Get ready for a key geopolitical battle; the fight to end the Marshall Plan.
Since the end of World War II, the USA has permitted a system of one-way trade rules that allowed Europe to rebuild on the backs of the American economy. A series of trade tariffs against U.S. goods was imposed to raise funds for the reconstruction. Those tariffs never ended; the Marshall Plan continues through today.
Additionally, as a measure to allow the EU to focus internally, the USA provided most of the national security protection for the entire region and the American taxpayer funded U.S. military operations throughout Europe so the EU could spend defense money on their rebuilding. Again, that never really ended; and the USA maintains the largest majority of NATO military spending.
President Trump has stated his intention to reset both dynamics. To lower the USA footprint within NATO, demand every NATO member meet its financial obligations, and to reset the trade and tariff system to create equity and reciprocity; thereby effectively ending the Marshall Plan.
The aggregate European Union does not like this Trump trade agenda, nor are they willing to spend more on their own defense. Today, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen held a press briefing where she spoke about the looming negotiations with President Trump, and stated the EU will never permit financial, economic or military equity. The EU will fight any effort to stop the Marshall Plan. WATCH:
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There are trillions at stake.
It is always, always, about the economics of the thing.
They will soon be sitting at Trump’s feet, wagging their tails gently.
I will finish this article for you in the same fashion as the ‘panda’ article you just posted. “Destroy them Mr. President!”
They all resist at first…
Why do I hear “bowm-chika-bowp-wow…..!”?
Slowly at first then all at once.
SAFTAAO
“Restance is futile”!
I think Ursula underestimates President Trump.
I can’t wait to see Ursula taken down a few pegs
Ursula von der Failure
And massively overestimates her bargaining position.
She is an arrogant windbag.
You forgot corrupt
Unelected arrogant windbag. Having a title doesn’t make you a leader, toots.
Ain’t nobody bin Leyen frigid Ursula.
Laughed.
I hope so. Typical European arrogance.
Clearly !
EU Commission President Prepares for Trump, “We Will Always Protect Our Own Interests” Regardless of President Trump Demands
Trump: “I will always protect America’s interests, regardless of EU demands.”
no different than here
corrupt politicians
take away the US slush fund
and watch their woke programs
go by the wayside because there is no funding
for this, I will bring out the popcorn
That quote sounds a LOT like something Trudeau would say…
I don’t think they will be able to stand up to a “lame duck president Trump.”
I use that term accurately in the sense that he doesn’t plan to get re-elected. But the difference for Trump is he sees this as “nothing else to lose! and nothing else to hold me back!”
When do they start trying to impeach? I think he has their heads spinning so badly they forgot about trying that… or maybe they aren’t as stupid as I think they are? I think they are pretty stupid though.
I betcha he has a plan for impeachment this time as well. In fact he is probably looking forward to it. He is crippling their ability to crookedly impeach them by the day:
“……the difference for Trump is he sees this as “nothing else to lose!”
Wrong! Trump does NOT see this as “nothing else to lose.”
Trump sees this as “Everything else to gain!
She might want to call Twinkle-socks in Canada and get some advise on how to hang tight versus President Trump.
Yep, twinkle sox strained after the gnat and swallowed a camel 🐪 😂
WWII ended 80 years ago. That’s some rebuilding. The pyramids didn’t take that long.
Clapping hands wildly!!!!
When you have them by their balls, their hearts and mind will follow.
-Old High School Wrestling Saying
Give it a little twist!
Found out that USAID was funding the BBC and the WEF. I bet the same was happening with the EU!
Say it isn’t so! The Central Influence Agenda has them too?? I’m shocked, SHOCKED I say!
No doubt in my mind. Whatever is evil they will support it. Also, that imbecile Starmer wants to take the British people back into slavery serving that ridiculous mess, the EU. They voted to get out of it and their decision is constantly being challenged or ignored by supercilious elites and incompetent-self serving politicians.
https://revolver.news/2025/02/turns-out-the-deep-state-used-usaid-to-oust-bolsonaro-from-brazil/
News
Turns out the ‘Deep State’ used USAID to OUST Bolsonaro from Brazil…”
Love Revolver News.
That said, pretty sure Sundance had this laid out for quite a while, and as it was happening.
They were also funding US politicians. According to The Daily Wire in the tune of $377,000. 97% to DemoRats.
