{"id":12853,"date":"2025-04-10T18:50:52","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T16:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/?p=12853"},"modified":"2025-04-11T16:22:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T14:22:20","slug":"varoufakis-trump-tariffs-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/latest\/varoufakis-trump-tariffs-germany\/","title":{"rendered":"Yanis Varoufakis on Trump&#8217;s tariffs, Germany&#8217;s Economy, Marine Le Pen&#8217;s ban &amp; Ukraine War"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"\/>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<p class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">We are transitioning away from YouTube. 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