Apparently the U.S. has reached a point where it will punish foreign officials for policy decisions in their own countries simply because those decisions clash with Silicon Valley’s preferences.
Really sad to see the US sinking deeper and deeper every day.
Trump threatened the EU to tax Spotify (and others) just this week. So it doesn’t look like Trump would be happy to help Spotify out, though in exchange for money he’ll probably change his mind.
I had a conversation with ChatGPT 5.2 about the new U.S. National Security Strategy, which came as quite a shock to me and many other Europeans. It sparked my curiosity about how Silicon Valley elites view and influence this direction, so I did some chatting and thought it would be interesting to share.