Heh... Here's something I never thought I'd say:
Hey Trump... Thanks for your Greenland tantrum.
That's irony, not sarcasm. Why? Because the EU was about to sign a trade deal that essentially read "we give in to your extortion". Because of the eu not giving in on his ridiculous Greenland 'request', he started muttering new tariffs. To which the eu held off actually signing anything to get lower tariffs.
... Which now turns out to be the best course of action regardless. But plenty of other countries made deals under the pretext that those tariffs were imposed by the USA. Now that those are deemed illegal, those are stuck in limbo.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/22/business/trump-tariffs-japan-indonesia.html
Sure, he threatens replacements, but iirc those are only temporary. And worse: since they're equally imposed on all countries (and lower than those semi random numbers) , there isn't leverage to follow through anymore.
I knew it was going to be a mess when people and companies would come demanding their money back (which they are), but it's a mess with those brokered deals as well. I've read opinions(within Belgium) wondering why we'd trade anything with usa in a situation like this. Not as a pipe dream but on the genuine ground that it's a crapshot on how much anything is going to cost. Sure, we still don't pay the bulk of the tariff, but why would we split anything when we can just say "that's our price... As a customer YOU deal with how much your government taxes you for it"?
And to the surprise of nobody, the republican fan club isn't sharing opinions. Can't blame them: this ruling is essentially saying that these import taxes should be gone, and vice legal reason to sue the government if you've bought something from elsewhere.
