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Trump/Davos/Switzerland tariffs:

“…So I said, let’s put a 30 percent tariff on them so that we get back some of it, not all of it at all. We still have a deficit, big deficit, 40, 41 million. That’s a big deficit. And I said, let’s put a tariff on. Different tariffs, different places, you’re all party to some cases, victims to them. But in the end, it’s a fair thing. And most of you realize that.

But we put a 30 percent tariff on Switzerland and all hell broke loose. They were calling. I mean, like you wouldn’t believe. And I know so many people from Switzerland. Incredible place. Incredible, brilliant place.

But I didn’t realize that they’re only good because of us. And there’s so many other examples. I mean, us, probably other places, but a majority of the money they make is because of us, because we never charged them anything. So they come in, they sell their watches, no tariffs, no nothing. They walk away. They make $41 billion on just us. So I said, no, we can’t do that. So I’m going to bring it up. I still would have a deficit, pretty substantial, but I brought it up to 30 percent.

The prime minister, I don’t think president, I think prime minister called, a woman, and she was very repetitive. She said, “No, no, no, you cannot do that. 30 percent. You cannot do that. We are a small, small country.” I said, “Yeah, but you have a big, big deficit. You may be small, but you have a bigger deficit than big countries.” She said, “No, no, no, please. You cannot do it.” Kept saying the same thing over and over. “We are a small country.” I said, “But you’re a big country in terms of…” And she just rubbed me the wrong way, I’ll be honest with you. And I said, “All right, thank you, ma’am. Appreciate it. Do not do this. Thank you very much, ma’am.” And I made it 39 percent.

And then all hell really broke out. And I was paid visits by everybody. Rolex came to see me. They all came to see me. But I realized, and I reduced it. Because I don’t want to hurt people. I don’t want to hurt them. And we brought it down to a lower level. Doesn’t mean it’s not going up, but we brought it down to a lower level. But they pay now, the tariff….”
 
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nycfan said:
Trump/Davos/Switzerland tariffs:

“…So I said, let’s put a 30 percent tariff on them so that we get back some of it, not all of it at all. We still have a deficit, big deficit, 40, 41 million. That’s a big deficit. And I said, let’s put a tariff on. Different tariffs, different places, you’re all party to some cases, victims to them. But in the end, it’s a fair thing. And most of you realize that.

But we put a 30 percent tariff on Switzerland and all hell broke loose. They were calling. I mean, like you wouldn’t believe. And I know so many people from Switzerland. Incredible place. Incredible, brilliant place.

But I didn’t realize that they’re only good because of us. And there’s so many other examples. I mean, us, probably other places, but a majority of the money they make is because of us, because we never charged them anything. So they come in, they sell their watches, no tariffs, no nothing. They walk away. They make $41 billion on just us. So I said, no, we can’t do that. So I’m going to bring it up. I still would have a deficit, pretty substantial, but I brought it up to 30 percent.

The prime minister, I don’t think president, I think prime minister called, a woman, and she was very repetitive. She said, “No, no, no, you cannot do that. 30 percent. You cannot do that. We are a small, small country.” I said, “Yeah, but you have a big, big deficit. You may be small, but you have a bigger deficit than big countries.” She said, “No, no, no, please. You cannot do it.” Kept saying the same thing over and over. “We are a small country.” I said, “But you’re a big country in terms of…” And she just rubbed me the wrong way, I’ll be honest with you. And I said, “All right, thank you, ma’am. Appreciate it. Do not do this. Thank you very much, ma’am.” And I made it 39 percent.

And then all hell really broke out. And I was paid visits by everybody. Rolex came to see me. They all came to see me. But I realized, and I reduced it. Because I don’t want to hurt people. I don’t want to hurt them. And we brought it down to a lower level. Doesn’t mean it’s not going up, but we brought it down to a lower level. But they pay now, the tariff….”
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“… But I realize that we have many places like that where they’re making a fortune because of the United States. Without the United States, they wouldn’t be making anything.

Think of it. Switzerland made $41 billion on us. And as she said, it’s a small place. And I realized with that, I don’t know, I was so, because she was so aggressive.

And I realized in that conversation that the United States is keeping the whole world afloat.

Many places, I could give you six, seven places just in the people in this little area. I know every one of them. They’re sort of, they’re looking down. They don’t want to see me and they don’t want to stare me in the eyes. But they’re taking advantage of, everybody took advantage of the United States. But I’ve been very fair and I gave them a tariff and it was fine.

