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  1. It’s not exclusive to Switzerland- we see a ton of this from CEOs and other country leaders. They all equally make our blood boil when we see blatant corruption. That said, a lot of people also understand that they are literally just giving a lollipop to a child to stop him from being fussy.

  2. Yes but we won. Our exports are much more valuable than one rolex shitter. If we respected him we would have at least paid for a Patek or Richard Mille.

  3. SlipGroundbreaking98 on

    This is true. Every aspect of our life is Pay to Play, or subscription based. “You’ll own nothing and be happy” Here we are.

  4. Swiss companies are experts in benefiting from corruption abroad. We make a ton of money from it. Last year [a study showed](https://www.watson.ch/fr/suisse/entreprise/398126521-la-suisse-gagne-des-centaines-de-millions-grace-a-la-corruption) that one third of Swiss companies pay bribes abroad to get contracts. This knowledge came handy to deal with Trump I guess. [Here is one recent exemple](https://www.lfm.ch/actualite/suisse/romandie/vaud/lausanne/lentreprise-vaudoise-sicpa-condamnee-pour-corruption/) from a Lausanne based company, SICPA.

  5. I mean, if it’s the only way to be treated “normally” I don’t see a problem. The problem is trump accepting such gifts, not the foreign leaders giving them to him.
    The whole world understood the trick and behaves accordingly 

  6. This is how Catholic church worked. Works. This is how Protestants came to be. (To collect their own..)

  7. Point_Aggravating on

    Correction : it’s how one dude sees our gifts to Trump. Most Americans are too dumb to care.

  8. I don’t think Americans are necessarily upset at Switzerland, it’s just playing the game. They are just upset that this is the game being chosen

  9. Swiss here. You’re right, it’s disgusting. But tell me, if you were Switzerland how would you try to get better conditions with that lunatic?
    The problem didn’t start with us or all the other countries your horrible president punished with uncalled for tariffs, but with him! He hurts every nation, he damages America tremendously. The only one profiteering is him!🤔🇨🇭

  10. Did no one see the conditions along with the tariff reductions? They are terrible. Among them, we are now forced to facilitate their GMOs meat fed with antibiotics into our shops and to those who do not pay enough attention, probably on their plate.