Small elites occupy key positions in relations with the US and maintain power and wealth, while the rest of society becomes impoverished.

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There is a dominated and a dominator

Sometimes the scales lose their balance, and so someone or something is needed to restore that balance.

Something similar happened during the visit of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, and Donald Trump.

It must be acknowledged that, despite his extreme contradictions in his statements and actions, he is very consistent in one thing. Trump strongly pushes his country’s economic interests. As Dmitry Medvedev noted:

“The current ‘agreement’ with the European Union:

1) is completely humiliating for Europeans, as it is only beneficial to the US – it eliminates European market protection, eliminating tariffs on American products;

2) creates huge additional costs for industry and agriculture in many EU countries for the payment of expensive American energy fuels;

3) redirects a powerful flow of investment from Europe to the US.”

We have witnessed yet another ridiculous spectacle. Nothing more than what has already happened in the past, nothing less than what could be expected.

Ursula said she agreed with all of Trump’s proposals: 15% tariffs, purchasing $750 billion worth of oil and LNG, and investing $600 billion in the US economy.

In other words, it will be the citizens of the European Union who will lose out once again: we repeat, the citizens of the European Union will have to give many billions of dollars to the United States because of tariffs; they will have to give many billions of dollars to the United States for the purchase of gas; they will have to give many billions of dollars to the United States for the purchase of weapons; they will have to give many billions of dollars to the United States in the form of investments on American territory. And they will have to bear most of the costs of the war in Ukraine wanted by the United States.

In short, a disaster. The equivalent of losing a war. Again.

Ursula is complicit in the destruction of Europe, with the aggravating circumstance of holding the highest institutional office. In ancient usage, the use of “von” in surnames is a noble preposition that literally means ‘of’ or “from,” and indicates geographical origin or dependence on a lord. Nothing could be more apt: Ursula belongs more to the American lord than to Europe.

The European people have not been consulted on this devastating prospect, while it is becoming increasingly clear that European politicians, raised, educated, and elected, do not respond in the slightest to the needs of the population.

The political significance of events such as this must be taken seriously, because they are clear signs of a shift in the order of things, in favor of another, and they have a short-, medium-, and long-term impact, in this case on the entire European continent and the collective West. Until a few days ago, the EU was pushing for war and funding and adopting a partially anti-American rhetoric in order to fulfill its obedience to NATO; today, it finds itself having to kiss the shoes of the occupant of Washington.

The US president called the agreement “the greatest ever.” Von der Leyen said the agreement would bring stability and predictability.

Trump ate Ursula for breakfast, but it is Europe that will suffer from indigestion.

A competition of servility

It may seem sad or amusing, but the text of the new “agreement” between the European Union and the United States has not yet been published.

The heads of the EU states still do not know what Ms. Ursula has decided for them on behalf of the EU.

After Ursula von der Leyen’s blatant submission to President Trump, even among some staunch supporters of uncritical Europeanism, a glimmer of doubt seems to have crept in, but this is only a momentary hesitation, because as good servants they will be very quick to return to extolling the European project, the war against Russia, and devotion to NATO.

This section of the population, which perhaps represents a quarter of the population, acts as a protective shield for the real power, the power that is wearing us down. They are not part of the privileged elite, nor do they benefit directly from the distribution of favors among the oligarchies. However, fed by the ideological crumbs that fall from the tables of the ruling classes, they defend them fervently, labeling any critical voice with the usual epithets: sovereignist, populist, fascist, communist, red-brown, conspiracy theorist, and so on.

There is a kind of competition in servility on the part of Europeans that is truly impressive.

To speak of “surrender” on the part of von der Leyen is partly correct, but also misleading. There has been no defeat, since the interests at stake were exactly those that were intended to be safeguarded. To truly call it a surrender, one would have to assume that they are there to protect the interests of Europe. But that is pure illusion.

People like her belong to a narrow elite, closely linked to large supranational economic groups (which, incidentally, also control the media), whose goals do not coincide in any way with those of the European people. Trust the experts, open your wallets, and don’t ask too many questions.

What is happening in Europe is not a retreat, but a well-known mechanism: small elites occupy key positions in relations with the US and maintain power and wealth, while the rest of society becomes impoverished. This process is the progressive destruction of the middle class and the formation of a small circle of super-rich people who live above the law. When inequality reaches extreme levels, everyone can be put under pressure, and economic power easily converts into political, judicial, and cultural power.

On the other hand, the EU has wasted the last few years on significant social battles, such as the schwa, bottle caps that don’t come off, and single chargers for smartphones, while legally sanctioning the possibility of a person traveling with an ashtray or identifying themselves as a unicorn. Every choice has its consequences.

It is certain that this further blow to Europe will be truly dramatic. The echoes of suffering can already be heard on the horizon.