But I realized that without us, it’s not Switzerland anymore. Without us, it’s not any of the countries that are represented here.

And we want to work with the countries. We want to work with them. We’re not looking to destroy them. I could have said 39%, 40%. I could have said I want a 70% tariff, then we make money with Switzerland. But Switzerland would have been probably destroyed, financially destroyed. I don’t want to do that.…”
 
Next Fed Chair:

[he said earlier in speech he has picked the next Fed Chair but doesn’t want to announce him in Davos]

“… But we should be paying the lowest interest rate of everybody. I hope Scott’s listening to this because we should be paying the lowest interest rate of everybody.

Without us, without us, most of the countries don’t even work. And then you have the protection factor. Without our military, which is the greatest in the world by far, without our military, you have threats that you would never, you wouldn’t believe. You wouldn’t believe. You don’t have threats because of us. And that’s because of NATO.…”
 
Trump/Davos/Macron/Drug Prices:

“… But I actually started with Emmanuel, who probably is in the room too. And I like him. I actually like him. Hard to believe, isn’t it? And I said, Emmanuel, you’re going to have to lift the price of that pill to $20, maybe $30. Think of that. That means it’s a doubling, a doubling of prescription drugs. Might be a tripling. Might be a quadrupling. It’s not easy.

No, no, no, Donald, I will not do that. I said, yes, you will, 100 percent. He said, no, no, no. You’re asking me to double. I said, Emmanuel, you’ve been taking advantage of the United States for 30 years with prescription drugs. You really should do it. And you will do it. I said, Emmanuel, I have no doubt. In fact, I am 100 percent sure you’re going to. No, no, no. I will not do it.

Because, yes, in all fairness to him, he has to double or triple. Because the world being a bigger place than the United States, it’s not that you meet in the middle. You just have to go up some. And we come down a lot. They go up a little. We come down a lot. So we’re at $130. They’re at $10. So they may have to go to $20 or $30. No more than that.

I said, Emmanuel, are you going to be doubling or tripling? No, no, no. I said, here’s the story, Emmanuel. The answer is you’re going to do it. You’re going to do it fast. And if you don’t, I’m putting a 25 percent tariff on everything that you sell into the United States and a 100 percent tariff on your wines and champagnes. And that’s about 10 times more than what I’m requesting. And you’re going to do it.

I don’t want to go public with it, but you may make me do that. No, no, Donald, I will do it. I will do it.

It took me, on average, three minutes a country saying the same thing. You will do it. They all said, no, no, no. I will not do it. You’re asking me to double the cost of prescription.

I said, that’s right, because you’ve been screwing us for 30 years.

And they said, we will not do it.

I said, that’s all right. On Monday morning, we’re putting a 25, 30, 50, I gave different numbers to different countries. This is also national security we’re talking about. Not fair. We’re not going to subsidize the whole world. And every one of those countries have agreed to do it.

So one of the biggest things that I’ve done is the fact that we have now most favored nation. We will pay whatever the lowest price is in the entire world. So our drug prices are going to be coming down by a staggering 90 percent. Again, you could say 1,000 percent, 2,000 percent, depends on the way you want to figure it. But we’ll go with the way the fake news likes it better, because it sounds just as good. You mentioned a 90% reduction sounds much worse.

But drug prices are going to be coming down tremendously in all the nations, and I appreciate them doing it. But they did it in all fairness.…”
 
nycfan said:
Trump/Davos/Macron/Drug Prices:

“… But I actually started with Emmanuel, who probably is in the room too. And I like him. I actually like him. Hard to believe, isn’t it? And I said, Emmanuel, you’re going to have to lift the price of that pill to $20, maybe $30. Think of that. That means it’s a doubling, a doubling of prescription drugs. Might be a tripling. Might be a quadrupling. It’s not easy.

No, no, no, Donald, I will not do that. I said, yes, you will, 100 percent. He said, no, no, no. You’re asking me to double. I said, Emmanuel, you’ve been taking advantage of the United States for 30 years with prescription drugs. You really should do it. And you will do it. I said, Emmanuel, I have no doubt. In fact, I am 100 percent sure you’re going to. No, no, no. I will not do it.

