Ruler Of The World

[Voluntarist]

I'm pretty sure he actually believes it

Stockholm, Sweden Reacts to Trump's DEI Ultimatum

An official in Sweden has condemned a U.S. demand that his city apply the Trump administration's rollback of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies for contractors dealing with the American embassy.

Jan Valeskog, Stockholm's planning vice mayor, described as "bizarre" a letter by the U.S. Embassy in Sweden calling for the capital city's authorities to formally agree to cease diversity initiatives.

Valeskog told Newsweek on Wednesday that he expected the U.S. Embassy to withdraw the demand but that the city's good relationship with the mission would continue.
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The U.S. embassy had given Stockholm's planning office 10 working days to sign a contract stating it would comply with U.S. federal antidiscrimination laws and not operate any DEI programs that violate them, according to Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter.

The letter, which was started with "dear city planning office," explained how everyone the U.S. government purchases goods and services from must sign the contract, the paper said.

Valeskog told the newspaper that it would refuse such a move which was "the opposite of what we stand for," as he called for the U.S. to withdraw the demand.

He said it the U.S. embassy that benefits from the City of Stockholm, not the other way around. If the U.S. ended ties with the city's planning office, the embassy would have difficulty getting a permit for construction. "It's their headache, not ours," Valeskog, added according to a translation.

 

[PAF]

Why is the president/government dictating what a contractor/company can or cannot do, here or in another country? Is that not a Public-Private Partnership, of which I don't believe should exist?

It should be up to the contractor/company whether it permits DEI or NOT - not a government executive order.

Am I missing something here?

 

[TheTexan]

Why is the president/government dictating what a contractor/company can or cannot do, here or in another country? Is that not a Public-Private Partnership, of which I don't believe should exist?

It should be up to the contractor/company whether it permits DEI or NOT - not a government executive order.

Am I missing something here?

Trump can choose who the US does business with, and if he doesn't want his embassy to do business with contractors who have DEI policies... that's his prerogative.

 

[PAF]

Trump can choose who the US does business with, and if he doesn't want his embassy to do business with contractors who have DEI policies... that's his prerogative.

2 can play at that game:

[disclaimer: I do not support or endorse DEI]

Valeskog told the newspaper that it would refuse such a move which was "the opposite of what we stand for," as he called for the U.S. to withdraw the demand.

He said it is the U.S. embassy that benefits from the City of Stockholm, not the other way around. If the U.S. ended ties with the city's planning office, the embassy would have difficulty getting a permit for construction. "It's their headache, not ours," Valeskog added according to a translation.

If Trump wants that work done, he should leave it up to the contractor and the city to work it out without interference. It would be more efficient, and Trump would have his embassy built. Even if there might be a screw loose lol.

 

[TheTexan]

2 can play at that game:

[disclaimer: I do not support or endorse DEI]



If Trump wants that work done, he should leave it up to the contractor and the city to work it out without interference. It would be more efficient, and Trump would have his embassy built. Even if there might be a screw loose lol.

Well if he can't find suitable contractors that means the embassy doesn't get built and noone gets paid.

Isn't that what we want?

 

[PAF]

Well if he can't find suitable contractors that means the embassy doesn't get built and noone gets paid.

Isn't that what we want?

I was just saying. It is RPF, after all

 

[CCTelander]

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Hate to contradict my buds on this but, unless Trump is threatening military force or using some other form of actual coercion, all he's really doing here is negotiating the terms of a contract.

Does it show his outrageous ego and out-of-control narcism? Absolutely.

But at the end of the day, the Swedes are perfectly free to tell him to piss up a rope, which apparently they have.

And honestly, I can see it as reasonable to not want to have your building built by DEI hires.