Trump has dealt a hammer blow to the EU as the US President Trump’s impact on US-EU trade relations become a reality. It has become a pivotal moment to see if the British PM Starmer going to stand up the US bully.
Trump’s impact on US-EU trade relations
Trump’s stance on NATO and EU relations have been defined by purposeful global strategies that exclude the EU. It is like he is playing on a monopoly board. He is planning on building hotels in Gaza and he’s making deals with Russia without involving the Europe, including its longest serving allia the UK. The only question remains is who will he be rolling the dice with on his monopoly board!
Elon Musk is ‘trimming the fat’ government spending by attacking government departments with his algorithms and AI. Yet despite all the layoffs, spending freezes and other drastic measures, spending has barely budged. That’s because he has not gone where the real money is: expensive, popular social-spending programmes and defence contractors.
What are the leaders doing next week
Ultimately this week has been dominated by how Trump’s foreign policy shapes global trade, specifically how Trump’s economic policies and European markets will react to his autocratic style of governance and how Trump’s stance on NATO and EU relations will either strengthen or be in jeopardy, well at least that’s what Trump would like you to think that.
Munich Security Conference this week
Western leaders chattering at the Munich Security Conference this week will want to know whether America is about to abandon Ukraine. US Vice President Vance has already attacked democracy in Europe and put real weight behind Trump’s impact on US-EU trade relations into motion. That they are coming for European countries and are firmly stacked behind on Far-right leaders that will do their bidding.
Trump and Putin meeting
Trump is meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin to talk peace in Ukraine. He is prepared to make concessions at the expense of Ukraine in order to gain support in the Gaza Riviera project, hoping Russia will be able to influence Iran.
US-EU trade war under Trump’s administration
We will get a jist for what the US-EU trade war under Trump’s administration is going to look like this week. Trump’s tariffs are going to generate tax revenue and make everything expensive, but Trump is banking on US consumers to support his autocratic style, with local producers to increase domestic production.
You may start seeing a lot more kit cars and homes being put together in the US, but manufactured in China and that is a victory Trump will happily take.
It is unclear if defence industry will see these tariffs imposed on therei imports, but it is likely that they won’t. As such you will see Defence contractors importing tariff products to the US on the black market.
This week’s headlines
UK PM Starmer needs to stand up to Trump
Starmer needs to stand up to Trump
President Trump is working with impunity and autocracy, bulldozing his policies and ignoring traditional cooperation and diplomacy. He is completely indifferent to all allies. The British press are slowly building the narrative that Starmer ‘must grow a pair ‘and stand up Trump, on Gaza, on tariffs and his stance on NATO. However, at present Starmer is avoiding the confrontation and looks resigned to submission.
His weakness is as leader is evident, despite having a huge majority in parliament he is unable to garner enough support from within his own party as many of them have taken free gifts from American and Israeli lobbies. Is he able to have a love actually moment? only time will tell!
Paypal Mafia are the puppet masters behind Trump
Paypal Mafia are the puppet masters behind Trump
A consortium of wealthy individuals led by Elon Musk and his former paypal partners are pushing the far right agenda around the world. They are purposefully positioned with Trump in order to move on to the next phase of the plan, of world wide corporate domination not only in the tech sector ( something his Grandfather started) but to control influential politicians around the world.
Rachel reeves integrity is questioned by a BBC investigation
Rachel reeves integrity is questioned by a BBC investigation
The BBC carried out an investigation into the past of the Chancellor Rachel Reeves and in the process discovered two anomalies. First, they established she lied on her Linkedin CV which suggests she worked for the BoE for 9 months longer than stated. And secondly, she was subject to an expense probe which suggests that she was using her expense account whilst working for the Bank of Halifax to purchase handbags, jewelry and other personal items, however, the bank has not pursued any reclaim options.
Bernie Sanders loathes Trump’s impact on international trade and diplomacy
Bernie Sanders accuses the Trump administration of breaking democracy
Bernie Sanders loathes Trump’s impact on international trade and diplomacy and has accused the Trump administration of breaking democracy by allowing a non-elected person to lead a department that is making sweeping changes to the American public sector.
