakes@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 hours ago

As a Canadian, the US can have my eggs on the condition of the delivery method being lobbing them over the border at official government buildings.

[–] PaulBunyan@lemm.ee 11 points 5 hours ago (6 children)

Also a Yank. At this point we really do deserve the punishment. I just hope that when we get a new administration in a little less than four years the world has a shred of sympathy for us.

[–] friendlymessage@feddit.org 2 points 15 minutes ago

At the moment, you definitely do. Most of you, and not just Trump voters. Why are you guys so fucking passive? Where are the millions of people protesting on the streets? Where's the civil disobedience? The strikes? With the attitude the Americans show currently, there will be no elections in 4 years, hell, there might not even be mid-term elections in 2

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 1 points 30 minutes ago* (last edited 29 minutes ago)

Unfortunately Europe can't wait four years for the US to start taking their responsibilities on the world stage seriously again. Russia will almost certainly move within that time, so Europe is now having to build up its defenses in a way that they've never previously had to do since the 1940s. Assuming the US does come around (that is a big "if") by that point Europe will have already got used to using its own military. The US will no longer be required.

I really don't see any way that things can now go back to the way they were. Trade will, but I think the days of cooperative military action are over. If you guys get embroiled in another pointless war in the Middle East, I think you're going to have to do that on your own.

[–] PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 6 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

It will only take two years if people actually fucking vote in the midterms. But midterm turnout is historically… Well… Complete dogshit. And republicans are statistically more likely to vote in midterms.

That’s why Trump is moving so fast to try and secure things; He doesn’t truly have four years to cement himself as god-emperor. He only has two before he potentially loses his majority in congress. So he has to be crowned before then.

But even with that being said, I don’t have high hopes. As I said before, republicans are more likely to vote in midterms. Maybe Trump’s antics will be enough to get some blue voters off of their asses. But at this point, I’m not holding my breath.

[–] pzzzt@lemmy.world 2 points 49 minutes ago

They rigged the election through gerrymandering. They have had this planned for a long time. We are not playing the same game anymore.

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[–] ogeist@lemmy.world 17 points 6 hours ago

Well, well, well... if it isn't the consequences of your own actions

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 13 points 6 hours ago

as an American

1000001276

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 12 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Yah, we're going to need you to go fuck yourself.

[–] ArtVandelay@lemmy.world 8 points 5 hours ago

It's a weird feeling, being what feels like a sane person in an insane country run by insane people. Hearing people tell us to go fuck ourselves when we probably agree with everything they are saying. And really not even blaming them for feeling that way based on the absolute lunatics in charge and how they behave.

[–] RatherBeMTB@sh.itjust.works 9 points 6 hours ago

America, Fuck You Asshole!

[–] MiniMoose4Free@lemm.ee 6 points 5 hours ago

No - Bugs Bunny.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 22 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Friends! Canadians! Countries of unfamiliar spellings! Lend me your eggs!

[–] andrewta@lemmy.world 9 points 7 hours ago

But don't send me your poor people. .. Unless they are carrying eggs. Then let them come... we'll keep the eggs and send the people back.

[–] st33lb0ne@lemmy.world 31 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

This is a joke right? Something from the Onion? Why would any country help out Trump now?

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 1 points 6 hours ago

Ask Turkiye.

[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 32 points 9 hours ago

I thought the US didn’t need anything from anyone else? Isn’t that what you said?

[–] Brotha_Jaufrey@lemmy.world 43 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

"You will become part of the US."

two days later....

"Bro my egg prices are high, can you help a brotha out?"

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 42 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

I would love to see NATO countries (besides the US) band together and say:

”We will come together to support our great ally, so long as she saves herself. Upon the acceptance of President Trump's and Vice President Vance's resignation, we will provide the aid that our friend needs."

Trump could, in fact, be the hero here. He could walk away from the presidency with a win. For added measure, these countries could write lofty and wonderful articles about Trump's selflessness.

We know he won't.

Aside: I'm not saying Mike Johnson would make a good president. But let's take this one thing at a time.

