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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by etc-hosts on Friday February 28, 2025 @07:07PM (#43213736)
The US has successfully created a system that integrates the US economy with Europe, limiting Europe's choices and greatly enriching the US for decades... and then last week JD Vance in Munich yelled at everyone and claimed the EU was somehow stealing money from the US.

A++ gaslighting, great job.

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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by hnaccount_rng on Saturday March 01, 2025 @08:30AM (#43219041)
The really funny thing is: Vance is ~right that the Europeans "steal money" from the US. What I do not get is why that is a bad thing. A "trade" nowadays basically always involves one side getting something tangible that they want, be that goods or services or commodities. And the other side getting something intangible claims or money.

If I can get something inherently valuable for essentially nothing but an empty promise? That's an extremely comfortable position to be in..

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