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One thing that’s become obvious over the last few weeks is that ordinary Americans and Europeans aren’t interested in fighting each other. Actually, the World Cup has shown the world that Euros and Americans have a great deal of mutual love and respect. The real friction is happening where it always does: between global elites and Team Trump. The Euros want to come after Trump and the U.S., and President Trump is ready and waiting, saying “LFG” while waving his 100% tariffs in the air.

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So, what’s going down?

It’s pretty simple… Europe’s political elites want to tax American tech giants like Apple, X, Google, and Meta, while also building more censorship rules around the digital world. They’re calling it fairness, sovereignty, consumer protection, and all the usual BS Brussels buzzwords. Team Trump isn’t buying the sales pitch. Trump knows this is another squeeze against American companies and another move by global elites to get more control over the internet. So instead of playing the game, Trump did what Trump does… he grabbed the biggest tariff hammer he could find and said, “LFG!”

Here’s a closeup of Trump’s Truth Social post:

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Trump isn’t interested in a string of diplomatic meetings or talks. He’s telling any country considering these taxes there’s going to be some hardcore economic consequences.

Of course, European leaders are freaking out and insisting that’s not what’s happening at all… they’re not targeting America or punishing U.S. companies. They’re just exercising their right to regulate and tax economic activity inside their own borders.

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Sure, guys…

Times of India:

The European Union (EU) has pushed back against threats from US President Donald Trump, declaring that European nations hold a sovereign right to regulate and tax economic activity within their own borders. The European Commission issued the statement following a series of warnings from the Trump administration, which has threatened aggressive economic retaliation against European countries that impose digital services taxes on American tech giants like Apple, Google and Meta.

A spokesperson for the European Commission clarified that the tax frameworks are built to apply to corporate size and revenue, not nationality. “Any taxes are non-discriminatory by design and apply equally to all large companies, regardless of their origin,” news agency Reuters quoted a spokesperson as saying. European officials rejected accusations from Washington that the taxes unfairly target American companies.

From our perspective, this isn’t some one-off disagreement over random taxes. It’s another piece of a bigger puzzle that involves control and censorship.

International Cyber Digest:

🇪🇺 European Parliament President Roberta Metsola is trying to push through “chat control” despite her own Parliament voting it down.

Parliament killed it 311 to 228 in March.

In a document seen by Politico, Metsola has invited EU member states in the Council to adopt a first-reading position on the lapsed regulation that lets platforms voluntarily scan for child sexual abuse material (CSAM).

Cyprus, which currently chairs the Council, has put the request to member-state ambassadors for Friday, while admitting in its own note there is no precedent for what is being asked.

Privacy campaigners say the scanning opens the door to mass surveillance and the end of encryption. Reviving a rejected bill through the Council also tests how far one EU institution can route around another’s vote.

This is just the tip of a very big iceberg. We’ve all seen how Europe’s global elites have dug their claws into the digital world, and this latest move fits neatly into the scheme.

But globalists never tell you what they’re really up to, do they?

But ironically, the EU’s description of the Digital Services Act gives a sense of how expansive their vision truly is. They try to present it as consumer protection and market fairness. But we all know it’s way more than that.

Digital Strategy:

The Digital Services Act (DSA) introduces rules for online services used by European citizens in their everyday life. These services include marketplaces, social media networks, app stores, and online travel and accommodation platforms.

The main goal of the DSA is to create a digital space that respects citizens and consumers’ fundamental rights. By establishing a clear set of rules across the EU, the DSA also enables smaller platforms, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and start-ups to scale up in Europe, fostering innovation, growth and competitiveness.

The DSA is complemented by the Digital Markets Act (DMA), which includes rules for gatekeeper online platforms. Gatekeepers function as bottlenecks between businesses and consumers for digital services, affecting competition and the functioning of the EU internal market. Some of these services are also covered in the DSA, but for different reasons and with different types of provisions.

Obviously, Brussels sees a much bigger government role in the sweeping digital landscape. We’ve argued that every new layer of government influence over the internet must be scrutinized because the internet is the last place where regular people can exchange ideas, challenge power, and organize. So, it doesn’t matter if this move is presented as regulation, consumer protection, or taxation, everybody should be very skeptical when more control flows in the direction of government and away from citizens.

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Needless to say, Trump has the EU’s number. And the internet saw that and reacted to Trump’s announcement in a funny way because Trump’s still swinging that tariff hammer.

The EU elites think  they’re exercising its sovereign right to regulate and tax digital markets. Trump believes the United States has every right to answer with the tariff hammer. We’ll see who wins, but our money is on the hammer…

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Because if you’re going after American companies, don’t be surprised when we punch back. Hard.

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