Comment by riffraff
6 days ago
> Trade and tarriff relief are an option still
Are they though? Trump tried to use them to get ownership of Greenland a few weeks ago and just gave up. Then he tried to bully Canada again, and also gave up again. I think at this point nobody takes his offers of relief or threats seriously anymore, since any deal you make can be invalidated a couple weeks later.
There's a huge range of stuff way below trying to annex Greenland or the strong arming he tried to use against Greenland. This thread was talking about how the US could get countries to not block their free anti-censorship VPN not territory annexation. It's a way smaller ask, comparing them borders on absurd.
I was not clear, I am not saying telling Canada not to make a deal with China is the same as telling the UK not to limit porn.
I am saying we have seen multiple instances where countries have stopped considering Trump's deals, cause they cannot be relied on.