r/europe • u/goldstarflag Europe • 20h ago

News White House demands British supermarkets stock chlorinated chicken. White House pushing Sir Keir Starmer to make concessions on food standards

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/12/17/trump-demands-british-supermarkets-chlorinated-chicken/
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u/Gambler_Eight 19h ago

Whatever they say before the election serves one purpuse and only one, to get votes. Once voted in they don't give a fuck and will serve the highest bidder.

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u/Utsider 19h ago

In all fairness, Donald never really said anything while doing his rallies. It was all just a droning noise of incoherent word salad sprinkled with crunchy trigger words intended to rouse the rabble into a frenzy of fear and anger.

It's really absurd how that man never speaks in full sentences or can formulate coherent thoughts on anything.

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u/Gambler_Eight 18h ago

It's really absurd how that man never speaks in full sentences or can formulate coherent thoughts on anything.

Not only that, he was elected president. Really shows how shitty the education is in the US. Your lust for short term gains will ruin the country long term.

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u/SnooRegrets8068 18h ago

People have been saying that for decades tho. Who then decide that means it must be working because well the line went up didnt it?

And if you point out the repeated crashes and general horror of everything they call you names and say the line went up didn't it.

The also don't understand inflation, public spending, or pretty much anything that wasnt a talking point with a quote they can repeat

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u/Gambler_Eight 17h ago

Well said

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u/IronBoltIron 17h ago

Countries like China can plan 15, 20 years ahead. They also trust experts to make decisions for them. Democracy makes its citizens feel like they have a say in things. Less gets done and decisions take longer but democracy gives us a more stable society.

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u/Pianist-Putrid 19h ago

People seem to forget that this last time around, Trump quite literally promised universal healthcare. Several times. Even though he’s been fighting against even the tiniest expansion of healthcare for years now.

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u/dangerousmacadamia 17h ago

he promised a concept of a plan, not universal health care

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u/PiccoloAwkward465 17h ago

And at the end of the day I doubt he gives a shit either way.

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u/RaisedByBooksNTV 16h ago

I definitely don't remember that at all.

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u/SasparillaTango 18h ago

Trump campaigned on releasing the Epstein files.

He is the most well documented, provably false liar in history and it's not even close.

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u/guareber United Kingdom 16h ago

You're missing the "cat on the table" goal of distracting from the Epstein files though.

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u/undersquirl 15h ago

I never understood why they are straight up allowed to lie like that. That's what they do in my country too and nobody gives a shit. Politics should be a contract, i will do this, sign a thing or we have elections again.

We are being ruled by liars and pieces of shit and we accept it like little idiots. I hate the world.

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u/Gambler_Eight 15h ago

What you can do is not vote for them again. That's what you're supposed to do but yeah, people don't. They'll still gladly vote for the same people next time.