EU Juncker threatens to promote independence of Ohio & Austin if Trump keeps supporting Brexit

[rpanic]

http://www.express.co.uk/news/polit...-break-up-US-retaliation-Trump-Brexit-support

This guy is living in his own reality. The EU and US are nothing alike, and his ilk are the ones causing the EU to break apart not the US.


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[brandonbull]

If this globalist windbag needs something to do, he should worry about keeping the EU together and not even thinking of some nonsense like breaking the US apart. Maybe he could get Calexit and then they could fill up the EU and California with all their refugees instead of demanding that the ME countries take in their fellow Muslim brothers.

 

[mikeymikec]

http://www.express.co.uk/news/polit...-break-up-US-retaliation-Trump-Brexit-support

This guy is living in his own reality. The EU and US are nothing alike, and his ilk are the ones causing the EU to break apart not the US.

It's interesting that you class Junker's comments as a threat but evidently you do not class Trump's comments regarding Brexit as a threat.

It seems to me that Junker was basically telling Trump to GTFO of European politics. It's all a bit pointless really, partly because what's done is done, partly because the world already has one too many posturing, childish leaders, and partly because what's the point in suggesting/asking/telling/ordering Trump to do anything unless you have all the cards to make someone of his colossal ego and bloody-mindedness to back down?

 

[rpanic]

I don't see his comments as a threat maybe a joke because they are so far out of any reality unlike the chance of the EU breaking up which will have nothing to do with anything the US does or who is president. His comments seem more like using Trump as a scapegoat for the EUs policy failures.

 

[mikeymikec]

I don't see his comments as a threat.

<looks at thread title, looks back at you> Keep those goalposts steady now won't you?

 

[theeedude]

Trump could break up the US, but not Junker.

 

[rpanic]

He did make a threat which is what news outlets are reporting but does not mean I take it as one or anyone else with any sanity, but if that's what you want to focus on go ahead

 

[cytg111]

Thats pretty stupid of Junker, alt reality or not. It is just feeding the misinformation proxy warfare thats going on right now. How much does Trump care about Texas or Ohio? How much does Trump care about anything not himself? Junker is threatning the wrong people here.

 

[Fern]

LOL at him naming Texas and Ohio.

I'm just curious why he chose those two. And if he was even remotely serious he's a moron.

Fern

 

[agent00f]

http://www.express.co.uk/news/polit...-break-up-US-retaliation-Trump-Brexit-support

This guy is living in his own reality. The EU and US are nothing alike, and his ilk are the ones causing the EU to break apart not the US.

If this globalist windbag needs something to do, he should worry about keeping the EU together and not even thinking of some nonsense like breaking the US apart. Maybe he could get Calexit and then they could fill up the EU and California with all their refugees instead of demanding that the ME countries take in their fellow Muslim brothers.

I totally agree that liberal coasts exiting the US might well be the best possible legacy of Trump. Preferable they can do so without dragging the red inland areas.

But for some reason conservatives who don't care for those parts anyway always fall silent when this is proposed--evidently not too dumb to realize which side their bread is actually buttered on.

 

[WelshBloke]

Just for context the Express is the Daily Mails stupider, more bitter ugly sister.

 

[Fern]

Just for context the Express is the Daily Mails stupider, more bitter ugly sister.

I see this all the time and have never understood it: We're looking at a quote - what the man himself said.

What "context"? If we're looking at an (accurate) quote, what difference does it make where it's reported? His quote doesn't change meaning based on where it's hosted.

Opinion? Yeah, that would be context. Quotes, videos and the like are what they, regardless of where they're hosted.

Fern

 

[WelshBloke]

I see this all the time and have never understood it: We're looking at a quote - what the man himself said.

What "context"? If we're looking at an (accurate) quote, what difference does it make where it's reported? His quote doesn't change meaning based on where it's hosted.

Opinion? Yeah, that would be context. Quotes, videos and the like are what they, regardless of where they're hosted.

Fern

Well it kind of hinges on this bit...

"Mr Juncker's comments did not appear to be made in jest and were delivered in a serious tone, although one journalist did report some "chuckles" in the audience and hinted the EU boss may have been joking."

Which is opinion.

His quote very much changes meaning based on how it's reported.

 

[flexy]

CONTEXT...sometimes it's helpful.

The reason for the snappy remark by Junker was the gloating Trump did when he said how "great" Brexit was and basically implied he'd hope to see other EU countries following. <--- CONTEXT

It is, from this point of view, more than fair that Junker basically told Trump to eff off and returned by replying uhm well if this is so, well then we'd hope to see TX etc. secede etc. as well. Basically," FYCK OFF TRUMP and care about your own business, not about ours". Nothing wrong with that

Seems to me that guy would need a lot more people within the US to tell him to FYCK OFF, and I mean on a frequent basis.