President Trump has attacked the European Union for the $5 billion fine it has slapped on US tech giant Google this week.
Trump took to Twitter (surprise!) to attack the EU and praise Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) on Thursday morning:
I told you so! The European Union just slapped a Five Billion Dollar fine on one of our great companies, Google. They truly have taken advantage of the U.S., but not for long!
Trump's "I told you so!" appears to reference his accusation last Sunday that the EU is an economic "foe." It is not clear, however, from the tweet, what actions the Trump administration might take against the fine.
Phil_Britt, User Rank: Light Sabre 7/23/2018 | 2:56:39 PM
Re: Where's a Bezos fine when you need it? Many of the tweets are nothing more than bluster. He's just keeping his name out there, even when a tweet one day is the opposite of one another day (would=wouldn't?).
smartedge, User Rank: Lightning 7/19/2018 | 4:58:56 PM
EU and Google The EU folks in Brussels behave like dictators and many of their rulings are arbitrary. Typically, its a bunch of bureaucrats led by a commissioner sitting in a fancy office in Brussels who decides these fines. It is not a democratic system.
For example, if they are fining Google for bundling chrome browser with Android, how about imposing a fine on Apple for bundling the safari browser on iphones?
DanJones, User Rank: Blogger 7/19/2018 | 2:52:13 PM
Re: Where's a Bezos fine when you need it? Well what does that actually mean? They get saved for the eventual presidential library. He's not a king, these aren't some kind of royal proclamations.
iainmorris, User Rank: Blogger 7/19/2018 | 12:08:11 PM
Where's a Bezos fine when you need it? Trump would no doubt have been much happier with an Amazon fine. The EU wouldn't have seemed quite as bad then.
Funny that Trump is now describing Google as one of America's "great companies." They might be on the same page on this issue, but you cannot envisage someone like Sergey Brin, an outspoken critic of Trump's immigration policy, ever describing Trump as one of America's great presidents.
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