Germany says it 'will not give in' as Trump announces 25% car tariffs

Trump's entire goal, and I cannot stress this enough, is power.

If Trump believes that making allies and negotiating trade deals would make him powerful to his base, he absolutely would. This guy is using the military, tariffs, and executive orders as a flex. He doesn't care about the economy. He only cares that his power is unchallenged.

100%.

The word of the USA isn't worth anything now. We can't trust the USA to do the right thing.

except MAGA level idiots

Crys in being British and missing out on the resurgance of European unity because our PM prefers to felate Trump.

Good point, China alone can get India driving in EV's . One nagging thought Is that if US can't have dominance by alliance, market control or coercion it will try to create dependence through war. If the world is at war, it knocks all directly involved parties way down the economic ladder, needing financial and industrial support from the US. Removes competition, creates highly indebted dependants , not unlike WW2. Speaking to some old timers , it's clear that whenever the US economy falters they export war. Why would this be any different. Perhaps what we're seeing with abandoning Europe to deal with Russia is a setup for EU to get economically degraded again. But if US is really trying to corner China as they say, leaving Europe vulnerable is counter productive as China will benefit.