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Denmark and the Netherlands criticized Trump’s demand that foreign companies with U.S. government contracts eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).

Denmark called for a coordinated EU response, labeling the move a potential trade barrier.

The Trump administration sent letters to European firms—including in France and Belgium—warning they must comply with a DEI ban or risk losing U.S. contracts.

European officials condemned the letters, defending DEI as essential to corporate responsibility. The EU Commission is reviewing the situation, while the U.S. State Department called the effort a compliance measure.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 day ago (7 children)

Every time I read news about Trump I always wonder what his end goal is. Because he sounds so much like those end users who says unreasonable things like "you need to add/fix/change this" if it is done then they always comes back for more because they didn't get the end come they wanted and then it all turns out they wanted something that was reasonable (or not) but they demand changes that won't do that.

Is his end goal really getting more jobs?

And I wonder what kind of jobs he wish to create because a lot of Americans seem to have many weird jobs already like just standing in a corner pointing in a direction or taking care of your filled form by walking 3 meters to another person with it.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 day ago

He doesn't have a goal, he acts purely on emotion. He's an overgrown child throwing a decades-long temper tantrum.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

His end goal is to become a dictator like Putin and turn us into serfs for the oligarchs while destroying the economy so his friends can buy everything up. Alternatively, he’s just doing whatever his pals tell him to do while he pisses away tax payer money in Florida.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Every time I read news about Trump I always wonder what his end goal is.

I interpret it as some combination of staying out of prison, getting richer, serving the demands of those who have blackmail on him and self aggrandization.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Every move he makes, every word he speaks falls under one of those items. Spot on!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So a desperat attempt to survive the shit he is in, while still being the hot topic by create emotional engagement? Sounds more like an influencer or a cult leader...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Cult leader is accurate.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

His end goal is to increase his wealth, status, and power as well as punishing those who dare to disagree or make him feel smaller.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Every time I read news about Trump I always wonder what his end goal is.

Be adulated. Get a nobel peace price because Obama has one (for not inexplicable but inexcusable reasons)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Nah. What he wants is bossing others around and taking revenge on people and things that bothered him, or going after things he thinks give him an advantage. That's usually by bullying people until they give up and do what he wants. His voters like DEI? Bully and force things until it's stamped out. Justice convicted him, so break justice. Consequences for jobs and the economy, or even the law, don't matter to him.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Every time I read news about Trump I always wonder what his end goal is.

Maybe he is secretly suicidal