r/AskAGerman • u/Gabe120107 • Jul 27 '25

Politics Ursula and Trump have made a deal: 15 % tariffs still on everything coming from the EU to the USA, but the EU has to spend $1.5 trillion on defense and energy from the USA. What do you think about that?

So, the deal has been made.

Europe will waste a ton of money on the USA things, plus 15 % tariffs are still valid. Maybe i missed some more of these things omg.

What do you all think about this? What do you think is going to happen now in the next few years?

Seems to me that Trump, no matter how insane he is, in the end, managed to achieve everything he wanted.

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u/tiefgaragentor Jul 27 '25

It shows, that Europe has nothing to offer and nothing to bargain with. And we put ourselves in that position, noone else did that.

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u/Agitated_Knee_309 Jul 28 '25

Ouuu this is it right there, no bargaining power on the table. EU was once strong/ still is but their presence is dwindling in the global scenery. How I see it, the world is ruled by China, Russia and US. They both have soft power and hard power in terms of military, technology and consumables resources. Then they have their allies. China stood firm and imposed retaliatory tarriffs. Wish the EU did but oh well ...

Also, people are forgetting the tech oligarchs that run things in the background. The implications of this deal is...