The United States has placed Switzerland on a list of countries with “unfair trade practices”.

  • @DaddleDew@lemmy.world
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    451 month ago

    He’s either completely senile or doing Putin’s bidding by destroying whatever is left of the US’s international credibility.

  • @ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world
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    211 month ago

    Switzerland might really be one of the few countries no one can ever take over. Even if no one else cared — they will — sending troops running up a mountain where everyone has rifle skills and hidden bunkers is definitely not a military strategy I ever heard of.

    • Random_Character_A
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      161 month ago

      …no one can fully ever take over.

      ftfy

      Reason why the country is what it is, is because quite a few have tried an kinda stuck around.

    • @barsoap@lemm.ee
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      21 month ago

      The Nazis had every secret fortification, every hidden bunker, everything mapped out, they were just leaving them for later. Probably wouldn’t have come to that Switzerland would’ve done a San Marino, which almost holds the record as the only country to ever elect and de-elect fascists, and elect and de-elect Bolsheviks. “Almost” because the fascists went AWOL upon Mussolini’s death, before they could be voted out.

    • @Wanpieserino@lemm.ee
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      71 month ago

      As Belgian I do think Switzerland is one of the best countries on the entire planet. There’s a reason why they have 30% immigrants, and it’s not because German is a fun language to learn 😁

      • @ajikeshi@lemmy.world
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        11 month ago

        German

        you do not need to learn german, switzerland has german, french and italian speaking regions

  • Hemingways_Shotgun
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    511 month ago

    Trump is all about pretenses.

    There are the “reasons” he’s making those decisions, and then there are the “pretenses” he uses when the opportunity comes around to make them.

    Swiss banks hold a lot of money from oligarchs and billionaires. Putin wants pressure put on them. But Trump has to find the “pretense” to do it so as to at least nominally not be seen as a russian asset. But what a coincidence, Lindt announces that they’re going to supply Canada directly from Europe to avoid his tariffs. And BOOM. Pretense established.

  • Ghostalmedia
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    291 month ago

    The US is so fucked. People are not going to give the bully their lunch money. They’re going to team up against the bully.

    • @TylerBourbon@lemmy.world
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      41 month ago

      Which is good, and I say that as an American. The current leadership cannot be trusted. It’s going to be a long time before we can be trusted again. If ever.