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Von der Leyen unhappy with 25% tariffs on cars announced by Trump

c/europe · u/schizoidman@lemm.ee · 29 points

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u/Melchior@feddit.org · 7 points

Bernard: "What if the Prime Minister insists we help them?"

Humphrey: "Then we follow the four-stage strategy."

Bernard: "What's that?"

Richard: "Standard Foreign Office response, in a time of crisis. In stage one, we say nothing is going to happen."

Humphrey: "In stage two we say something may be going to happen, but we should do nothing about it."

Richard: "In stage three, we say that maybe we should do something about it, but there's nothing we can do."

Humphrey: "In stage four, we say maybe there was something we could have done, but it's too late now..."

u/piratekaiser@lemm.ee · 2 points

No no, the British are no longer in the union. Surely she will act on her dissatisfaction. Surely...

u/jlow@beehaw.org · 0 points

No shit! But chances are that he'll wake up tomorrow and say the complete opposite, so don't be too angry Ursula!