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🇪🇺Donald Trumps extortion racket comes back for Von der Leyen

Ursula von der Leyen gave Trump $1.35 trillion in trade and energy concessions to avoid a tariff war. Now he wants more, and threatens 35% tariffs if we don’t pay up.

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Julien Hoez
Aug 05, 2025
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Von der Leyen negotiating with Donald Trump (Photo by the European Commission)

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