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delisen

(7,259 posts)
5. It is the New Europe Art of the No Deal
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 03:35 PM
Thursday

Europe ha spent the last 80 years learning how to work with each other. They have almost a century of learning how to cooperate for mutual benefit.

Trump’s billionaires and the MAGA types. Theirs is a world of free rides, exploitation , and self-deception. They thought they had all the cards.

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I'm sure we'll see it pfitz59 Thursday #1
There is no deal.............. Lovie777 Thursday #2
And there is no deal without Congress C_U_L8R Thursday #4
There is no deal without Greenland and Denmark and they have no idea what this deal is Bev54 Thursday #8
Of course there is a deal Boo1 Thursday #14
True! Bev54 Thursday #15
Yeah, but I bet peaceofshit wants his effin name on it... Justice matters. Yesterday #19
Rutte said "Do what you gotta do, and so will we" Prairie Gates Thursday #3
It is the New Europe Art of the No Deal delisen Thursday #5
so they have a concept of a framework for a deal Eugene Thursday #6
There is no deal. Ray Bruns Thursday #12
"No written document memorializes the future deal..." kbowman Thursday #7
Trump doesn't hold the cards. The EU holds US Treasuries. thought crime Thursday #9
the orange asshole got pwn'd and he tried his best, which isn't much, to save his orange mug Javaman Thursday #10
How is the Sec Gen of NATO making "deals" for Denmark/Greenland? maxsolomon Thursday #11
You know that. I know that. But... Shipwack Thursday #13
Yes, there is a document AverageOldGuy Thursday #16
Yes, but uglysmelly peaceofshit wants to OWN it, so... Justice matters. Yesterday #20
Everything with Julius Seizure is a "verbal agreement." Hassler Yesterday #17
As I said in an earlier post Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Yesterday #18
A verbal deal ain't worth BidenRocks Yesterday #21
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