Spain denies USA use certain bases for their Iran aggression, so Trump threatens to cut off *all trade with Spain*https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-03/trump-threatens-to-cut-off-trade-after-spain-denies-air-base-use
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@rysiek I'm not a lawyer, much less international trade law... but I have the strong suspicion that mighty Dear Leader has missed the fact that he probably can't single out Spain when there's established free trade agreements with the European Union
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Spain denies USA use certain bases for their Iran aggression, so Trump threatens to cut off *all trade with Spain*
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-03/trump-threatens-to-cut-off-trade-after-spain-denies-air-base-useUS their trade policy is just another tool of imperialist coercion and control.
That said, I wonder if that means that Spain will lose access to all the US-based Big Tech services and tools? Because it would seem to me as if that was the case.
And if that's the case… tech sovereignty becomes even more clear of a choice for EU.
@rysiek
Either the Iranians launch the nukes: or we live long enough to see every hosting provider, municipality and laptop refurbishing firm cough out their own Mastodon/Peertube/etc. instance.
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Spain denies USA use certain bases for their Iran aggression, so Trump threatens to cut off *all trade with Spain*
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-03/trump-threatens-to-cut-off-trade-after-spain-denies-air-base-useUS their trade policy is just another tool of imperialist coercion and control.
That said, I wonder if that means that Spain will lose access to all the US-based Big Tech services and tools? Because it would seem to me as if that was the case.
And if that's the case… tech sovereignty becomes even more clear of a choice for EU.
@rysiek even worse, now we have to rename Spanish Rice to Freedom Rice
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@rysiek I'm not a lawyer, much less international trade law... but I have the strong suspicion that mighty Dear Leader has missed the fact that he probably can't single out Spain when there's established free trade agreements with the European Union
Hi @wall_e,
> established free trade agreements
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Spain denies USA use certain bases for their Iran aggression, so Trump threatens to cut off *all trade with Spain*
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-03/trump-threatens-to-cut-off-trade-after-spain-denies-air-base-useUS their trade policy is just another tool of imperialist coercion and control.
That said, I wonder if that means that Spain will lose access to all the US-based Big Tech services and tools? Because it would seem to me as if that was the case.
And if that's the case… tech sovereignty becomes even more clear of a choice for EU.
@rysiek threatening us with a good time? Yay!
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Spain denies USA use certain bases for their Iran aggression, so Trump threatens to cut off *all trade with Spain*
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-03/trump-threatens-to-cut-off-trade-after-spain-denies-air-base-useUS their trade policy is just another tool of imperialist coercion and control.
That said, I wonder if that means that Spain will lose access to all the US-based Big Tech services and tools? Because it would seem to me as if that was the case.
And if that's the case… tech sovereignty becomes even more clear of a choice for EU.
@rysiek If every country stopped trading with the U.S. for a month, maybe even a week, would it send a message?
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Spain denies USA use certain bases for their Iran aggression, so Trump threatens to cut off *all trade with Spain*
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-03/trump-threatens-to-cut-off-trade-after-spain-denies-air-base-useUS their trade policy is just another tool of imperialist coercion and control.
That said, I wonder if that means that Spain will lose access to all the US-based Big Tech services and tools? Because it would seem to me as if that was the case.
And if that's the case… tech sovereignty becomes even more clear of a choice for EU.
@rysiek can’t wait for Mark Carney to issue a statement supporting fully the US land war in Spain.
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@andymckay it's really funny how Mark Carney seems to not have received his own memo from Davos.
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Spain denies USA use certain bases for their Iran aggression, so Trump threatens to cut off *all trade with Spain*
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-03/trump-threatens-to-cut-off-trade-after-spain-denies-air-base-useUS their trade policy is just another tool of imperialist coercion and control.
That said, I wonder if that means that Spain will lose access to all the US-based Big Tech services and tools? Because it would seem to me as if that was the case.
And if that's the case… tech sovereignty becomes even more clear of a choice for EU.
@rysiek please? the sooner the world boycotts us, the better
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@andymckay it's really funny how Mark Carney seems to not have received his own memo from Davos.
I wrote to him earlier and asked him if AI wrote his speech because he definitely doesn't seem to have understood it.
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Spain denies USA use certain bases for their Iran aggression, so Trump threatens to cut off *all trade with Spain*
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-03/trump-threatens-to-cut-off-trade-after-spain-denies-air-base-useUS their trade policy is just another tool of imperialist coercion and control.
That said, I wonder if that means that Spain will lose access to all the US-based Big Tech services and tools? Because it would seem to me as if that was the case.
And if that's the case… tech sovereignty becomes even more clear of a choice for EU.
@rysiek It's always been the foreign policy of the UNITED SNAKES OF AMERICA.
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Hi @wall_e,
> established free trade agreements
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Spain denies USA use certain bases for their Iran aggression, so Trump threatens to cut off *all trade with Spain*
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-03/trump-threatens-to-cut-off-trade-after-spain-denies-air-base-useUS their trade policy is just another tool of imperialist coercion and control.
That said, I wonder if that means that Spain will lose access to all the US-based Big Tech services and tools? Because it would seem to me as if that was the case.
And if that's the case… tech sovereignty becomes even more clear of a choice for EU.
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@rysiek It's always been the foreign policy of the UNITED SNAKES OF AMERICA.
@csgraves no doubt. But now all the subtlety is gone, so it's easier to point it out to people.
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@rysiek even worse, now we have to rename Spanish Rice to Freedom Rice
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Spain denies USA use certain bases for their Iran aggression, so Trump threatens to cut off *all trade with Spain*
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-03/trump-threatens-to-cut-off-trade-after-spain-denies-air-base-useUS their trade policy is just another tool of imperialist coercion and control.
That said, I wonder if that means that Spain will lose access to all the US-based Big Tech services and tools? Because it would seem to me as if that was the case.
And if that's the case… tech sovereignty becomes even more clear of a choice for EU.
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Spain denies USA use certain bases for their Iran aggression, so Trump threatens to cut off *all trade with Spain*
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-03/trump-threatens-to-cut-off-trade-after-spain-denies-air-base-useUS their trade policy is just another tool of imperialist coercion and control.
That said, I wonder if that means that Spain will lose access to all the US-based Big Tech services and tools? Because it would seem to me as if that was the case.
And if that's the case… tech sovereignty becomes even more clear of a choice for EU.
@rysiek we received some USA nukes in 1966. We don't want more.
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Spain denies USA use certain bases for their Iran aggression, so Trump threatens to cut off *all trade with Spain*
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-03/trump-threatens-to-cut-off-trade-after-spain-denies-air-base-useUS their trade policy is just another tool of imperialist coercion and control.
That said, I wonder if that means that Spain will lose access to all the US-based Big Tech services and tools? Because it would seem to me as if that was the case.
And if that's the case… tech sovereignty becomes even more clear of a choice for EU.
@rysiek This also means healthy food and culture for Spain.
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@rysiek we received some USA nukes in 1966. We don't want more.
@rysiek besides, we don't have any problem when USA used the bases for NATO operations, but last time we back them for an illegal war it doesn't paid the price.
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@teknomagic yup. I just hope part of this will be moving faster on tech sovereignty and unplugging from US Big Tech
