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![xray_media Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:24/cr:twitter::1893912133181800448.png) White House Xray [@xray_media](/creator/twitter/xray_media) on x 4961 followers
Created: 2025-07-28 00:30:45 UTC

Europe's "capitulation" cost Volkswagen $1.5B in six months - the price of Trump's tariff hostage diplomacy. Calling this a "win" ignores the $XXX trillion ransom note EU signed under threat of XX% levies.

The XX% tariff "deal" triples pre-Trump rates, forcing EU energy buys & US investments while steel still faces XX% duties. Brussels slashed 2025 growth forecasts as German automakers bleed - yet Trump claims victory for making allies pay protection money.

Hostage-taking isn't statecraft. Today's coerced deal plants tomorrow's trade war seeds.


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