… And the remaining 3% to Lindsay Grahamnesty.
Another Musk DOGE revelation?
And Politico, and the New York Times, and the Washington Post, and …
Any bets out there on if this resistance will last longer than Mexico, Canada or Columbia?
I actually think the EU government is even weaker than the above three.
Me too.
“…..the EU government….”
But, but I thought diversity was their strength!
Columbia, Canada, and Mexico enter the chat…”Listen to Trump EU. He’s not playing this time!”
Oh no! No more three weeks of vacation in the EU? The nerve. We work OT and and get a few week off a year to pay for your largesse across the pond. Spare us. Shutting down USAID was one piece. More to come.
Six weeks standard.
Canadian companies contribute 10% to retirement plans.
IMO, we should just announce the following:
The US will abide by the NATO treaty, and will match our % contribution to the combined Euro-nation % contribution. If any Country fails to live up to their 4% contribution, it brings down the Euro-average and our contribution is reduced the same.
We will mirror all EU tariffs exactly.
No.. Why would we pay amount the rest pay combined?
President Trump will eat Ursula’s lunch.
What kind of sandwich?
I think she will be eating crow………
Well Trump 2.0 is making me recheck my popcorn supplies!
I love how she declares they will protect their own interest. With what? What is her leverage? Covid?
They need will beed to release another round of Covid to slow this train down.
I just wonder if that means they are ALSO going to deport their violent illegal aliens???
The cheese eaters (France) will increase taxes on their cheese.
America makes great cheese. Especially the Amish! 😋
Whatever flu strain is going around was worse than covid.
It’s hard to pull the baby from the teat.
More like a bloodsucking parasite.
I’ve listened to French analysts speak on that subject yesterday. They seem to believe they can buy massive amount of American energy to get out of other commitments and reduce the trade deficit. Beyond that they’re warming up to the idea of giving up Greenland if that’s what it take. They don’t have the money to spend on Defense though. Europe is extremely weak and utterly strangled by its own rules. Sad!
Strangled by their ‘social contract’, low birth rates, and Middle Eastern invasion.
About that. I think the EU will become an Islamic state soon enough. It’s good Trump is decoupling is from them. Maybe far on the future there will be another crusade (kidding but not really).
Thank God we have the Atlantic between us.
The shortest route is over the North Pole.
I wonder which side of this argument has ALL of the leverage? 🤔. 💥🇺🇸💥🇺🇸💥
the EU will never permit financial, economic or military equity.
This is hilarious given that they are in favor of all other types of equity; no doubt the one’s they favor and can control
Yes, doesn’t “equity” and fairness always disappear when they must open up their own wallets.
To quote Margaret Thatcher, “The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money.”
CUT OFF THE MONEY. BBBIIINNNGGGOOO!!!!!!!!
“Equity is only important in things that flow to me, but not to thee”
Having worked directly with many allies, I would suggest you’d be a fool to trust any foreigner who doesn’t protect their own interests. After all who are they loyal to, their nation or US? It better be their nation.
This is not to say, we cant have shared interests which form the basis for the alliance.
For us, its incredible these dependents cant get of the teat.
“After all who are they loyal to, their nation or US?”
And therein lies the problem for them. As they love to call themselves the European Union, they have lost all sense of a National identity, never mind one to be loyal to.
It seems these nations have no shame when declaring they will not pay their own way. Let’s see if that is still true.
Today one could argue we’re subsidizing their six-week-standard vacations, universal health care, and the ‘social contract’.
Hahahahaha.
-Pause for breath –
Bwhahahahaha.
The truth is that We The People have overwhelmingly made it known that the trillions are no longer at stake.
Call it system restore or reset…
Or DOGE…
I say,
Thank you Lord.
I’m winning…
And I don’t intend…
On losing again.
Trust God.
Fear not.
A true system reset is only accomplished by removing the power supply.
European Union members, did such a good job protecting their countries and cultures, from a third world invasion.
How’s that working out for UK, France, Germany, Sweden and Ireland ?
Let’s see they how they counter President Trump. And another thing, our contribution to NATO should be scaled back.
Me thunks we just need to get out of NATO and skip the scale back part.
And once we’re out of NATO can/should the UN be next?
Wow, the arrogance of that woman!
