Donald Trump again calls out EU on trade and defense spending–this will not end well

US President Donald Trump was interviewed on 60 Minutes and has further taken shots at the European Union. Here is something from the German press:

15 October 2018

Donald Trump: ‘Nobody treats us much worse than the EU’

The comments targeting the trans-Atlantic relationship come as US-EU trade negotiations are in an early stage. …

US President Donald Trump on Sunday again railed against the trans-Atlantic trade relationship, claiming that “nobody treats us much worse than the European Union.” https://www.dw.com/en/donald-trump-nobody-treats-us-much-worse-than-the-eu/a-45888402

“The European Union was formed in order to take advantage of us on trade, and that’s what they’ve done,” Trump said in a televised interview on CBS.

Here are excerpts from a transcript of the actual interview by Leslie Stahl, starting with some comments related to trade and China, then the EU:

Lesley Stahl: China.

President Donald Trump: I get along with him. It’s very important. China, let’s go.

Lesley Stahl: I’m skipping across the world here. You’ve slapped a lot of tariffs–

President Donald Trump: $250 billion.

Lesley Stahl: Gonna do more?

President Donald Trump: Might. Might. …

Lesley Stahl: But you’re in a–

President Donald Trump: And it will be a fair deal–

Lesley Stahl: –trade war right now. Trade war.

President Donald Trump: You call it war, I don’t call–

Lesley Stahl: You– you–

President Donald Trump: –it–

Lesley Stahl: –you did today.

President Donald Trump: I called it a skirmish.

Lesley Stahl: I heard you, you called it a war.

President Donald Trump: I called it, actually I called it a battle. But, actually, I’m gonna lower that. I consider it a skirmish. And we’re gonna win.

Lesley Stahl: You have also slapped some tariffs on our allies.

President Donald Trump: I mean, what’s an ally? We have wonderful relationships with a lot of people. But nobody treats us much worse than the European Union. The European Union was formed in order to take advantage of us on trade, and that’s what they’ve done.

Lesley Stahl: But this is hostile.

President Donald Trump: And yet, they– it’s not hostile.

Lesley Stahl: It sounds hostile.

President Donald Trump: You know what’s hostile? The way they treat us. We’re not hostile.

Lesley Stahl: No, but can’t you deal with–

President Donald Trump: We’ve been– we’ve been–

Lesley Stahl: –them without–

President Donald Trump: –the stupid country for so many years.

Lesley Stahl: Are you willing to get rid of that Western alliance?

President Donald Trump: Now, I like NATO, NATO’s fine. But you know what? We shouldn’t be paying almost the entire cost of NATO to protect Europe. And then on top of that, they take advantage of us on trade. They’re not going to do it anymore. They understand that. …

Lesley Stahl: Is it true General Mattis said to you, “The reason for NATO and the reason for all these alliances is to prevent World War III?”

President Donald Trump: No, it’s not true. …

Lesley Stahl: Well, answer my question.

President Donald Trump: The answer is this. I will always be there with NATO, but they have to pay their way. I’m fully in favor of NATO, but I don’t wanna be taken advantage of. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-interview-60-minutes-full-transcript-lesley-stahl-jamal-khashoggi-james-mattis-brett-kavanaugh-vladimir-putin-2018-10-14/

Although Donald Trump in the above related to trade said, “we’re gonna win,” Europe, for a prophesied time at least, will eventually ‘win’ the trade war.

Essentially Europe will dominate world trade.

That is consistent with warnings in the Book of the Apocalypse, more commonly referred to these days as the Book of Revelation. That book teaches about an end time European power:

2 … Babylon … 3 For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich through the abundance of her luxury. (Revelation 18:2,3)

The above is referring to the fact that nations of the world are prophesied to get wealthy trading with end time Babylon, which will be a European entity. This European power will have religious ties to the City of Seven Hills–the Church of Rome:

1 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and talked with me, saying to me, “Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters, 2 with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication.” (Revelation 17:1-2)

9 Here is the mind which has wisdom: The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits. … 18 And the woman whom you saw is that great city which reigns over the kings of the earth.” (Revelation 17:9,18)

The Bible tells of a trading power arising in Europe that is tied to the City of Seven Hills. Europe, the United Nations, and the Vatican have stated that they have agreed on essentially the same future for the world. Now, Europe is getting an opportunity to better mold trade in its image–with its standards and, at least indirectly, its control.

This will not go as well for the USA as its President Trump hopes. I have been warning since before he became president that there would be “unintended consequences” of his policies.

Notice statements from my book, Donald Trump and America’s Apocalypse:

Has or will Donald Trump affect Europe?

Yes.

He will do so in many ways, including several that few consider.

