Unfortunately, this will not be over in 4 years. The American people have proven that they are unreliable, cruel, and stupid.

Even if someone sane takes office in 4 years it will maybe just give us a 4 year pause until the next lunatic comes in. There can be no long term plans or cooperation with the USA.

If there’s one good thing that’ll hopefully come out of this mess, it’s less reliance on the USA and Canada being brought closer to Europe.

A nice one in my city (Cologne) is revamping some flood protections. Since I recently moved into a ground floor apartment near the Rhine, I appreciate that one a lot!

Tarrifs don’t affect Reddit or Lemmy directly. The indirect effects will come from the fact that trade wars usually cause a surge in consumers trying to avoid products and services from the unfriendly nation.

In this case, I think at least some European Redditors will be wanting to replace American social media platforms with European alternatives, and so will be looking again at Lemmy.

Good point about posting to the main channel, will do.

Edit: posted: https://feddit.org/post/7539677