Congress will become moot by this president; If the president allows individuals in the White House to make changes to public finances then he removes the legislative area of government. In one month Musk has led a team of techno’s making sweeping changes to the public purse and creating millions of redundancies to the civil service.
The genocide is moving to the West Bank
Fears grow that West Bank could become second Gaza
On January 21, just after the temporary ceasefire and hostage release deal in Gaza came into effect, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a “large-scale and significant military operation” in Jenin in the occupied West Bank against Palestinian militants. The refugee camp is considered by Israel as a stronghold for those militants.
Since then, the new Israeli military offensive has gradually expanded to other towns and villages in the area — such as Tulkarem, another major city in the north-west of the West Bank.
Trump’s stance on NATO and EU relations
Trump’s stance on NATO and EU relations
President Trump has announced that he will meet President Putin in Saudi Arabia to discuss a peace deal for the Russia-Ukraine war. In doing so, Trump’s stance on NATO and EU relations has become apparent. He has excluded NATO allies and taken off all the conditions that Zelensky sought for peace, including, the deployment of UN border troops, Russian sovereignty over Russian-occupied Ukrainian territories, and joining NATO.
The significance of excluding NATO and EU members is to show them who is the boss, before he sits down and negotiates EU trade agreements and increased NATO contributions. Mind you, he’s even left Zelensky off the negotiations, which makes you wonder, who was really fighting who? And was this a war because Biden wanted to make sure Russia would never be able to interfere with US election agan, after losing the 2016 election to Trump, hmmm it does make you wonder.
The middle east is bracing itself for Trump new Gaza deal
The middle east is bracing itself for Trump new Gaza deal
The middle east is bracing itself, except Saudi Arabia, who are all concerned with public backlash of the proposed Gaza riviera of the middle east. King of Jordan arrived at the White House defiant about resisting Trump’s buyout, but as he was leaving his tone changed, succeeding to Trump’s ultimatums. Domestically, and globally The King of Jordan is expecting a backlash from the Muslim world for agreeing to the terms.
Ultimately, President Trump does not care, he knows he does not need anyone’s help in taking over Gaza and there is no-one to stand up to him.
Tesla sales slump by 70% in France and Germany share prices tanked
Tesla sales slump by 70% in France and Germany share prices tanked
We are already seeing the impact of Trump’s economic policies and European markets. Sales of Tesla motors have nosedived in France and Germany as EU citizens have started boycotting the eccentric billionaires products as well the new launch of the new generation of BYD cars, which have a better range and are cheaper. The sales of Tesla vehicles is falling in the UK as well.
Share prices in tesla have fallen since the inauguration and as such Musk has used this opportunity to release new reports of earnings which has caused the shares to tank. But one big fall is better than an unstable share price. This tactic will drop the value now and create one slump, and then a recovery. But it is not as rosey on the hill as Musk will have you believe, Trump tariffs on European imports and US economy are going to get a lot worse and expect more protests.
The week in pictures
FAQs for background knowledge
Where are NATO contributions spent?
NATO members collectively spend $1.47 trillion on defence this year. Most of NATO contributions are spent on US contractors and defence industry. There is also contributions to the civil budget of deployment, however, the biggest beneficiary of that money is the United States Defence industry. Increasing that spend ensures more money is spent in the US industry.
Who is more important to the UK, the EU or the United States?
The European Union (EU) is the UK’s largest trading partner, accounting for 42% of the UK’s exports and 52% of its imports in 2023. The US is the second largest contributor to imports and exports but most of those are from companies based on British soil, with the majority of them; Like Google, Amazon, Apple paying very little tax on profits.
When was the last time the UK and US were not allies?
The last time the UK and US were not allies was during the Suez crisis of 1956, no UK government has seriously contemplated how it would manage in the world without the American alliance. During the Suez crisis – President Eisenhower turned on the UK, France and Israel for launching a war against Egypt against him. Despite that the conflict was over in a couple of months and the UK vowed to stick with the American alliance.
How did Trump deals a hammerblow to the EU
President Trump has excluded the EU to negotiations of peace with Russia for the Ukraine conflict. During the Russia-Ukraine crisis the EU has been pivotal to Russian sanctions, cutting ties and power production with Russia and signing up to more expensive US Gas and committed to aid and rebuilding Ukraine, only to now be excluded from any negotiations.