Because, yes, in all fairness to him, he has to double or triple. Because the world being a bigger place than the United States, it’s not that you meet in the middle. You just have to go up some. And we come down a lot. They go up a little. We come down a lot. So we’re at $130. They’re at $10. So they may have to go to $20 or $30. No more than that.

I said, Emmanuel, are you going to be doubling or tripling? No, no, no. I said, here’s the story, Emmanuel. The answer is you’re going to do it. You’re going to do it fast. And if you don’t, I’m putting a 25 percent tariff on everything that you sell into the United States and a 100 percent tariff on your wines and champagnes. And that’s about 10 times more than what I’m requesting. And you’re going to do it.

I don’t want to go public with it, but you may make me do that. No, no, Donald, I will do it. I will do it.

It took me, on average, three minutes a country saying the same thing. You will do it. They all said, no, no, no. I will not do it. You’re asking me to double the cost of prescription.

I said, that’s right, because you’ve been screwing us for 30 years.

And they said, we will not do it.

I said, that’s all right. On Monday morning, we’re putting a 25, 30, 50, I gave different numbers to different countries. This is also national security we’re talking about. Not fair. We’re not going to subsidize the whole world. And every one of those countries have agreed to do it.

So one of the biggest things that I’ve done is the fact that we have now most favored nation. We will pay whatever the lowest price is in the entire world. So our drug prices are going to be coming down by a staggering 90 percent. Again, you could say 1,000 percent, 2,000 percent, depends on the way you want to figure it. But we’ll go with the way the fake news likes it better, because it sounds just as good. You mentioned a 90% reduction sounds much worse.

But drug prices are going to be coming down tremendously in all the nations, and I appreciate them doing it. But they did it in all fairness.…”
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“screwing us” bit is at very end of that video. You sort of have to hear the gusto (especially compared to the overall low energy rambling).
 
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Davos live: Denmark welcomes Trump ruling out force to take Greenland but cautions ‘challenge is still there’

Rolling coverage of the World Economic Forum in Davos, where the US president delivered a speech to world leaders
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Earlier, we reported that Donald Trump appeared to confuse Greenland with Iceland during his speech in Davos, and – despite what we all heard – the White House is now steadfastly denying that there was a mix-up at all.

To elaborate on our earlier post, in one of several such mix-ups, Trump said:

They’re [Nato] not there for us on Iceland, that I can tell you, I mean our stock market took the first dip yesterday because of Iceland, so Iceland’s already cost us a lot of money.
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Despite this fact, in response to a journalist highlighting Trump’s mix-ups on X, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt hit back with this denial:

No he didn’t, Libby. His written remarks referred to Greenland as a ‘piece of ice’ because that’s what it is. You’re the only one mixing anything up here.
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Leavitt included a screenshot of a search for Greenland featuring a picture of a block of ice in the sea in front of some land.
 
altmin said:
www.theguardian.com

Davos live: Denmark welcomes Trump ruling out force to take Greenland but cautions ‘challenge is still there’

Rolling coverage of the World Economic Forum in Davos, where the US president delivered a speech to world leaders
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com

Earlier, we reported that Donald Trump appeared to confuse Greenland with Iceland during his speech in Davos, and – despite what we all heard – the White House is now steadfastly denying that there was a mix-up at all.

To elaborate on our earlier post, in one of several such mix-ups, Trump said:


Despite this fact, in response to a journalist highlighting Trump’s mix-ups on X, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt hit back with this denial:


Leavitt included a screenshot of a search for Greenland featuring a picture of a block of ice in the sea in front of some land.
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altmin said:
www.theguardian.com

Davos live: Denmark welcomes Trump ruling out force to take Greenland but cautions ‘challenge is still there’

Rolling coverage of the World Economic Forum in Davos, where the US president delivered a speech to world leaders
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com

Earlier, we reported that Donald Trump appeared to confuse Greenland with Iceland during his speech in Davos, and – despite what we all heard – the White House is now steadfastly denying that there was a mix-up at all.

To elaborate on our earlier post, in one of several such mix-ups, Trump said:


Despite this fact, in response to a journalist highlighting Trump’s mix-ups on X, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt hit back with this denial:


Leavitt included a screenshot of a search for Greenland featuring a picture of a block of ice in the sea in front of some land.
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To be fair, Trump may not know there’s already a country called Iceland.
 


“… Our relationship was severely interrupted by Covid, I used to call it the China virus but he said, "do you think you could use a different name?"

And I decided to do that.“
 
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