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E.U. Prepares Major Penalties Against X

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139 points dotcoma | 2 comments | 06 Apr 25 17:47 UTC | HN request time: 0.457s | source
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grey-area ◴[06 Apr 25 18:36 UTC] No.43603771[source]▶
Interesting news given the recently announced US trade war vs the entire world, with special treatment for rivals like the EU and China.

It seems the EU have decided the most effective response to an oligarchy declaring trade war is to target the leading oligarchs with government influence. Expect more actions which enrage Trump and Musk and an escalation from both sides. This won’t end well for either side IMO.

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Detrytus ◴[06 Apr 25 19:06 UTC] No.43604044[source]▶
What influence? Musk is already being kicked out of the government.
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1. grey-area ◴[07 Apr 25 05:02 UTC] No.43607900[source]▶
Don’t believe the stories they tell, look at what they do instead.
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2. Detrytus ◴[07 Apr 25 22:55 UTC] No.43616829[source]▶
But it does make sense: both Musk and Trump are emotionally unstable morons with gigantic egos, their cooperation is doomed to fall apart the moment they have a difference of opinions on something (which just happened, with Musk criticizing tariffs on EU).