>>60742094 (OP)>paying a gift tribute to the god emperor>drop your tarrifs>accept 15% us tarrifsthis whole trade deal is such a humiliation ritual for Europe.
And their only other options is getting raped by Russia or selling whatever is left of their souls to China.
(or try to build their own resource base in Africa, but coincidentally, in 2014, all of north africa exploded at once, and Euro bases got kicked out)
Seeing this dynamic, Trump decided to squeeze them for all it's worth. And after grand standing for a few days, they conceded to all demands. Like in the Suez Crisis.