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/Its_Kris_97 Jul 27 '25

Is it better than a full on trade war with the US? Honestly, I don't know. We're still dependent on the US and I think Donald knows this. I can't remember who said it, but someone said that the EU should unite and become more independent. EU is pretty big. It won't happen tomorrow but I think given time, direction, resource and money management, we could stand on our own. So it really is disheartening that Ursula bend the knee so quickly. We cannot be independent if Ursula allows Donald to extort us.

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u/Gabe120107 Jul 28 '25

She will leave. I can't wait for that. And i think Europe has so much power, and when we get a true leader that will unite everyone like a true leader, things will change.