Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Pathetic Europe

Europe’s Economic Surrender
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/high-cost-of-eu-capitulation-to-trump-tariff-threats-by-alberto-alemanno-2025-07
The European Union’s tariff deal with US President Donald Trump highlights the bloc’s inability to present a united front. By capitulating to Trump’s bullying, the EU has cemented its dependence on the United States and will become a prosperous yet powerless appendage of the American empire.

Europe’s summer of humiliation
https://www.ft.com/content/698517e6-9955-4ae9-9a9f-b91202157571
America knew the EU was weak. The rest of the world knows it now.

 
Europe Signs Up for Its Century of Humiliation
https://jacobin.com/2025/07/europe-dependency-trump-trade-military
 
Europeans, Not Trump, Ended Up Chickening Out
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-07-28/trump-s-eu-trade-deal-europeans-ended-up-chickening-out