Donald Trump is shameless.
He was barely minted as the brand new president when for some unfathomable cause determined to threaten Denmark over Greenland, demanding the Nordic nation promote the semi-desolate island for … causes. (Possible as a result of it inaccurately seems actually huge on a map.)
It was a part of a sample that continues to at the present time—threatening Canada’s annexation and calling its prime minister “governor,” threatening to retake the Panama Canal, threatening navy motion towards Mexico, and imposing tariffs on allies like Taiwan, Japan, and the European Union.
Now Trump all of a sudden finds himself in a bind, having promised decrease costs on Day 1, but seeing grocery costs rise even earlier than a lot of his tariffs have kicked in. And middle stage within the grocery drama are eggs, which have skyrocketed in worth … in case you may even discover them.
And it seems, telling folks to “shut up about egg prices” isn’t the very best politics.
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So he has requested Denmark and different nations for assist.
You possibly can hear them laughing from throughout the Atlantic.
Yle, Finland’s nationwide public broadcasting firm, reported that Finland (diplomatically) refused the same request. Different European nations are off the desk as a result of they don’t wash their eggs (which is why in locations like Germany and France, eggs aren’t refrigerated in grocery shops). However even when they may export to the U.S., possibly they’d give the center finger as properly.
The Netherlands, one of many few that may, had their license revoked in January. The Trump administration is attempting to reverse the licensing concern, however even then, eggs are fragile. Flying them throughout the Atlantic is just not a logistically easy matter.
You already know who might need eggs to assist out? Canada. Oops.
However Trump’s insufferably bullying habits shouldn’t result in an computerized “no” from potential egg exporters. Maybe they may take a web page from Trump’s ritual humiliation of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin, and drive Trump to indicate up, demand he apologize, interrupt his each phrase with “YOU DON’T HAVE THE CARDS!” and heap insult upon insult.
Perhaps then, and solely then, ought to these nations launch eggs into the U.S.
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