President Donald J Trump announcing the end of the 80-year-old Marshall Plan (aka The European Recovery Program) of one-way tariffs against American imports has triggered a very predictable response from the European Union.
While saying the EU is prepared to enter negations toward a zero-tariff trade reciprocity, Comrade Ursula von der Leyen simultaneously announced that Brussels is prepared to launch countermeasures against The United States, in an effort to retain economic control and access to a U.S. consumer market they must exploit for their economic survival.
Speaking in very deliberate terms, the EU Komisar states the U.S. decision to demand reciprocity, and fairness will deliver “immense” and “dire consequences” for the New World Order and “global trading system.” von der Leyen proclaims that global citizens will be impacted with higher grocery bills, shortages of medication and increased costs for transportation.
The leader of the world’s largest bureaucracy stunningly proclaims President Trump’s tariffs will increase the “burdens of bureaucracy.” The one-sided benefits and “interests of the European Union” will be protected at all costs. WATCH:
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Regarding “countermeasures.” Again, we repeat the predicable response. Together with their unelected ally in Canada controlling the North American response, watch for the EU to target Big USA Tech companies and financial service sectors.
The goal of the EU will be to assemble a tariff countermeasure response that will deliver political pain, not economic consequences. That’s just how they roll. The EU will leverage disgruntled Wall Street, banking and Technocracy sectors in order to put political pressure on Donald Trump to back down.
Optically this is the worst possible type of pontificating EU spokesperson to generate internal American opposition. Frankly comrade Ursula, MAGA don’t give a damn. [Pinky Finger Salute]
Either they are self sufficient and don’t need the U.S. or they are dependent on the U.S. and the $200 billion trade imbalance with the U.S.
It can’t be both.
Also, it couldn’t have been ok before if you suddenly feel the need to address things and make necessary changes now.
It can’t be both.
No amount of princess ‘splainin can navigate around that plain fact.
I’m lovin the Big Ugly
I love how Solicitor General Sauer worded it to SCOTUS. It is perfection.
“The Constitution vests the President with control over foreign negotiations so that the United States speaks with one voice, not so that the President’s central Article II prerogatives can give way to district-court diplomacy. If this precedent stands, other district courts could order the United States to successfully negotiate the return of other removed aliens anywhere in the world by close of business. Under that logic, district courts would effectively have extraterritorial jurisdiction over the United States’ diplomatic relations with the whole world,” Solicitor General John Sauer argued in his emergency application to the Supreme Court.
About time for Sauer confirmation:
https://www.hstoday.us/industry/people-on-the-move/dean-john-sauer-confirmed-as-u-s-solicitor-general-in-52-45-senate-vote/
Once again…Barrett disappoints in 5-4 decision.
Amy Coney Barrett is an evil witch who is ruling not just against the people, but against the man she should be forever grateful for putting her on SCOTUS – Trump. If she doesn’t change soon, she’s gonna share the deepest circle of hell with the likes of Judas and Brutus.
So the mass deportations are going to start?
Apparently, illegals can now be deported only after court action. No mas to mass.
These words are encouraging, but TGP and Brietbart report that the SCOTUS slapped Boasberg based upon the venue of the aliens’ complaint being wrong (DC instead of Texas). PDJT’s authority to use the Alien Enemies Act (AEA) was not affirmed.
Moreover, each alien enemy must be given notice of deportation so a defense in court can be made prior to deportation.
Hence, mass, quick deportations under the AEA will not be possible.
Is this correct?
Thanks in advance for replies from current and retired lawyers and magistrates.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/04/breaking-huge-win-supreme-court-vacates-judge-boasbergs/
So Blackjack Pershing should have gone before a federal judge before deporting Pancho Villa?
You mean the Ice Princess ‘planning? 😉
It would be fun to see a cage match between Ursula and Susie Wiles, the supreme Ice Queen.
In this corner ladies and gents we have Ice Princess Ursula who will represent all European snowflake grifters, and in the other corner we have Supreme Ice Queen Susie, representing MAGA.
“And if you know Susie like I know Susie, Oh what a gal. We went riding, she didn’t balk
Back from Yonkers I’m the one that had to walk.”
