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Europe Stands Up to Trump, 100 Clergy Arrested in Minnesota Strike, WHO Exit, Ukraine Talks, and FBI Purge
5️⃣ Europe Stands Up, Trump Backs Down
Trump wanted Greenland and threatened to take it by force. The European Union told him to back off, and according to Washington Post analysis published today, pushback actually works. When the EU threatened retaliatory tariffs over Trump’s military threats, Trump ruled out using force within hours. The pattern is clear, as Zev explained: when confronted by equals with actual leverage, Trump folds, then immediately retaliates against weaker targets he controls. After backing down to Europe, Trump withdrew Canada’s invitation to the Board of Peace in petty…
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