Us Facing New Prohibition Era After Donald Trump’s Latest Rant About Alcohol

American-style champagne and wine from US vineyards – this is the new world according to Donald Trump.

Never one to shy from a trade war, the US president has threatened to slap a whooping 200% tariff on wines and other alcoholic products coming out of Europe.

This is in response to the European Union’s planned tax on whiskey from the States.

He wrote on Truth Social: ‘The European Union, one of the most hostile and abusive taxing and tariffing authorities in the World, which was formed for the sole purpose of taking advantage of the US, has just put a nasty 50% Tariff on Whisky.

‘If this Tariff is not removed immediately, the US will shortly place a 200% Tariff on all WINES, CHAMPAGNES, & ALCOHOLIC PRODUCTS COMING OUT OF FRANCE AND OTHER EE REPRESENTED COUNTRIES.

‘This will be great for the Wine and Champagne businesses in the US.’

Such tariffs would usher in a new kind of Prohibition Era – not one by law, but by sheer unaffordability.

The measures are part of a chain reaction started by Trump who unveiled blanket US tariffs on steel and aluminum from other countries.

In response, the European Commission said on Wednesday that it plans to impose counter tariffs on $28 billion worth of US goods from next month.

The EU executive said, however, that it remained open to negotiations and considered higher tariffs in no one’s interest.

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