u/r_deckard — Not a replicant

Talk about clickbait ......

Article title: trump can pull the plug on *the internet* and europe can't do anything about it (my emphasis)

First line: the U.S. could unplug Europe from the digital world (not "pull the plug on the internet")

And then further down: "The fatal vulnerability is Europe’s near-total dependency on U.S. cloud providers."

So first, it's "the internet", then it's "unplug europe from the digital world", then it's "europe's dependency on US cloud providers"

So it's NOT "the internet", and it's NOT "unplug europe", it's disconnect european customers from US cloud providers.

Methinks Monseiur Pollet doesn't understand very much about the internet.

No, just "farmers". Qualified by what they raise, e.g. "Bill, a cattle farmer from Dalby" or "Harry, a wheat farmer from the Downs"

These tariffs are having some funny consequences.

1. US places tariffs on Australian beef

2. US has shortage of lean Aussie beef (for those hamburger patties, you know), so demand is still high

3. Tariffs have the effect of weakening the AUD against the USD

4. Oz beef is traded in USD

5. Oz farmers are now earning more for their beef exported to the US

much better than anyone before him within the last few hundred years

John XXIII was pretty progressive, wouldn't you think?