Trump threatens 200% tariff on E.U. booze over tax on U.S. whiskey
The new tariffs would add to a growing list of taxes levied by the U.S. against trading partners as part of a growing trade war between once-close allies.
"One billion percent tariffs!" - DJT next week
Oh no, a 200% tariff that he'll recall 48 hours later? How scary! Anything but that!
Less Scotch whisky going to American and less American whiskey coming over here? I'm struggling to see a downside.
Nice to see whisky and whiskey both used correctly. One of the wildest spelling rules I know of…
As a Canadian I’ll pick up the slack and buy more of your EU whiskey.
I like Irish — Jameson was my first whiskey and Red Breast is a favourite of mine. If Jameson brings back Crested I will purchase an entire case in day 1, I loved that one.
Currently I’ve got tons of Scotch — a few bottles of Oban, a couple Lagavulins, Bowmore 15, the Balvenie, Laphroig Lore, Edradour, Tomintoul, Cutty Sark, Glen Scotia…
I buy Macallan too but my shelf has too much on it to stock up right now.
Who even likes American whiskey? So many better options...
The only thing american whisky has going on for it is that it's the cheapest. I guess that won't be tha case with the tariff, so I don't know why would anyone buy it.
Yeah, for the rest of us outside the US, the price of that good Euro shit should go down.
If you find yourself in a hole remember it's a great hole.
~Donald Trump
Stop playing around dude, just put 1000% on everything from everyone and go play golf. Surely that won't burn everything to the ground and cause him to get dragged into the street by an angry mob...
Can’t form mobs if everyone sits indoors
Why stop there. Just put a million, billion, infinity +1 tariff and watch trump say infinity +2!
The guy is doing this as micro aggression than anything, I don't see an economical strategy here just a stupid message from him
Lmao, taxes/tariffs or not; everyone's boycotting your shit anyway. Fuck you America!
I just want to point out Trump does not equal America. But, unfortunately, we kinda suck in other ways and have been fucking over other parts of the world for a while, so... 🤷
The American people voted that into office, either directly or by not bothering to vote against it.
America collectively chose this.
I feel for those that actually wanted different, but until you can get through to your friends, family, and neighbours to fix this mess; America is going to be judged by the actions of the representatives they voted for.
I'm ... kinda ok with this particular, but my father was an abusive alcoholic. Although, his vice of choice was vodka which probably doesn't apply.
But fuck Trump tarrifs still, I just want a heavy booze tax, not some stupid man baby hissy fit with the rest of the world.
The problem with that is people, especially alcoholics, are still going to drink. If its prohibitively expensive, they'll turn to bootleg liquor which is probably contaminated.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/istanbul-tainted-alcohol-people-dead/
Yup, I know. Actually, when they did this with cigarettes they did see it go down a little with adults but the main thing was that it helped reduce youth smoking. Teens have a tighter budget for these things.
But the bootlegging is unique to booze, so yeah.
What about mouthwash? What about huffing paint?
But non-alcoholics might start looking to thc instead. This could hit booze corporations with a double whammy of a hard hit to their bottom line while forcing a lot of their customers to seek alternative adulterants.
It's abundantly clear by the state of our nation that we need to drink a whole lot less alcohol and smoke a whole lot more weed.
One amplifies hatred, the other dispels it. Blow Marijuana in a Republican's face, it's your civic duty.
What an absolute fucking man-child.
I see Jameson's, I upvote.
Noooooooooooooooooooooo
