Pascal Soriot said innovation in pharmaceuticals ‘has mostly been funded by the US’

Mr. Dr. Chad here does know that Europe hasn’t invested as heavily in that sector because there was no critical need for it, right? Which now has changed.

That’s the whole point of stable economic relations like the one we had with the US until now, because there’s no point to every country producing everything as if they were alone when they can import whatever they don’t have from somewhere else.

Anyways, go and hang out with your fascist buddies if you want, as they continuously implode your whole argument of “US did more” by driving away scientists and other talent, as well as defund several critical health-related research projects.

Meanwhile, we’ll do our own thing and slowly but surely make up for lost time and misplaced trust.

Don’t let the door hit you on the way out, champ. I hear these days the US isn’t the safest place for health/pharma CEO’s tho.

Don’t do it. Seriously. They’ll take the minerals and after a few years when Russia attacks again they’ll go “peace out bro, it was good while it lasted, not really our problem since we have this big and beautiful ocean separating us, thoughts and prayers” and abandon the place.

Better do it through Europe (harder but better in the long run) and collectively secure a more lasting and strong peace by way of actual deterrence and sharing of common interests. Europe won’t ever say “we don’t need to help you since we don’t need to”.

Ukraine’s security is Europe’s security, and it understands that.

People defending extreme capitalism by way of whataboutism should realize just because there’s worse options out there that doesn’t mean we should settle with a lesser type of mediocrity instead of adopting an actually better option for society.

Especially today, when those who rose to power due to capitalism are the same ones pulling the ladder up while kicking down those trying to climb, and keeping other people from achieving success as well, which defeats the whole purpose of that system.

We can do better, and pressure is reaching a critical point, just like it did with the other bad and corrupted systems we had before.

Oh no! (Shocked Pikachu face)

So Trump was hiding the truth all along! He also has the same tattoos on himself, so this is clearly proven beyond all doubts to be an internal gang power struggle. It’s right there in the picture, just like with Mr. Garcia, and it can’t be fake because there’s no way to edit photos.

Trump should also be sent to CECOT since the truth about his MS13 membership is exposed.

US not beating the meme allegations anytime soon, it seems.

Poilievre had the chance to be what Canada needed (someone to actually defend it) and to capitalize on his pre-Trump momentum.

Instead as Trump took office and continuously shocked the world beyond expectations, Poilievre chose silence at first (which speaks volumes, while liberals took a strong refusal to Trump from the get go), and then some mild and unconvincing pushback on Trump, while still maintaining the Trump-inspired talking points and policies after Trump made them radioactive and dubious at best.

He has no one to thank for the loss but himself, and the Trump regime, for sending political red flags on a world scale. Stand too near to Trump in any way, become contaminated and see people pulling away from you in droves.

“I leave all my stuff to… uhh…” 💣💥

Despite the internal issues Canada is facing, sadly, there are worse external problems to worry about at the moment.

European here, proud of Canada for standing up to those echoing totalitarian rethoric. We all need unison, and given that even the so-called ‘freest nation on earth’ is at the precipice of fascism, no one should underestimate that possibility from happening to any other free nation if given the chance to fester.

For a safer world for all of us, Europe has your back.

Sigh. Pot call the kettle black. This isn’t reddit, nor is it a community specifically about US news, and it’s also hosted on lemmy.world, y’know, so it still doesn’t justify defaultism even if you tell that to yourself all day and night.

Try as you may, it still doesn’t erase the fact that not everyone commenting on a US post must absolutely be american, especially since these matters indirectly affect way more than the US by itself (and before you jump to conclusions, no, not by my choice or vote, yet I have to face reality others voted for as it is). That’s just hubris, and you’ll have to find a way to accept that while you can disagree with someone, you can’t take their voice away from them. Just like you’re well allowed to come here and whine about any particular sentence that you dislike, ignoring all context, just like you’re completely free to make up any justification to tell yourself you’re right.

Also doesn’t erase the fact that by your own logic you’re as cringe as me and all the people triggered for no reason and twisting my words or using my comment condemning the lack of due process in the article to derail the topic due to their own personal coping issues and lack of reading comprehension.

Cheers, and despite all I do hope you can sort out that frustration and contrarian attitude that got you riled up enough to actually come here and criticize others for doing exactly what you’re doing. Feel free to cringe-rant and double down on “making a big deal” out of what I said if your pride demands it, but know it’ll be in an echo chamber.

I’m sure Trump will call it defiance, maybe even “illegal”, in his own deranged view of his position. Imagine Europe throwing a tantrum over the NAFTA or USMCA agreements.

I however, choose to see it for what it is. Sovereign freedom of choice, and prioritization of reliable partners. It has to do with the US, and we can’t deny it, but it doesn’t have to be solely because of them.

This is something we should have worked on since always, given the UK is still part of the European continent and not America. Regardless of past disagreements, here’s to hoping this time we learn to rely on ourselves without dependency on other world powers.

Europe has been weakened decades ago and needed assistance after being ravaged, but we can stand on our own now, without being subject to the whims and votes of another culture we don’t even have say in.

This shock was needed for Europe to wake up, and Trump shouldn’t be surprised that his aggressive approach will only cost him the same allies that prioritized and put the US first, giving it the global power it had until now, contrary to his “we’re being taken for a ride” claims.