[–] dzso@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago

Honestly, I love this idea. Why aren't America's former allies calling for the resignation of Trump and Vance? Let the American people know that if they want cheaper eggs, and better trade deals, they're going to have to find a way to get rid of these traitors who have seized power.

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[–] withabeard@sh.itjust.works 22 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

I'm not saying we should...

But negative tariffs on eggs coming out of the USA and ridiculous tariffs on eggs going into the USA would tickle my funny bone

[–] Wanpieserino@lemm.ee 2 points 4 hours ago

We'd be helping their industry recover from fuck ups, no thanks

OMG yes, have canada subsidize imports of american eggs. that would make me so fucking hot. I'd be out a lot of baked goods for a while, but cannot make myself care. I'll learn to bake vegan or something.

[–] ragingdachshund@lemm.ee 3 points 6 hours ago

Hear me out - apply a tariff from EU to Canada on eggs (stay with me). Apply a tariff 2X that tariff to the US on eggs imported from Canada. Something something, profit

[–] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 243 points 16 hours ago (6 children)

Do not help us. This is what we deserve.

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[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 16 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

Meanwhile, the egg department in my grocery store is absolutely full not a single carton sold.

Nobody's paying eight bucks for a carton they can rot.

Meanwhile I bought a pack of chicken breasts at 267 a pound which is the normal price.

There's no shortage of chickens, there's no shortage of eggs

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 1 points 20 minutes ago

If eggs are $8 a pack (I'm assuming that's a pack of six), then there is no way that imports would be any better even if they weren't tariffed. The average price of eggs in the UK comes out at the equivalent of around $1-3 per pack of 6, so unless you can internationally ship them for $4 or less, it's not going to make any difference.

[–] LadyAutumn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Capitalism artificially creates scarcity (or the illusion of scarcity) to generate capital.

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[–] keys42@literature.cafe 8 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

I'm not suggesting that corporations aren't inflating prices, but your chicken breasts come from birds which are slaughtered pretty young, as opposed to egg layers so there is a much larger window to be infected.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 5 points 8 hours ago

HPAI A(H5) or A(H7) virus infections can cause disease that affects multiple internal organs with mortality up to 90% to 100% in chickens, often within 48 hours.

They're not that young :)

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[–] Etterra@discuss.online 23 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

Government: Runs into crowd of friends while winging haymakers.

Friends: JFC what the hell dude!?

Government: Fuck you, now give me your house. ... ... ... Can you spot me $50 until payday?

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[–] Goretantath@lemm.ee 57 points 14 hours ago

As a true American, don't help us with eggs, it'l hurt your country in the long run. Let us suffer so we can get our heads out of our asses and purge the nazis.

[–] UpperBroccoli@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 9 hours ago

Oh, we can all egg you.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (3 children)

It sucks that this is happening.

Food staples becoming a cost-prohibitive thing, regardless of who's elected, is extraordinarily bad. I wish people could get past their reflexive need to point fingers and root for the other team to fail over this, because I'd think that wanting people to be able to eat is something we could all agree on.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 1 points 12 minutes ago

The MEGA crowd only cares about themselves, it's unfortunate that normal people have to suffer but the only way to snap them out of their brainwashed state, is to force them day, after day, after day, after day, to suffer the consequences of their own idiot decisions. That means long-term economic hardship for Americans as a direct result of Trump's actions.

Many have already lost their jobs because it turns out that they are "The Waste", and +5 Trump districts are now booing their own representatives in town halls, so maybe that realization will come sooner than later.

[–] melpomenesclevage@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

I'm not rooting for the other team to fail. I live here.

let the american trash suffer. it's the only thing americans even approach understanding. they cannot comprehend consequences in the future, cannot remember the past. only those that are happening right now. better this now than something worse later.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 13 points 8 hours ago

Unfortunately things need to get bad enough that Trump loses his base or we'll be stuck in this shit forever. Best just to bite the bullet and brace for the shitty hopefully short term until he pushes the wrong person and everything comes crashing down on him. It's the only way forward that may actually result in improvement as far as I can see.

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