Unpopular trade agreement could be blocked because of U.S. president’s rhetoric on seizing Greenland.
Senior EU lawmakers want the European Parliament to freeze the EU-U.S. trade deal in response to Donald Trump’s threats to take over Greenland.
The deal was deeply unpopular across party lines as it was seen as overwhelmingly favoring Washington, but European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen sold it as the price of keeping Trump onside. However, Trump ratcheted up his rhetoric this week, saying “we need Greenland from the standpoint of national security,” and has repeatedly refused to rule out military intervention.
As a result, MEPs from the center-left, liberal, green, and left-wing groups say the deal should be blocked.
With people like Trump, it’s always like this: Ypu give them an inch, they reach out and take a mile. Appeasement does not work with psychopaths. Time for Europe to learn this now. It’s kinda funny to me that Nazis finally get what I personally have heard from them on multiple occaions: That Europe stands on its own instead of being the US’s puppets. Of course the distancing will also not be enough to them, they always have been traitors that want a “strong” leadership. Not just like Putin, but exactly Putin in person.