Today\'s deal creates certainty in uncertain times. It delivers stability and predictability, for citizens and businesses on both sides of the Atlantic. This is a deal between the two largest economies in the world. We trade USD 1.7 trillion per year. Together we are a market of 800 million people. And we are nearly 44% of global GDP. Just a few weeks after the NATO summit, this is the second building block, reaffirming the transatlantic partnership.
It’s a fool’s strategy. Trumpism has become the standard for American politics. The Democrats are lame ducks and are widely hated. The Republican party has become more and more brazen in violating election rules, suppressing votes, and overall not playing according to the political rules once held in place. The US will not go back to “normal” and Europe needs to ditch that ship ASAP.
It might be worse than that: European countries are one or two election cycles behind embracing their own version of Trumpist fascism. And if that’s true, unfortunately authoritarian right wing rule is going to be the normal of the next 10 years.