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Have you tried this Italian jamon iberico? It's delicious!
Revised definition of diplomacy: spite.
So does this means no trade with EU going both ways?
I think the trade threat isn't very effective when the population of that country hate Trump.

The reason why Trump thinks that it might be effective is that the economic consequences might be negative and that will politically harm politicians. But if Trump is hated, telling him to fuck off is politically beneficial.

I wonder if people started to lose their jobs, would that bother them?

I suppose there are also security concerns. Could he put a lot of pressure on NATO and Spain's membership which would certainly cause a lot of pain. I know Spain is far from Russia and all but he could refuse to sell them any parts and weapon systems.

Just saying, why poke a pile of shit and then get it all over you. Trump is temporary and best to just quietly wait it out, unless you want to smell like shit.

Fewer nations quietly waiting it out tells me they figure it won't be long and that everybody figures the same.
To be fair, in addition to waiting it out, I would also be careful not to be an active participant in an illegal wars and/or possible war crimes within the scope domestic laws of Spain and international law. Not to mention in history books.
> I wonder if people started to lose their jobs, would that bother them?

I'm sure losing their jobs bothers anyone, but my might is they won't assign it to Trump.

If Trump behaves badly threatens Europe and then countries don't let him use bases, who's at fault? Trump.

In fact people might lose their jobs and assign it to the chaos created by Trump. He doesn't care, of course, my point is if people don't assign it to their own politicians, then the trade thread isn't effective.

Unfortunately the ramifications of Trump are not temporary and will be shaping politics for decades.
The damage is very serious and it won't be fast or cheap to fix. But not "decades." A lot of the people doing damage are susceptible to corruption prosecution. The non-corrupt True Believers are too stupid to avoid being turned into cartoon villains.
>A lot of the people doing damage are susceptible to corruption prosecution

You mean many of the same people in the Epstein files? Yea, the system seems to be protecting itself against prosecution.

> Trump is temporary and best to just quietly wait it out, unless you want to smell like shit.

Everything is temporary in this life. All the harm that Trump could do, too. So I don't think we the Spaniards should get involved in this "Epstein Coalition" illegal wars. Remember, all Trump's threats are temporary, as you said.

> best to just quietly wait it out

That's what an abuser expects of their victims.

The disproportionate retaliation against Spain, I think, is out of fear that the US face consequences. The Trump-Epstein cabal would be quickly over if a united European Union actually put some resistance or threat that affected the bottom line of American companies: "push the petty dictator out, or we stop trade with the US"... billionaires would suddenly start funding progressive think tanks.

But I digress... It's nice to fantasize about having elected leaders finally find their balls.

Good for Spain! Trump is such a man-child!