The punitive conditions (for Europe) of the EU-US trade deal are the ultimate example of the fact that the European Union has delivered a structural subordination to the US unseen in the postwar era
The issue is the inability of Euro leaders, to recognize a coup when it occurred in 2014 in Ukraine. The downstream effect of this was cutting themselves off from Russian gas.
It's not a capitulation. It's vassalhood. This is the same EU had has cut itself off from cheap Russian gas purely to please the US, and has cut itself off from trade with Russia, as well as "decoupling" from China which should be Europe's target for exporting goods.
Remember as well the EU is also being led by the nose to fight Russia and China, which is NOT in the EU's interest either. So on all fronts, the EU is a self flaggellating puppet operated by the US fist inserted behind and inside it.
And the EU does not have leaders - it has vassal figureheads that are obviously managed directly from Langley, VA.
Question is when will it finally click for the massrs of fools in Europe who operate under the fictional belief that they have leaders and live in independent countries.
The dumb European leaders deserve Trump wiping his big butt with them.. As for the €600 billion in investment in U.S. they’ll have to rummage hard up their anuses to find it..
You say "the EU has embraced a hyper-mercantilist, export-driven growth model". To be precise, Germany did that, at the detriment of almost everyone else. But Germany completely controls the EU : all important commissioners are German, and they also control the Parliament (which is mostly an empty shell anyway).
This “deal” is further evidence, were any necessary, that the EU will pay any price to keep the US as deeply engaged in Europe’s (in)security architecture as possible.
Europe would be more secure by engaging closer in business with Russia and China and the developing world, and disengaging with the US cult of zionist-fuelled perpetual war, butchery and horrific exploitation and oppression of own people.
"The bloc now resembles the very thing it was supposed to overcome (at least according to its official mythos): a collection of vassal states, unable to chart an independent course and increasingly reduced to the role of Washington’s economic protectorate."
The EU has bend the knee to fascist America/Trump.
Thomas your commentary always slants toward desolation of EU. I used to think an united Europe would be a stronger Europe (many still do) but your many articles have persuaded me to consider otherwise. Is ununited better or worse for European nations. You've experienced both. Compare and contrast them than get back to me Thomas. Here in America I've got my own many problems with "the United states" and its current neofascist rule. Let's just say all governments are fucked up and leave it there. If a government is f'd up probably its citizens are too.
Well, I read recently somewhere that the EC was an American creation from the getgo. Can't remember where I read it but it went into some detail. Poor memory! 😔
Just heard the USA just flew over a few extra nuclear armament goodiesb to the Brits. They are our favorite after Israel and mossad. You folks over their on the main land aren"t...you get bombed gas lines from Russia. You al must be on fascist trumps shit list. Need to bend the knee a little lower EU.
Britain is a country drowning in debt, deindustrialization, child poverty, inequality and social divisions. They neen nukes like they need a hole in their heads.
The US imposing tarrifs on them while flying over some nukes to store there (i.e. putting an "X" on the map for the Russians to hit in any retaliation situation) is basically just whipping a dying horse towards its own grave.
Well America pays the freight for whatever is the Europeans are up to, so I suppose this is some kind of delayed repayment. Since we do not live in a frictionless world, one tends to favor when these deals when they help one’s own country.
The issue is the inability of Euro leaders, to recognize a coup when it occurred in 2014 in Ukraine. The downstream effect of this was cutting themselves off from Russian gas.
De Gaulle would turn in his grave.
It's not a capitulation. It's vassalhood. This is the same EU had has cut itself off from cheap Russian gas purely to please the US, and has cut itself off from trade with Russia, as well as "decoupling" from China which should be Europe's target for exporting goods.
Remember as well the EU is also being led by the nose to fight Russia and China, which is NOT in the EU's interest either. So on all fronts, the EU is a self flaggellating puppet operated by the US fist inserted behind and inside it.
And the EU does not have leaders - it has vassal figureheads that are obviously managed directly from Langley, VA.
Question is when will it finally click for the massrs of fools in Europe who operate under the fictional belief that they have leaders and live in independent countries.
Possibly some anti-Russia quid pro quo off the books?
The dumb European leaders deserve Trump wiping his big butt with them.. As for the €600 billion in investment in U.S. they’ll have to rummage hard up their anuses to find it..
You say "the EU has embraced a hyper-mercantilist, export-driven growth model". To be precise, Germany did that, at the detriment of almost everyone else. But Germany completely controls the EU : all important commissioners are German, and they also control the Parliament (which is mostly an empty shell anyway).
When your rivals ignore you, you take advantage of your allies!
Europe didn’t have a chance with their NAZI leadership.
This “deal” is further evidence, were any necessary, that the EU will pay any price to keep the US as deeply engaged in Europe’s (in)security architecture as possible.
Europe would be more secure by engaging closer in business with Russia and China and the developing world, and disengaging with the US cult of zionist-fuelled perpetual war, butchery and horrific exploitation and oppression of own people.
Sure thing.
"The bloc now resembles the very thing it was supposed to overcome (at least according to its official mythos): a collection of vassal states, unable to chart an independent course and increasingly reduced to the role of Washington’s economic protectorate."
The EU has bend the knee to fascist America/Trump.
Thomas your commentary always slants toward desolation of EU. I used to think an united Europe would be a stronger Europe (many still do) but your many articles have persuaded me to consider otherwise. Is ununited better or worse for European nations. You've experienced both. Compare and contrast them than get back to me Thomas. Here in America I've got my own many problems with "the United states" and its current neofascist rule. Let's just say all governments are fucked up and leave it there. If a government is f'd up probably its citizens are too.
Lol comrade Thomas
Well, I read recently somewhere that the EC was an American creation from the getgo. Can't remember where I read it but it went into some detail. Poor memory! 😔
Just heard the USA just flew over a few extra nuclear armament goodiesb to the Brits. They are our favorite after Israel and mossad. You folks over their on the main land aren"t...you get bombed gas lines from Russia. You al must be on fascist trumps shit list. Need to bend the knee a little lower EU.
Britain is a country drowning in debt, deindustrialization, child poverty, inequality and social divisions. They neen nukes like they need a hole in their heads.
The US imposing tarrifs on them while flying over some nukes to store there (i.e. putting an "X" on the map for the Russians to hit in any retaliation situation) is basically just whipping a dying horse towards its own grave.
Well America pays the freight for whatever is the Europeans are up to, so I suppose this is some kind of delayed repayment. Since we do not live in a frictionless world, one tends to favor when these deals when they help one’s own country.
Haddad is saying exactly the same thing as von der Leyen now: it's good for stability...
https://x.com/Le_Figaro/status/1949711519568048297