Hello all,
As a result of Trump’s imperialistic and confrontational foreign policy prepositions following him taking office, we have (understandably) recently seen a substantial influx of posts discussing the matter. Submissions inquiring for people’s opinions on certain aspects of his policies, calling for boycotts of American products, and more.
These have been getting repetitive but do not seem to be showing a pattern of slowing down anytime soon. As such, we see the necessity of restricting posts on these topics and are now adding posts related to Trump’s presidency to the overdone topics list. Most notably: foreign policy questions, tariffs, trade restrictions, boycott of American products/suggestions for European alternatives.
The comments under this megathread will remain open to discussion regarding these issues. Depending on further developments during Trump’s presidency, in the future we may open up a new megathread or relax the rules on this topic, depending on what will seem most appropriate.
–r/AskEurope mod team
15 comments
Does Europe need to protect it’s most important possessions like Moomin from American influence? How will it do so?
‘Imperialistic’? Oh mate.
The man is transactional. He’ll say an outrageous thing and demands, then make a deal for a lot less. Everyone needs to calm down.
Ain’t no Europeans crying over Greenland being ceded to the US (except danes). If Greenland wants to join the US or become independent then why the hell not? Denmark is in no position to control shipping lanes or provide military protection in the arctic.
I think the election of Trump is just a sympton of a wider trend. The USA is shifting its focus to the pacific and are less interested in Europe. I think we our European leaders should be more aware of this and shape our own future.
Suggestion: Instead of one megathread, have several with sub-topics (tariffs, threats to democracy/sovereignty, international treaties, etc). It’s too broad in scope for one thread I think.
Do europeans, like America’s leftists, shake their fists at Russia while extending a welcoming hand to China?
To all fellow Ukrainians, I am sorry for what he might do with foreign aid to Ukraine and the support he might pull
Restricting overdone topics (like trade for example) is understandable, but having a blanket ban on discussing anything related to Trump’s antics is a mistake. He will continue to dominate the news cycles for a long time, and it would have been interesting to hear European opinions. Hopefully you will reconsider.
Trump and his unelected stooges are openly talking about not respecting federal judges’ decisions. Which is basically Hitler in the 30s. Im not using the argumentum ad hilteriam, it is just a direct factual comparison.
Can you at least sort this thread by new per default so that people can see the latest discussion topics?
I dont agree with this. Their policies are changing so fast that even repetitive topics have something new every week. As long as the questions are not about Mango Mussolini, they should be allowed, because real people are affected by his policies.
The US has negotiated its military bases into much bigger and more powerful countries than Greenland/Denmark. In fact, the US already has a huge base in Greenland (Pituffik Space Base) which has been active since 1943. I really doubt this is going to escalate into an armed conflict.
I don’t think we have to even be in talks with fascists. We need to stand up for Democratic values even if we are all alone. Hell, if worst comes to pass I prefer being on the side of China than on the side of Trump.
Currently ICE in conjunction with assistance from other federal agencies are rounding up “immigrants” people perceived to be immigrants in most major cities and they are planning to ship them to detention centers inside and outside the US.
(https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/26/politics/chicago-immigration-trump-ice/index.html)
They have talked about expanding Guantanamo Bay as a detention Center to house 30,000 unwanted immigrants.
(https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2025/02/09/everything-to-know-about-trumps-mass-deportation-plans-dhs-head-noem-suggest-non-violent-immigrants-could-be-sent-to-guantanamo/)
This facility is only designed to house a few hundred people. They’re also talking about shipping these people to other countries. (https://apnews.com/article/colombia-immigration-deportation-flights-petro-trump-us-67870e41556c5d8791d22ec6767049fd)
Information and documentation is being scrubbed from government websites.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/upshot/trump-government-websites-missing-pages.html
The comparison to Germany in the late 30s is not a stretch.
I think most people in Europe don’t understand quite the breadth of what’s happening on the ground in the US. The amount of news coming out of the US is intentional so that things like this get swept under the rug in the torrent of executive orders and lawsuits. It’s a live fascist coup happening right now in the US.
Europe needs to do everything it can to detach itself from the US financially and technologically.
Things are going to only get worse and more complicated, information that is accessible now will no longer be accessible in the future. The US economy may crash as a result of the financial policies and the ramifications of other actions.