The Art of the Deal (Redux): Trump’s Trade Tsunami Rolls Over the Globe

President Trump is racking up victories on the global trade front — and the latest deal with the European Union might just be the crown jewel. In just 75 minutes behind closed doors, Trump locked in $600 billion in new EU investment and a promise to purchase $750 billion worth of American energy products. That’s not just a win — it’s a power play.

The EU is slashing most tariffs on U.S. goods to zero, while the U.S. maintains a 15% tariff on European imports. Predictably, the mainstream media, suffering from a chronic case of Trump Derangement Syndrome, didn’t know how to react. EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was asked what concessions the U.S. made — because surely no deal could be this lopsided in favor of America. Her response?

Trump isn’t playing patty-cake with trade — he’s bulldozing through decades of bureaucratic stagnation. The same media that mocked his Scotland trip as a taxpayer-funded golfing getaway is now begrudgingly admitting the victory. Even the Financial Times couldn’t mask the reality, quoting one EU ambassador as saying, “There is no hiding the fact that the EU was rolled over by the Trump juggernaut. Trump worked out exactly where our pain threshold is.”

And CNN, of all outlets, was forced to report on it — through gritted teeth, no doubt.

When even CNN can’t spin it, you know it’s a blowout win. Meanwhile, Democrats cling to the tired talking point that all tariffs are bad, conveniently ignoring that the goal is to achieve actual leverage — a concept foreign to those obsessed with their “orange man bad” worldview.

Even Bill Maher, hardly a MAGA fan, tipped his hat. He’s starting to acknowledge that maybe — just maybe — Trump understands trade.

Dealing in facts is a foreign concept to much of Maher’s party, but world leaders are catching on. The UK’s Prime Minister just met with Trump, looking to secure a similar deal — no doubt motivated by the EU’s embarrassment. Trump welcomed the overture, saying it would only strengthen U.S.-UK ties.

All this came on the heels of another stunner: a historic deal with Japan. That one featured a $550 billion investment aimed at boosting U.S. energy, semiconductor R&D, critical mineral extraction, and more. Japan also pledged to increase imports of American rice by 75% and commit $8 billion toward U.S. food products — a huge shift for a country with its own robust rice industry.

But Trump’s trade strategy isn’t just about economics — it’s become a tool for peacekeeping.

He recently announced a ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia — where deadly border clashes had already claimed dozens of lives — claiming he shut it down swiftly and decisively. And he’s not done.

Just yesterday, he turned his focus to Russia — sending a direct warning to Vladimir Putin.

Trump gave Putin a two-week window to change course or face severe sanctions targeting Russia’s major trade partners. It’s a bold move, but not without precedent — Trump has previously voiced his discontent with Russian aggression. Maybe this time, armed with a string of wins, he can leverage real change.

Then there’s China — the sleeping dragon Trump is now systematically surrounding with new trade alliances. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is currently in China, racing to finalize a trade deal before the August 12th deadline.

Trump’s new deals don’t just benefit the U.S. — they decrease the West’s dependence on Chinese goods, especially in semiconductors and rare earth minerals. With the U.S. and EU pivoting away, China is being squeezed. And rightly so: their trade dominance has long relied on IP theft and forced labor.

As Bessent attempts to negotiate with Beijing, Trump’s already turning his attention to Big Pharma. He announced plans to slash U.S. prescription drug prices by 30–80%, with an executive order slated for 9 a.m. this morning. On Truth Social, Trump blasted the pharmaceutical industry for gaming the system and using campaign donations to protect their racket — but he made it clear: not with him, and not with the GOP. “We’re going to do the right thing,” he wrote.

And that’s exactly what voters signed up for — results, not rhetoric. From the EU to Japan, from energy to agriculture, from trade deals to ceasefires, and now to drug pricing — it’s win after win after win.

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