Of and I should not forget of course: the threat of pulling out of the football world cup @lucasguttenberg.bsky.social!
@sandertordoir.bsky.socialThis time, Europe’s leaders played the EU-US trade game well.
From the Franco-German tough line to Meloni’s off-ramps, backed by a credible €93bn retaliation threat, they made escalation for Trump costly, and de-escalation easy.
Markets and US politics did the rest — Rutte scoring on the assist.
