President Macron: Are Americans the enemy of France?

Charles de Gaulle

President Macron: Are Americans the enemy of France?

A few days ago, President Trump visited France for the commemoration of the end of World War One. In two wars, in World War One and World War Two, the end for France would have been dramatically different if thousands of Americans had not lost their lives trying to save France.

Here we have a French President talking about the creation of EU Armed Forces to fight against 'USA, Russia and China'. The hysteria is such that Angela Merkel that also supports the idea of the creation of 'true, real, EU Armed Forces' had to explicitly say in the Bundestag that the creation of EU Armed Forces was not walking away from NATO or undermining NATO. Well, if the Germany Chancellor has to publicly say that it is not about undermining NATO then there is the implicit aim of undermining NATO 'by taking our defence in our own hands'. What next?

For decades, the USA has been offering to the Common Market, then to the European Community and now to the European Union very advantageous trade deals. Now, it is the time for the USA to ask for reciprocity but the EU doesn't want reciprocity. The EU wants to maintain its advantages not just against the USA but against the rest of the World. When an EU made car enters USA such export is taxed several times less than the US made car when it enters the EU. Is this fair? No, it isn't. Much of the spiteful approach of several EU governments against the USA is based on the fact that USA is asking for a fair deal when it comes to exports and imports. When the USA says that all NATO members should pay an equivalent contribution to NATO according to the size of their economies, how much Germany, France and others pay? A lot less than the minimum two percent required. Things are so bad that German Armed Forces are struggling with ongoing shortages due to lack of German investment in defence. Most of the jet fighters in Germany are non operational. Pilot Licenses are being withdrawn because Pilots are required to have a certain record in terms of number of hours in the air and minimum operational time in the air is not being met.

Hatred against President Trump is based on the fact that President Trump is asking for minimum requirements to be met. The EU is a Protectionist Racket whose interests are directly opposed to the interests of Developing Economies, some of the poorest economies of the world that cannot export to EU and that when they do export to EU have to pay very high taxes to be able to sell their products in the EU. Talking about fighting inequality and hunger, the EU promotes inequality and hunger. When we look at Asia, Africa and Latin America, we should remember the damage that high tariffs caused to the Developing World. It must be said that when the movement towards European protectionism started, the economies of Latin America went into a free-fall and that because of that political instability followed and that because of that many countries across Latin American ended up having Military Dictatorships, torture and execution of political opponents. The stress generated by the Common Market, followed by the European Community and then European Union killed tens of thousands of people across Latin America. If you think about the whole picture including other areas of the world that also suffered from European Protectionism, the number of victims can  number millions. 

European Union has nothing to do with Free Trade. European Union is about Protectionism and Exploitation or, to put it more directly, European Union is Neo-Colonialism.