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Emanuel Macron Calls Emergency Summit on Monday After Trump Administration Hurls EU Elites into Utter Chaos
by Jim Hoft Feb. 16, 2025
French President Emanuel Macron called for an emergency summit in Paris on Sunday after Trump officials flew to Europe and rocked the status quo with the Old Continent.
The European leaders are expected to discuss the “challenges” posed by US President Donald Trump.
The European elites were unprepared for the US visits this past week and the policies proposed by President Trump’s top officials.
As Steve Bannon says, “The European elites never took President Trump seriously – and they paid the price.”
It was a devastating week for the EU elites. These tyrannical failed leaders were called to the carpet for five straight days.
AXIOS reported:
President Trump stunned, strangled and humiliated Europe — leaving America’s closest continental ally dazed and dumbfounded.
That was over the course of three short days this week.
The big picture: No amount of “Trump-proofing” could have prepared Europe for the MAGA-shaped hurricane that swept across the continent this week, wreaking torrential havoc on America’s closest allies.
Driving the news: Trump left NATO and Ukraine still reeling with his initiation of direct peace talks with Russia, without Ukraine fully in the loop or other European leaders even in the conversation.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth perplexed and perturbed allies on his first visit to NATO by seemingly taking some of Ukraine’s bargaining chips off the table before those talks began. He also demanded that Europe take ownership of its own defense so the U.S. could focus on the more urgent threat from China.
Back at home, Trump announced “reciprocal” tariffs on every country that imposes import duties on the U.S., likely affecting $600 billion worth of goods from the EU.
And at a global AI summit in Paris on Tuesday, Vice President Vance torched the EU’s “excessive regulation of the AI sector” and “hand-wringing about safety,” and left the conference without signing its joint declaration.
But it was in Vance’s remarks to the Munich Security Conference on Friday that things got particularly personal.
“[T]he threat that I worry the most about vis-a-vis Europe is not Russia, it’s not China, it’s not any other external actor,” Vance began in one of his first major speeches on the world stage.
“What I worry about is the threat from within. The retreat of Europe from some of its most fundamental values: values shared with the United States of America.”
What came next left conference attendees silent, stunned and steaming…
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/02/emanuel-macron-calls-emergency-summit-monday-after-trump/