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Prairie Gates

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5. This is the sort of shit that Trumpies consider a phantom tariff

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sun Apr 13, 2025, 02:18 PM

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The EU won't allow the absolute garbage we eat in the US to be imported as food into the EU.

"It's a trade barrier! It's a tariff!"

No it's fucking not. Change the way you make your garbage food, US. Not everybody wants to eat trash and sugar all day.

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