Best you take a knee Ursula, it’s not a warning, it’s an order.
Well we did learn they are extremely reliant on Russia for their fuel needs. They spent far more on Russian fuel than they did the actual war in their “backyard”.
ALL of the politicians were stomping their feet to make sure 90% of manufacturing was shipped to China because of course it was cheaper. The EU didn’t care about China building 260+ coal fired plants to build their “green products” when Climate Change was an “existential threat”.
They are all dripping with hypocrisy.
Just remember Kenya and most of the world does not buy BMW’s. No need for French Wines. A little concern about bananas, but I can survive.
France’s Macron couldn’t get it done.
His business people put a sock in him.
EU decides to have a go at it.
That timely-dropped Epstein list sure is gonna to be interesting.
Give it up with this Epstein stuff.
If you haven’t figured it out yet, the Epstein thing is a long gone nothing burger. There ain’t nothing left there.
This determined attempt to keep the Epstein affair alive, makes me believe some peoples prurient interest are operating in the hyper salivating mode.
And yet, Trump promised.
No, we don’t forget promises, as much as that irks “yes” men like you. The president who best represents our hopes for accountability in govt doesn’t get to dodge it himself. And we are confident he won’t. We leave the hypocrisy to the liberals.
Moreover, it is an absolute travesty of justice that Ghilaine Maxwell can be indicted, tried, convicted, and sentenced to 20 years for child sex trafficking, but none of her clients have been.
So no, we aren’t gonna forget the Epstein stuff, or any of the other “stuff”. Sit down and shut up.
Yeah, but they forgot all about that stuff when they were whipped-up into a frenzy over the awesomeness of tariffs.
Thinking Bondi would like the Epstein matter to go away!!
No prurient interest here, just expecting follow through on promises made. Even if it creates another “shiny thing” for a bit, Trump is a man of his word! He will follow through.
20 years in jail for a “nothing burger” is a very long time. Care to swap places?
I won’t be forgetting the Epstein list. Pam Bondi is a corrupt POS.
It’s not a “nothing-burger”. They gave her 20 years as a way to take care of her in exchange for keeping her mouth shut on what she knows. It has nothing to do with swapping places. That woman knows more dirt than we’ll probably ever know. A just administration would be shaking her down. You know, for the sake of justice.
Notice anything weird about Trump going nuclear on a growing list of DC white-collar law firms then settling for millions worth of “pro bono”?
Why would he do that?
No, but I have noticed he’s not taking on the Fed and there haven’t been any arrests of people guilty of high-crimes. Kind of suspicious to me.
We’re not even 90 days in, give it a minute.
His first mission is to save the nation.
Which doesn’t mean that there isn’t movement on that front.
It means that he hasn’t tipped his hands and shown his cards.
Ursula darling, we don’t care. We have everything we need right here at home, and if we don’t have it, we make it..
Notice it’s the globalist billionaires that are bitching.
They get the Italian salute from me!!!
Double bird from me
I can’t think of anything from Europe I need. One positive thing about living in Communfornia is we have great wine in abundance. Paris used to be a great place to shop for clothes that were unique and also very reasonably priced, but the cheap rags made in China took over that industry long ago, just as it did in the US. They turned every clothing store into what appears to be the costume department for “Oliver Twist.”
The witch not fit to tie PDJT’s shoelaces
Beautiful!
Love
President Trump has gone proverbial Honey Badger.
Good. 😁
Economic Security is National Security and President Trump ain’t playing this time around.
MAGA voters back him on it too.
Everyone who screwed us and screws us still gets the “back of the hand”..
Sucks to be them.
They were warned.
The scarry part is that he only has until the midterms to show that his plan works.
Gone to get gas lately?
Not true.
There is going to be a massive wave of congressional announcements by office-holders who are not running for re-election in 2026 this fall.
Watch and see.
I call it musical chairs. The UNIPARTY sucks!
Pretty sure I’m not a global citizen. WTH is that anyway? Must be an EU think
Bull corn
God Bless America
WTH is that anyway?
