The EU’s humiliating “deal” with Trump was a dictated surrender. As top trade official Sabine Weyand admits, the US imposed terms under what amounted to a protection racket: with a land war in Europe and total dependence on American security, EU leaders chose economic submission over escalation. They knowingly accepted a strategically compromised deal to stabilize relations, revealing a bloc so weak it cannot say no.
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