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| EU ‘bent at the knee’ of Trump – White House official | EU ‘bent at the knee’ of Trump – White House official |
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| The new trade deal shows the success of the ‘America First’ strategy, according to Sebastian Gorka | The new trade deal shows the success of the ‘America First’ strategy, according to Sebastian Gorka |
| The European Union effectively “bent at the knee” before US President Donald Trump, White House official Sebastian Gorka has claimed after Brussels accepted a sweeping new trade deal that includes steep tariffs and major investment commitments to the US. | |
| The deal, finalized on Sunday during a meeting between Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, imposes a 15% tariff on most EU exports to the US. In addition, Brussels pledged to invest $600 billion in the US economy and purchase $750 billion worth of American energy over three years. No reciprocal tariffs were imposed on US goods. | |
| Gorka, who serves as senior director for counterterrorism at the National Security Council, said the agreement marks a geopolitical victory for Washington. | Gorka, who serves as senior director for counterterrorism at the National Security Council, said the agreement marks a geopolitical victory for Washington. |
| “Even for somebody like me who has known the president for a decade now, it is hard to believe that the whole European Union bent at the knee of America First and said: ‘...You got us, President Trump, and we are going to surrender to a 15% tariff,’” Gorka told Newsmax on Monday. | “Even for somebody like me who has known the president for a decade now, it is hard to believe that the whole European Union bent at the knee of America First and said: ‘...You got us, President Trump, and we are going to surrender to a 15% tariff,’” Gorka told Newsmax on Monday. |
| “I’ll just be very blunt with you… if you don’t understand that President Trump is engineering tectonic shifts in geopolitics that are of a global effect, that will change the world for the next 50 to 100 years, you are just an imbecile,” he added. | “I’ll just be very blunt with you… if you don’t understand that President Trump is engineering tectonic shifts in geopolitics that are of a global effect, that will change the world for the next 50 to 100 years, you are just an imbecile,” he added. |
| The agreement has been widely criticized across Europe. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said: “Donald Trump ate Ursula von der Leyen for breakfast.” | The agreement has been widely criticized across Europe. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said: “Donald Trump ate Ursula von der Leyen for breakfast.” |
| French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou condemned the deal as a “submission” to the US. Marine Le Pen, a prominent opposition leader in France’s National Rally party, called it “a political, economic, and moral fiasco.” | |
| Italian opposition figures also denounced the deal, despite Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s attempt to present it as a positive development. Giuseppe Conte, head of the Five Star Movement, said, “There is a winner – US President Trump – and a loser, or rather two: The EU and Giorgia Meloni.” | Italian opposition figures also denounced the deal, despite Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s attempt to present it as a positive development. Giuseppe Conte, head of the Five Star Movement, said, “There is a winner – US President Trump – and a loser, or rather two: The EU and Giorgia Meloni.” |
| Von der Leyen attempted to defend the deal as “the best we could get,” noting that the compromise averted a looming 30% tariff Trump had threatened to impose. | Von der Leyen attempted to defend the deal as “the best we could get,” noting that the compromise averted a looming 30% tariff Trump had threatened to impose. |