Donald Trump is proving once again why he is the only Western leader who is not afraid to tell the truth and act in the best interests of his country.
When he announced that he planned to impose a 50% tariff on products from the European Union, many rolled their eyes. “Here it is again.”
And in fact, they should have rolled their calculators first.
Because if anyone had bothered to look at the numbers, it would have been clear to them that this Trump “coup” was not an excess but pure economic mathematics.
According to available data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the U.S. trade deficit with the European Union in 2024 amounted to over $247 billion.
The EU exports more to the U.S. than it imports, and has done so for years.
Germany alone exports vehicles, machinery, and pharmaceuticals worth more than $120 billion to America annually.
And when the U.S. tries to export the same goods to the EU, they are greeted with high tariffs, VAT differences, bureaucratic labyrinths, and the occasional “non-harmonized ventilation standard.”
Free market?
Of course.
Only on the condition that the American market is available, and the European market is "in the phase of compliance with the directives".
In recent years, the European Commission has profiled itself as a global market policeman while at the same time acting as the moral judge of the world.
But let's be honest.
Punishing Google, Apple, Amazon and Meta with tens of billions of euros is not necessary for "consumer protection". It is an elegant way to "level the playing field" because European companies cannot compete with the forces of Silicon Valley, so they will rather burden them with fines and regulations.
Trump sees it as a disguised protectionist policy.
And he is not mistaken.
Instead of, like the European Union, conducting endless "constructive dialogues" that lead nowhere except to a new round of patting each other on the back and dinners with truffles, Trump drained pure, healthy American logic:
"You're not playing fair? Here's your 50% duty."
It is also interesting that Trump does not stop only at the EU.
Apple received a clear warning: if the iPhone is not assembled in the US, it will receive a 25% tariff.
Financial analysts point out that such a tariff could increase Apple's cost per device by $100-$150.
But that's still less than Apple spends every year on case color marketing.
iPhone will soon be "Designed in California. Assembled in Kentucky"
The message is clear: if you want access to the American market, give America something in return - jobs, factories, taxes.
As usual, Brussels responded in style.
By refusing to comment and announcing "adjustment of positions after bilateral contact".
And while trade policy is being hammered out in real time in the White House, a 12-page draft of an "informal response to a potential escalation of trade instability" is supposedly being created in the European Commission.
What else can you expect from an institution that needs the signature of 27 prime ministers, 14 subcommittees and, of course, the opinion of the working group for "sustainable transatlantic inclusivity" for every decision.
Trade deficit, corporate fines, red tape. All these are signs that the EU has long been using America as a convenient "sales center" without the obligation of reciprocity.
Trump decided to close it or charge admission.
As he himself would say: "America first doesn't mean others last. It means America stops finishing last."
The average American would appreciate a home business more than another cell phone camera to use to take pictures of cats.
Trump doesn't threaten, he manages.
Trump doesn't ask. He introduces.
And there you can see the difference between a man of action and a continent full of armchair people who spend five hours debating the shape of a cucumber.
Trump finally said what every American worker has been thinking for decades.
While Brussels bureaucrats are frantically searching for tissues and “appealing for calm,” Trump is standing up for the American worker.
Finally, someone who doesn’t pander to the “international community,” but builds it from scratch according to rules that are simple, clear, and fair.
The EU?
Well, let them answer.
If they ever agree on who will write the statement.
#Trump #US #EU #tariffs #Germany #Google #Apple #Amazon #Meta #VAT #taxation #fines #regulations #bureaucracy
/ Dr. M
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