In 2024, the EU Had a Surplus of 200 Billion Euros with the U.S., says Sébastien Laye; What This Means Is That the Europeans Need the Americans More than the Other Way Around

While Sébastien Laye believes that France’s economic collapse is inevitable and has been calling his country therefore nothing less than an Utter Merde-Show, the French-American member of Republicans Overseas France appeared in the pages of the Valeurs Actuelles weekly, interviewed by Éric Revel.  

After stating that the American economy has been remarkably solid in the past eight years, he goes on to point out one particular fact that has undoubtedly been in the mind (not to mention in the strategic plans) of Donald Trump for a very long time: In 2024, the EU had a surplus of 200 billion euros with the U.S.; usually, this would be — mindlessly (by economy-blind politicians and journalists) — presented in Europe as some kind of victory, but what it actually means is that the Europeans need the Americans more than the other way around.