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How the USA exploits Europe, treating its 'allies' like vassals

58 minutes Posted Jul 29, 2025 at 7:04 pm.

Intro

US empire doesn't have allies, only vassals

US-EU trade deal & tariffs

China defended itself in trade war

Ursula von der Leyen on US energy

(CLIP) Trump on US-EU trade deal

USA benefits

(CLIP) Trump: "the biggest of all the deals"

Europe gets nothing

(CLIP) US makes no concessions to EU

(CLIP) Trump on US fossil fuel exports

US gets everything, EU gets nothing

Vassalization of Europe

BRICS expansion

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte

(CLIP) NATO chief calls Trump "daddy"

Trump addresses "daddy" comment

(CLIP) Trump: I'm NATO's "daddy"

Trump leaks humiliating text messages

Failure of EU "strategic autonomy"

NATO demands military spending at 5% of GDP

US military-industrial complex benefits

Paying imperial tribute

Replacing welfare state with warfare state

EU spending on education

EU spending on healthcare

Trump & MAGA take off the mask

VP JD Vance attacks Europe

Kissinger: "to be America's friend is fatal"

Trump boasts of ending Nord Stream

(CLIP) Trump: "I ended Nord Stream 2"

US targets European infrastructure

(CLIP) Trump: US wants to sell oil/gas

US attacks European "allies"

Sabotage of Nord Stream pipelines

Who blew up Nord Stream?

West opposed UN investigation

Polish official said US blew up Nord Stream

Historical amnesia

Why Germany wanted Nord Stream

(CLIP) Trump: Europe must buy US oil/gas

Trump pressured Angela Merkel on Russia

(CLIP) Trump: Europe must cut Russia ties

Trump sanctioned Nord Stream

USA seeks to divide Europe & Russia

Biden threatened Nord Stream

(CLIP) Biden: We will end Nord Stream

Bipartisan vassalage

US energy exports to Europe

EU imports of oil

EU imports of natural gas

EU imports of LNG

Climate change catastrophe

Germany re-opens coal plants

Germany's pro-war "Greens"

US imperial strategy: divide Europe

Imperialist Mackinder's heartland theory

US fears of Europe-Russia alliance

NATO's goal: keep US on top

Deindustrialization of Europe

EU attacks top trading partner China

Why are EU leaders Atlanticists?

EU leaders are literally crying

EU elites invest in US financial assets

US Big Tech corporations

Comprador bourgeoisie

Western oligarchies

US empire fears Eurasian integration

Trump tries to divide Russia & China

Europe is at a geopolitical crossroads

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The one-sided trade agreement that Donald Trump imposed on the EU illustrates how the US empire exploits its "allies" in Europe as vassals to benefit the American oil/gas industry, Big Tech corporations, and the military-industrial complex. This did not start with Trump, but he has accelerated the vassalization of the European Union. Political economist Ben Norton explains.

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