Core Brief: Europe Prepares Its Trade “Nuclear Option” Against Trump
Trump escalated the trade war. Europe built a weapon to end it.
Trump started it. Europe will end it. America will suffer.
Trump started an aggressive trade war out of nowhere. Europe has been patient. Two cultural perspectives, aggressiveness and patience (achievement vs. nurturance) at odds. And a game-ending error dictators make when dealing with democracies, mistaking patience for weakness.