A: a liberal with his/her head up their rear end
”Global citizen” is lib-speak for “preening virtue signaler”
In Florida there are many Europeans and Canadians that I have had the unfortunate same condescending encounter with. They are ignorantly rude, and think they know more about America than Americans.
I’ve come to respect Rednecks more and more everyday. The man who just wants to be left alone.
They sound like American Democrats. 😂
Well, they all seem to vote that way……….
I feel that way with all the Brits. Don’t tell me what to do with my country when your own is falling apart.
I moved to the panhandle a couple months ago and am closing on a home here located between the GOA and the Alabama border.. 46 years in California and am more than blessed that the Lord guided my steps here to Florida!
By your definition of redneck, I think Russians are rednecks pushed too far.
Thankfully keeping their wits and humanity.
A redneck will help you jump your car, change a flat, or carry you to the next exit and back for a gallon of gas.
EU: Let’s FA&FO.
President Trump: OK!
Maga isn’t only an American triumph. It is not only that. It’s a certain kind of personal freedom that anyone should realize.
We are just making the quote apparent. More will follow. The old guard is doomed by its lack of vision.
God Bless America
Pretty sure that this is a large part of the tariffs on the EU and Britain.
President Trump is leveraging them to gain freedom for European citizens.
The tariffs are leveraging a few different areas of finance, politics and societies.
Note, it won’t be pain free for most, ourselves included.
Such is the nature of war.
Two things glaringly hypocritical in her speech….
paraphrased:
1) In the last 80 years trade between the USA and EU has created millions of jobs……for who Ursula? The EU that’s who!
2) There is no order in the disorder……..there is perfect order in the goal, means and methods of President Trump to stop hemorrhaging the USA’s wealth, resources and jobs to the EU and others.
It’s interesting, we (America) chose to build you (Europe) up.
You chose to tear us down.
Lying, cheating and stealing, all the while claiming special relationships.
On another note , I think that were going to have to plan on funding the retirements of our elderly.
I’m good with that, provided that it’s legitimate.
In stage 4, transfer of power (revolution of its needs reminding), power becomes obvious.
Now think about this.
Does the office of the presidency provide this power.
Or is it the IDEAS AND EFFORT TOWARD THESE IDEAS THAT MAKE YOU A CHAMPION.
it’s not a trick question.
At the beginning of the day (did you catch that?) it’s what you can do first against the odds (literally odd ball vermin reprobates..this war is easy to win when you realize your power against the jack wagons. They have no hold over you unless you give them power. Give yourself power.
Winamins.
I RELISH DAYS LIKE THIS.
IN THE FIGHT…ALWAYS WILL REMAIN.
GOD BLESS AMERICA
It sounds like some RINO Senators are circling the wagons to go against Trump on the tariffs.
I think Ted Cruz is one of the ringleaders along with Rand Paul.
We’ve known for a long time how crooked Cornyn was but did we really expect Cruz to backstab us like this?
Seems like we might need to launch a serious effort to primary Cruz along with Cornyn.
Texas version of Trudope
Haven’t trusted Cruz since his performance at the convention in 2016.
Haven’t trusted Cruz since he took the teddy bears and soccer balls down to the border.
Haven’t trusted Cruz, since I discovered that his father was/is an evangelical minister, most likely a spook, and besties with Lee Harvey Oswald, who went to Canada immediately after JFK was popped.
I fully expected Cruz to be a backstabber.
Never forget that it was Cruz in 2016 who said that it was the words that PDJT spoke that caused the Left to become violent and attack people who went to Trump’s rallies. It wasn’t the violent Left that caused people to be assaulted, spat upon, threatened, and forced to walk the gauntlet to and from the venue to their vehicles. No. According to Lyin’ Ted it was Trump’s words that drove them to violence. That it what Ted Cruz said. I guess “Constitutional Expert” Ted Cruz skipped Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, and all sorts of other classes in Law School.
Grassley too. Why can’t they just give the man another full month or two?
When the Americans get the sniffles
The world gets the flu.
Explained.
We are tougher in every single way.
We are intense.
