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graemep 37 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Android Developer Verification: Threat masqueradin...

Trump can close down a lot of the British NHS by telling AWS to stop supplying it. Everyone apart from a few countries (China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, etc.) is dependent on the US.

spacebanana7 37 days ago [–]

Yes but that’s a blunt instrument, which would risk reaction. However putting an individual on a sanctions list is routine and easy.

And a president could always just call up the CEOs and ask for their least favourite Norwegian to be cancelled without any paperwork.

graemep 37 days ago | [–]

As happened to ICC judges and prosecutors.

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