Only the president of the United States knows precisely what is in the “bomb” he intends to detonate during his Wednesday speech in the Rose Garden of the White House. But 1 thing is certain: announced criminal duties mean the abrupt end of European-American friendship.
American-European partnership was erstwhile the most powerful alliance in the world. Together, it defeated the Nazis and then founded NATO. It's thanks to the American financial injection ( Marshall's plan) Europe was able to recover after planet War II. For decades, Europe has kept the Soviets at a distance thanks to strategically deployed American atomic weapons on the continent.
Americans put an end to war atrocities in Bosnia (1995) and the Kosovos (1999), destroyed the terrorist organization ISISAnd late they turned Ukraine from a defenseless outsider into a real military power. Europe has something to thank the “great brother” for from overseas. And the U.S. happily hugged their “continent of origin” (many Americans have their roots here).
Blows for Europe
When Trump talks Wednesday at the White House, transatlantic solidarity will come to an end. He initially announced that he would reflect existing duties imposed by another countries on American products. Then he talked about 25% duties on all cars And about 10-15 countries that were on his radar.
Shortly after, Trump announced at an improvised press conference on his plane that it would affect “all countries”. In particular, the focus was on the EU, which, according to the US President, was "created only to destruct us."
The last time Americans were so ruthless towards Europe on 16 December 1773.When a group of angry pioneers threw 342 tea boxes from the British colonies to the sea in Boston port in frustration over the unfair trade policy of the kingdom.
2 April 2025. Trump and his squad are likely to destruct much more. any even inform that the fresh trade policy could mean the end of the EU and the end of the euro, and in the worst case even the economical merger between Washington and Moscow.
European weapons
This would put Europe under unprecedented pressure. Trump would most likely halt any military action (such as military aid to Ukraine) effective immediately, which would harm an economical friend in Moscow. On Tuesday, editorials close to Kremlin reported a possible natural material agreement Trump wants to negociate with Vladimir Putin. The Russian-American handshake above the heads of Europeans is so more than just a horror.
If the trade dispute takes place, Europe will gotta ask itself whether it should host Americans in the short word and, if necessary, turn to China. Serbia and Hungary They're doing it today. Why not effort happiness with Beijing if Washington insists?
The increasing influence of the Chinese would not be the only unpleasant side effect of the "day of liberation" (by the way, that is what Trump already called his election day on 5 November 2024). The EU — yet the largest single marketplace in the planet — is up its sleeve a number of own commercial weapons that could spoil Trump's tariff party.
One German authoritative late told Blick at an unofficial gathering that there were concrete plans to impose advanced tariffs on companies in Republican bastions specified as Wisconsin (Harley Davidson) or Tennessee (whiskey) to make Trump voters aware of how destructive their president's policy is.
Saul Loeb / AFPDonald Trump, March 31, 2025.
“I will say I am Canadian”
POLITICO portal has found that US banks can be punished with much slower approval procedures and US companies can be excluded from public tenders in Europe. Why is this happening? due to the fact that Americans spent about $50 billion last year (PLN 193 billion) more on European goods than Europeans spent on American goods. comic sum with an yearly balance sheet of 1.7 trillion dollars (PLN 6.6 trillion).
The consequences of the day of liberation would besides be unpleasant for more than 20 million American tourists. Not only due to the much higher landing fees that Europe could impose on American airlines. But besides due to the fact that Americans are exposed to general suspicions that they voted for Trump and thus caused this mess. “I’m going to tell people everywhere that I’m Canadian,” says Blick 1 of the American citizens who goes to Switzerland this summer.
At 1 of the more careless moments, Trump himself suggested that he wanted to be "very nice" on Wednesday and give any countries a "stop". Europe is trembling. The Old planet has not yet learned how to deal with geopolitical uncertainty. He'll gotta change that quickly. No substance how “slow-minded” Trump’s “day of liberation” turns out to be.
