No doubt the transnational elite are just as angry today as they were last week about Trump’s tariffs, his rejection of globalism, his recalibration of European relations, and Trumpism in general.
But they are also abandoning their tough talk and reaching out to Donald Trump in hopes of cutting a deal on all these issues because, for all the storm, strife, and sniveling about Trumpism, they are slowly realizing that Europe is wholly dependent on US subsidies for their way of life.
I have plenty of resentment about Europe’s superior attitude and casual bullying of America on issues of speech and foreign policy, but that last bit about the US subsidizing Europe is not hyperbole. It is a simple fact. As Karoline Leavitt pointed out, the French and British would be speaking German, but for the fact that the US saved their butts during the 20th century, and…
