Posted on 08/03/2025 2:09:16 PM PDT by LibertyFound
When President Trump announced the terms of the pending US-EU trade deal, the world was shocked.
Not only is it the biggest trade deal in history—it unequivocally puts America first.
In fact, when asked what concessions America gave, EU President Ursula Von Der Leyen could not come up with a single item.
Europeans went ballistic. They described this as the death-knell for the EU. Europe has been described as a collection of American vassal states (which is fundamentally accurate).
Even America’s liberals went nuts—the deal was too good for America. They argued that it would undermine America’s political relationship with Europe. We need to deal fairly with our allies to promote mutual prosperity.
Too good?
How can a trade deal be too good? The point of negotiating is to get the best possible deal that you can. If you have leverage, you apply it—ruthlessly. President Trump has a fiduciary obligation to uphold the American people’s best interests.
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Americans have been underwriting their health care and military costs since the end of WW II.
The ONLY reason that Europe buckled to everything Trump’s people could think of was to keep Trump tied up in Ukraine.
Who knows if it will work, but it makes sense given how psycho the leaders are in Europe at this point.
“The ONLY reason that Europe buckled to everything Trump’s people could think of was to keep Trump tied up in Ukraine.”
Another reason is because Europe will continue to make money trading with the United States; not as much as before but enough to make it compelling.
If Europe could cut a deal to replace U.S. trade with Cuba trade and make more money they would; but they can’t.
Not only is it the biggest trade deal in history—it unequivocally puts America first.
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Not when it further entangles the US in the Ukie war. A deal was made so, so easily , why? Throw in Trump’s 180 turn on dealing with Ukraine, he made a deal with the devil ( EU) to turn pro- Ukrainian war.
Correct.
Von Der Leyen sounds quite positive on the bill:
“Today’s deal creates certainty in uncertain times. It delivers stability and predictability, for citizens
and businesses on both sides of the Atlantic.”
“Today with this deal, we are creating more predictability for our businesses. In these turbulent times,
this is necessary for our companies to be able to plan and invest. We are ensuring immediate tariff
relief. This will have a clear impact on the bottom lines of our companies. And with this deal, we are
securing access to our largest export market. At the same time, we will give better access for
American products in our market. This will benefit European consumers and make our businesses
more competitive. This deal provides a framework from which we will further reduce tariffs on more
products, address non-tariff barriers, and cooperate on economic security. Because when the EU and
US work together as partners, the benefits are tangible on both sides.”
“Not when it further entangles the US in the Ukie war”
Is this an assumption or are there public statements from Trump and Von Der Leyen about such an agreement and has an agreement published?
Thanks.
Trump’s masterful trade negotiations with Japan and now the EU will ring unprecedented new investment in the US. The doomsday predictions of trade wars, higher prices for imported goods and recession made by Democrats and their media lackeys are again proven wrong. American is on the verge of an economic Renaissance.
Ah, hello. Europe still has tariffs on US good so they did get something.
Well, Good Indeed.
The Liberal Left Liars are due to see reality.
Renaissance
Bump
What everyone is missing is that in the immediate aftermath of World War II, in order to avoid a communist takeover of Europe, the United States not only helped Europe rebuild with $12 billion of aid via the Marshall plan, but we also allowed the Europeans to put tariffs on American goods that allowed the Europeans to get their industries off the ground (literally, since most of them had been bombed into rubble). At that point in time, the United States had about 50% of the world’s GDP, because the war had been so widespread, long and severe that most of the economic resources the rest of the world had been destroyed. The plan was to remove or abate those tariffs once other nations got back on their feet, but our politicians were so stupid that they failed to press the Europeans to do so. As a result, our own manufacturing base has been largely hollowed out, and later trade agreements with other countries, most specifically China, further accelerated that process. All that Trump has been doing is restoring some normalcy to the global tariff system. Of course other countries don’t like it, it’s going to cost them money. The only problem is that this should’ve happened 50 years ago, not now. Again, our own politicians were either too stupid or were on the take from foreign manufacturers, so they never addressed this problem. Trump is neither stupid nor on the take, so the problem is getting addressed..
Exactly! Well stated.
“Adjusted, we are spending as much taxpayers’ money today as during WWII.”
—Jesse Kelly (radio).
And yet, the 1950s was a time of prosperity and a high standard of living in the U.S., all while other world economies were devastated and we were bearing the burden of rebuilding many of them. So tell me…why exactly is global trade so important? The United States has the population and resources to be an independent self-contained economy. A properly-aligned U.S. economy, with robust manufacturing and utilization of native resources, should be strong and self-sustaining whether or not any other countries existed at all.
Surrender monkeys surrender! Bad Trump! Bad!/sarc
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