Dear Europe, we expect you to look out for your welfare so you have to expect that the United States will look out for its welfare. So all that said it means that trade is going to be equal not one way whether you like it or not or find another market Sign the US taxpayer.
The EU nations are the takers and the U.S. is the giver. The Europeans can demand all they want to remain as takers in this unequal situation, but they cannot do a thing to make the U.S. continue as the giver if the U.S. does not want to keep giving. Let them whine. They can only lose if the U.S. is determined to win. They would be wise to work with PDJT to help minimize how much they will lose. Resistance is futile.
all the EU needs to do is name a fentanyl czar and put ’10k troops’ on some border, any border….and Trump will cave on the tariffs in 24hrs, “we won”
Donny, you’re a genius. Don’t know how you did it, but you figgered it out.
As you may already know, the manufactured crisis known as Global Warming is not real, nor are the fake virus fears, fake wars, fake social justice protests etc… Notice how they left the UFO sightings on the table without a response for so long…They are literally testing the mobs stupidity while determining the feasibility of implementing another manufactured hoax. Why not…The Fraud Cabal have already successfully hoaxed the world with a global pandemic lie.
Installed globalist operative, Kathy Hochul’s plans for the Empire State to go full NWO are going south as local communities refuse to build massive battery plants that would store wind and solar energy.
https://nypost.com/2025/02/03/us-news/ny-residents-rebel-against-battery-storage-plants-for-wind-solar-power-as-going-green-goes-south-playing-with-fire/
Those panels met a few large hailstones . . .
I would like to inform the EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen that protecting the EU interests, those of Brussels, is not the same as protecting the interests of ten of millions of Europeans who are loyal to their countries and not to the EU. They want good neighbors but not to be part of a Union of Socialist European countries with a central government with its offices in Brussels.
Tell her to shove it where the sun doesn’t shine. We are tired of you people getting fat off our backs.
Can we please start selling some of our EU military bases?
We have 800 bases worldwide.
Brilliant idea. I think Germany only has a small defensive army. Good luck with is gone should something happen.
For us to basically pay for Europe’s defense and not allow US made products into their countries is simple: We won’t pay until you allow US products duty free in.
The EU is about to experience FAFO
FCOT fat chance of that
What does that mean exactly? What can they do? Not pay tariffs? Have fun running your economy into the ground.
Bonjour, you cheese eating surrender monkeys!
My first response to the CTH title of this report was ‘GREAT’, let’s go!
A global reset is looming, and I like the PDJT positioning.
So, as the younger generation might say, bring it!
Ursula von der Crazy needs to sit his/her @ss down and try to figure out an exit strategy because by the time it all shakes out, Ursula isn’t going to be able to walk down the street.
The EU is collapsing.
NATO is collapsing.
The UN is collapsing.
^It’s all in freefall. About to be reduced to a smoking pile of rubble.
It’s not even a controlled demolition anymore. Ursula and that whole motley crew have DESTROYED every country in Europe and elsewhere in their quest to control the entire world.
Blehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
President Trump knows what he is doing. Happy days are here again!
o.0
She’s unelected and has no actual purpose.
It’s hard to change from dependency, to self responsibility. The eu can talk all it wants, but they have to go through the withdrawal of their welfare need. It’s time to grow up and take care of itself.
Careful with that CA, maybe the AfD will gather enough support and decide to sue the previous Administration for blowing up Nordstream.
–“…Ve vill always protect our European ways”–
Good, We’re out of NATO, it’s all yours to protect EU,Ursula Von Derp Liar!
Bye, Bye!
80 years of the Marshall Plan? No, that HAS to stop!
Wouldn’t it be interesting if say a lot of those US troops in the EU were just quietly ordered home to aid the protection of the Mexican and Canadian borders from the cartels???? After all it is an emergency situation.
Leave Brussels with a broom to protect themselves after poking the bear so much.
The E. SPEW hasn’t learned that they can’t out Trump Pres.Trump. He’s 10 steps ahead of them all.
The trade deficit country always has the advantage in negotiations, because it (we) have more to gain and they (EU) have more to lose. This is especially true when the trade deals in place are starting out asymmetric favoring them.
Perhaps, more importantly, the center of gravity of their citizens has moved sharply right. They are more predisposed to be accommodating, and will react strongly against the negative domestic consequences of the EU trying to resist. Their economies will suffer, and the Brussels tyrants will be even more in the cross-hairs.