President Trump can pit German against France with two small actions. First, move our troops to Poland since Germany isn’t paying its NATO dues. Second, it can raise tariffs on cars. France doesn’t care about either, but Germany will care a lot.
At least Merkel’s considering lowering tariffs on US cars, or so it says here. That’s an admission of waging trade war on the USA.
America should pivot to Eastern Europe.
“Second, it can raise tariffs on cars. France doesn’t care about either, but Germany will care a lot.”
France can afford ont to care about car tariffs, since they don’t export cars here. They tried years ago with the Renault Dauphine, but it was a worthless piece of crap! But France “can point with pride” to the Citroen 2CV! Everyone here is just dying to get one of those indolent greenhouses on wheels.