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Donald Trump’s financial coverage follows the sequence of terrorist actions, in blitzkrieg, blitzkrieg Until somebody stops him, just like the Supreme Court (TS); or challenges it, as within the spring China, Brazil and the bond markets.

First he abruptly launches brutal tariffs. Unpredictable: in opposition to all multilateral guidelines, and disrupting funding applications and enterprise plans enterprise. Then, in a grim response to his first reception, he multiplies the confusion, inflicting worry. Eventually, he interrupts the post-traumatic digestion of his measures. And by turning again, he ridicules those that, humiliating themselves, made a pact with him.

Simple design: flip uncertainty into lonely certainty. The solely certainty can be that nothing is for certain. Not seemingly. In the tip, solely his chaotic and unstable will.

His case with Europe is a paradigm of inconsistency. It’s TACO, from the initials of Trump all the time chickens outTrump all the time cows, hen. On July 27, 2025, he reached an settlement in precept with Ursula von der Leyen—US tariffs of 15%; in opposition to Europeans, zero—alongside together with his non-public golf in Turnberry (Scotland), that diplomatic disgrace. On August 5, it already threatened to extend them if the EU didn’t adjust to an ethereal funding plan within the United States (600,000 million generic {dollars}; 750,000 in power purchases; and weapons, aside). And he repeated it on the twenty sixth, till on the twenty eighth Ursula agreed to all his requests. On January 17, 2026, it returned to the fray, this time in opposition to the eight European international locations that despatched troopers to Greenland to guard it from its jaws. Forceful unitary response; TACO withdrawal.

Resurrexit. On February 20, the TS declared its tariffs unlawful. He instantly promised to exchange them with one thing completely different (as a result of the merchandise affected have been numerous), with a distinct authorized foundation. 15% for everybody, additionally for the EU. It seems to be a repetition, however it isn’t: being of the identical quantity, the alleged discount (which isn’t a discount both, however fairly a slight efficient enhance) harms European exports comparatively greater than others (comparable to Chinese) that began from worse ranges. And already this week, 10%: even bettering (absolutely the price), the European place worsens with respect to the others.

Multiple embarrassment for the president of the Commission, who had masked her genuflection at Turnberry as “a deliberate choice” for “predictability and stability”, by offering “clarity” (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung24/8/2025).

And they swallow submissive European leaders with whom Parliament ought to ratify that Caudine gallows of August! Perhaps, if its present variations have been favorably clarified. But not for these depressing causes of false stability, however to hope (and assist) that the midterm elections will destabilize the Trump majority within the House of Representatives on November 3.

For now, the tycoon is attempting to keep away from defeat by disguising his financial irrelevance with emphatic reward. But in its first 12 months, unemployment has elevated three tenths, and GDP has grown six tenths much less, whereas tariffs solely improved the commerce deficit by a meager 0.2%. After so many agonizing tariff Thermopylae.