We know how to win
In a prior life Ms. von Ursula would have been overseeing one of “those” sort of internment “institutions”.
Any / all of the European’s leaders fit that bill.
They genuinely seem to be bent towards oppression of the weaker.
Nasty people.
Haha, the pinky finger salute, hey Ursula, don’t drop your teacup. But if you do we will understand, a few more things may taste like sh*t in the near term. We call and raise. MAGA on the march! Wolverines!
She clearly has her allies over here. The WSJ articles look like the NYC on hallucinogenic drugs. Trying to put the welfare and needs of our country first has unearthed a massive swarm assorted vermin from the swamp.
Everything about leftists is performative.
I believe that President Trump has responded that it’s not enough.
Lawfare against Le Pen seems to be the final straw.
But what she actually said was; “zero for zero tariffs on industrial products“.
So it depends on her definition of “industrial products” and does not necessarily include zero tariffs on agriculture, wine, cheese, food, raw material, IT, energy, social media, banking, building materials, pharmaceuticals, other supplies, and ????.
Into the cords of her neck
roll the beads
like the receding shore
at the base of the
palisades
cords of the neck
standing out
indicating stress
she is not wearing
makeup
well I don’t either
much, anymore
but for her it is
like she is running
down on the rims
like the cars do in the
LA car chases
she does not look
well, frankly
she looks like hell
can a woman be sexist,
misogynistic for saying
that about a member of
her own fair race?
Was she pushed out
there, I am asking
not planning to be
on the world stage
to make this speech
she is feeling her age
suddenly vulnerable
losing her way
somewhat, thinking
perhaps WHY do we
really have to do this
against
the USA?
Whatever that is, it’s pretty funny!
Great movie, you will love the door knockers.
Young Frankenstein. One of my favorite movies!
A Blucher mini-compilation…from 35-40 seconds is THE BEST !!
BWAAAHAAAHAAA 🙂
I hope this destroys the EU as an economic entity by creating fissures. EU used to be European Economic Community before 1999. Its sole purpose was to collude to extract bargaining power from the US. They have achieved nothing with that power except a destruction of their socioeconomic order. Now they are looking to blame someone else.
I think they are shorting for the 20% rule of 80/20. What are they going to kick women completely out of sports and have massive abortion parties?
Start another war?
Grownup are in charge now. More pop corn please.
We don’t want “trading partners.” Eff off, European Union.
She looks like an alien. WTF
“global citizens will be impacted with higher grocery bills, shortages of medication and increased costs for transportation.”
She states pretty emphatically near the end, in her rah-rah portion, that they have everything needed to steer through and their unity and all that horsehockey. Thus, they (EU) can proceed to feed & care for the “global citizens” of which she speaks.
She’s got the gun to her own head and says, “Nobody moves or the European gets it.” She’s no Cleavon Little.
Cynical Publius
@CynicalPublius
Brilliant exposition of unfair trade by an American who knows.
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Ken G
@KenPutnamNY
We are a small business manufacturer and we make specialty wireless products catering to niche clients throughout the world. We have sold to most countries including a few times to even countries like Mauritania. We are also one the best/leading manufacturer in our category of business/trade.
I see a lot of folks posting regarding tariffs and how the sky is falling on our heads and a global recession etc. Here is the reality for a small business manufacturer….
Our clientele used to be almost 60-40 before the pandemic. Meaning 60% sales within USA and 40% outside of the USA including Canada, Japan, GCC, Australia etc. EU was always less then 5%, barring sales from Scandinavia and good sales in the UK.
One of the key reasons, we were never able to penetrate the EU market even with a superior product was because of the tariff & VAT charged by EU. Then Euro almost became par with the US Dollar and this also added to the equation, meaning they had to spend more money to buy an American made product.
Cont reading…
https://www.instagram.com/p/DIJtZ5ipwtS/?igsh=MXRmc2FyMXE5d3Awbw==
In her posted comment with the video she stated that they were open to “zero to zero tariffs for INDUSTRIAL goods” – which is not an even playing field and is intended to protect the industry they have left while simultaneously continuing to screw America in all other areas. It’s why she added “We’re always open to a good deal” (for them).
