Trump’s policy prompted Europeans to organize boycott campaigns for the United States

The French newspaper “Le Monde” reported that tens of thousands of people have joined groups on the Facebook platform in Sweden and Denmark, calling for boycotting American products and services, at a time when the Norwegian “Hallabak Bonkers” company announced that it will stop providing US military ships with fuel.

The newspaper pointed out in a report to its correspondent Ann Francois Heifert, that these invitations come as a reaction to the policies of the US administration led by President Donald Trump, as the participants hope to influence the American markets to support Ukraine politically and economically in its struggle with Russia.

In this context, the president of the Hallabak Bonkers, Gonar Gran, defended his company’s decision to stop providing US military ships with fuel, describing him as a “moral decision.”

He pointed out that his company has stopped supplying Russian ships with fuel since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, stressing that “the United States is excluded today because of its behavior towards the Ukrainians.” “One liter of fuel will not be delivered to US military ships until Trump leaves power,” Gran added.

For his part, Norwegian Defense Minister Tori Sandfik responded to the company’s decision, saying that it “does not comply with the government’s policy,” stressing that “the American forces will continue to receive the supplies and support they need from Norway.”

Although this appears to be extreme, it is only one of several similar ads in northern Europe, where the movement calling for boycotting American brands is gaining momentum in recent weeks, although it is difficult to assess the impact of these procedures so far.

In this context, the “United States Province” group was established in Denmark on the third of last February, while more than 32,000 people joined a similar group in Sweden by last Monday.

The group’s organizers said that it was “born of frustration” from a world “has become more mysterious, and has not been predicted since last January,” the date of Trump’s inauguration.

A number of participants in these campaigns published the business they did, as one of them said: “I have stopped buying food products from American companies, such as Heinz and Alagis and Snakers. I also changed my search engine from Google to Ikosia, and I canceled my subscription in Netflix.

Another post said: “I will review my financial investments,” while others have expressed their remorse for the use of Facebook as a coordination platform.

For his part, Hobby Andersen, a member of the group, said that the boycott is a solid practice in Sweden, recalling the measures taken against French products in the early 1990s. In protest against nuclear tests in the Pacific. Andersen added: “The purchase of American products today is equivalent to supporting Russia’s attempts to crush its European brother.”

In turn, Jacob Zolinski, a Swedish dentist, expressed his hope that this province will contribute to pushing the American stock market to red. He said: “By boycotting American products, we can put some papers in the hands of Ukrainian President Folodimir Zellinski,” adding: “Then Trump will realize that dealing with Russian President Vladimir Putin does not deserve all this.”

Despite the difficulty of measuring the impact of such initiatives, the “Sling” group, a leader in the distribution of foodstuffs in Denmark, responded, as it changed the stickers in its major stores, and put a black star along with the price of European products, leaving customers the choice between local products and those imported from all over the world, according to the state director statements. (Arabi 21)