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2026-07-27 10:55 UTC

None of the governments that caved to Trump got anything in return. As I've written: > Give Trump everything he asks for and he'll demand more. Deny Trump anything and he'll demand more. Sign a contract with Trump and he'll break it. Send Trump an invoice and he'll stiff you. For Trump, "the art of the deal" can be summed up in one word: *renege*. https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/22/table-flipper/#graveyard-of-indispensable-nations 8/

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@pluralistic@mamot.fr 2026-07-27 10:55

Case in point: after the EU surrendered to Trump on AI regulation, Trump announced that a on ban EU officials who had worked on the Digital Services Act from traveling to the USA: https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2025/12/announcement-of-actions-to-combat-the-global-censorship-industrial-complex/ Then, after the EU made *more* concessions to Trump, he announced a ban on even *more* EU officials: https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-trump-administration-targets-europe-s-content-moderation-laws Trump ordered his tech giants to dig through EU officials' private correspondence so he can figure out who to ban next: https://www.politico.eu/article/us-congress-judiciary-committee-big-tech-private-communication-eu-officials/ 9/

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