Hopefully PDJT will tell her, “Nope, sorry – it has to be across the board.”
Perzactly!
@CGasparino:
“Wall Street is freaked out right now. Main Street is not. And Main Street is the Trump voter.”
Charles Gasparino
@CGasparino
BREAKING:
@WhiteHouse is now pivoting to a messaging its deal making on trade as a way to calm markets, as I reported earlier on
@TheBigMoneyShow
per my sources. Expect more of this
Cont….
Duh. Gasparino, anyone who follows politics AND this issue knew that Trump and his people had ready STEPS that would be taken.
If you haven’t notices, this WH has improved its communication and communication strategies over Trump 1. Lessons learned.
The White House is “pivoting”? The strategy has always been negotiation, you idiot. Such a pity you are all a bunch of propagandists.
The problem is that RINO congress critters are all Wall Street. They have to be corralled.
How about moving (restationing) 10,000 US troops from EU to Hungary every month (maybe week) until EU cries uncle.
Just for the hell of it, I hope POTUS responds with doing something that causes her to lose her position. I have no idea what that would be.
Donald Trump has a lot of cards, leverage cards and I am assuming, “pay back” cards. If he has to use any of them, I’m all for it.
The more Americans think about how we’ve been getting screwed for decades while there was obviously a “gentleman’s agreement” between all POTUSes before Trump and Congress to never place tariffs on our goods, the angrier we get.
The member EU countries are not even embarrassed to speak about it, acting as if we are some kind of monster for not continuing to prostrate ourselves at their door.
I had to turn off this crybaby rant from the “president of the European Commission” – ( when did she get elected and by whom to her titled role? ) at about 10 seconds into her crybaby rant. I’ll go back to listen to the rest someday over the rainbow.
Donald Trump’s tariffs will fix a broken system
https://archive.ph/O73PD
Fire that lady and put the future of the EU up to an honest vote among member states. Like NATO, it might be time for something new. Smaller decentralized govt. is just plain better.
Among other things, this tariff saga is demonstrating that the United States has no allies. Only a small number of acquaintances and ZERO friends/allies.
Yep, we don’t give a ding darn damn. Let them piss and moan to the wto.
Oh well. Volkswagen has stopped its car being imported to the US. Who cares? Volkswagen was a company that supported Hitler. And now Volkswagen have turned to making armaments.
I hope the Nazi reincarnated EU goes DOWN.
Scum of the earth
UK Telegraph:
German car giants shake off their Nazi past to prepare for war
Berlin’s rearmament drive could see automotive assembly lines retooled to roll out tanks
https://archive.md/IHHpM#selection-2185.0-2189.95
When people show you who they are, believe it.
MAGA, Baby!
Countries with Best Quality of LifeTopping the list of regions with the highest standard of living or the best quality of life based on quantitative evaluation of various living conditions is Switzerland. Norway follows closely at the second position with an HDI of 0.961, further indicating high standards in the crucial aspects of living – health, education, and income. Iceland, with an HDI of 0.959, comes third on the list, showcasing excellent living conditions characterized by advanced healthcare systems, high average income, and excellent educational institutions. Other countries making it to the top ten of the HDI ranks include Hong Kong (0.952), Australia (0.951), Denmark (0.948), Sweden (0.947), Ireland (0.945), Germany (0.942), and the Netherlands (0.941). These countries exhibit high scores in healthcare, income, and education, offering their citizens an enviable quality of life compared to other regions. Countries with Best Quality of Life
Switzerland – 0.962Norway – 0.961Iceland – 0.959Hong Kong – 0.952Australia – 0.951Denmark – 0.948Sweden – 0.947Ireland – 0.945Germany – 0.942Netherlands – 0.941 15. United States
Europe does not need our help anymore.
Their precious New World Order?!
☝️
ohhhh noooo!
Ah, yes, just continue breaking it. MAGA
Infinite BRAVOs 😁
🇺🇸
The Marshall Plan ended in 1951, not 2025.
Who cares what the Euro-trash says. Trump pulled back the US tit and they are throwing temper tantrums.