The Washington Post reported in late 2016 that Donald Trump admired Richard Nixon. It also reported:

Donald Trump appears to have embraced, with gusto, Richard Nixon’s “Madman Theory” of foreign policy. He thinks he can use his reputation for unpredictability and lack of respect for long-standing international norms to unnerve and then intimidate America’s adversaries into making concessions that they would not otherwise make. (Hohmann J, Deppisch B. The Daily 202: Donald Trump embraces the risky ‘Madman Theory’ on foreign policy. Washington Post, December 20, 2016)

Donald Trump’s foreign policy statements have unsettled many—in the U.S.A. as well as foreign nations. He seems like he will more unpredictable than Richard Nixon.

There is also something referred to as the “law of unintended consequences.” There are consequences for the U.S.A., Europe, and elsewhere that have and will occur because of Donald Trump’s statements and actions. (Thiel B. Donald Trump and America’s Apocalypse. Nazarene Books, 2017)

We are seeing “fallout” (unintended consequences) of Donald Trump’s policies affecting Europe. Europe’s relationship will NOT continue in the future with the USA as it has been–that is one reason that Europe is developing its own military (see also With PESCO, EU entering a ‘New Era’: An era that will NOT end well for the USA, Canada, or the UK).

While the Europeans do not want to overly rile up Donald Trump, they are more and more of the opinion that he does not like them (and his relatively recent statement about the EU being a foe basically confirms that–see Donald Trump considers European Union, Russia, and China to be foes; Germans fear Donald Trump more than Vladimir Putin). He is the one whose policies have them scrambling to try to figure out what to do next. “Self-preservation” can be a powerful motivator.

Things are going to change in Europe. In Bavaria there was an election yesterday, and the status quo in Germany is being affected:

15 October 2018

Mainstream erosion

So what does the outcome mean for German politics as a whole?

Mainstream parties have been hemorrhaging voters in recent state elections and especially in last year’s federal election: The major parties that have dominated German politics for decades and currently rule at national level in a coalition made up of the Social Democrats (SPD), the CDU and the CSU, are in decline. The latest debacle could very well spell the end for a coalition that none of the parties really ever wanted in the first place and that in the eyes of many voters is muddling through rather than shaping crucial policies, ranging from immigration to pensions.

The repercussions could also be dramatic for Merkel. …

if the CDU and the SPD experience another drubbing, all bets are off on the grand coalition surviving. That could mean new elections, a CDU-run minority government, or another attempt to form a Jamaica coalition, made up of the CDU, the CSU, the pro-business Free Democrats and the Greens and so named because of the parties’ respective colors: black, yellow and green.

None of the options are really palatable and what’s keeping the coalition together, albeit tenuously, is a lack of clear alternative. https://www.dw.com/en/germany-at-a-crossroads-after-bavarian-poll-debacle/a-45892514

Repercussions will be more than how one politician is affected. Europe will change and become militaristic.

Please understand that the Bible teaches that Europe will have a great army–which Donald Trump is unknowingly pushing Europe to develop:

25 “He shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the South with a great army. (Daniel 11:25)

The “He” is identified as the final prophesied European King of the North in Daniel 11:40 (watch also Can You Prove that the Beast to Come is European?).

Donald Trump, by pressuring the EU to spend more on defense, is pushing Europe to fulfill its prophesied destiny in the end of this age.

The Bible shows that Europe will be a warring power (Daniel 11:39-44). It also shows that the success of the European Beast, King of the North, power will cause the world to marvel as well as defeat the strongest military power:

3 And I saw one of his heads as if it had been mortally wounded, and his deadly wound was healed. And all the world marveled and followed the beast. 4 So they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?” (Revelation 13:3-4)

39 Thus he shall act against the strongest fortresses with a foreign god, which he shall acknowledge, and advance its glory; and he shall cause them to rule over many, and divide the land for gain. (Daniel 11:39)

The Beast of Revelation 13 and the “he” of Daniel 11:39 is a European leader, also called the King of the North. Notice that the strongest military power–which currently is the USA–will be taken over.

While Europe has been relying on the USA for defense, the time will come when Europe concludes it not only does not need the USA, but that it would prefer to destroy it!

The Europeans are mad at the USA for many reasons (including its President Trump), the UK for the Brexit vote, and will decide that places like Canada are too connected to them to remain.

The USA and its Anglo-Saxon descended allies will be defeated (Daniel 8:24-25).

The Bible teaches that this will come to pass (Daniel 11:39; see also USA in Prophecy: The Strongest Fortresses).

Donald Trump’s words and actions are a factor that will contribute to the rise of the European King of the North Beast power.

Despite his hopes, this will not end well for the USA (Daniel 11:39; Habakkuk 2:6-8).

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