Europe’s embattled liberal-globalist elites erupted in fury this week after the Trump administration released its bold new National Security Strategy, which rightfully called out the EU’s anti-European positions, bureaucratic nightmare, and its diminishing geopolitical influence.
Valérie Hayer, head of the EU Parliament’s globalist Renew group, exploded in response, calling the U.S. analysis “unacceptable and dangerous.” She even went so far as to brazenly label the Trump administration “an enemy of Europe,” arrogantly claiming Washington has no business questioning the EU’s failed progressive agenda and increasingly authoritarian pol
Hayer’s crashout captured the sheer hysteria gripping liberal-globalist circles terrified of losing their ironclad control over the narrative. Ironically, Brussels loves dictating to sovereign nations but has a tantrum when faced with honest pushback.
Liberal activist Gerald Knaus from a pro-immigration think tank went even further, hysterically declaring the U.S. a “direct threat to European democracy and peace.” He absurdly accused Washington of plotting to break up the EU and NATO, revealing the paranoia of an elite class clinging to power.
This kind of inflammatory language exposes a crumbling establishment frantic to deflect blame amid surging right-wing, anti-globalist waves across Europe. Instead of fixing their own disasters—like endless regulations and open borders that have allowed millions of military-aged migrants to establish themselves—EU insiders opt to vilify patriots and outsiders.
At the same time, EU foreign-policy boss Kaja Kallas tried a softer spin from Doha, claiming the U.S. is still Europe’s “biggest ally.” But even she grudgingly conceded that the American critiques hold “truths” the EU has willfully ignored for too long.
Germany’s foreign minister Johann Wadephul joined the chorus of denial, flatly rejecting any U.S. commentary on Europe’s so-called “liberal society.” His stance highlights how Europe’s ruling elite treats external criticism as an assault on their unaccountable authority, not a chance for real change.
Unsurprisingly, in stark contrast as per usual these days, Hungary applauded the U.S. report, noting it mirrors what Budapest has been shouting about for years. Hungarian leaders urged Europe to rediscover its national pride and ditch Brussels’ stifling, one-size-fits-all bureaucracy to secure a prosperous future.
The growing divide across the Atlantic comes as the EU slapped a €120 million ($140 million) fine on Elon Musk’s free-speech haven X. Brussels spun it as a “transparency” matter, but it’s clearly another power grab to crush dissenting voices and enforce their communist censorship rules.
Musk brushed off the ruling as “nonsense” and blasted the EU for trying to suppress open debate. He rightly pointed out that those pushing for censorship are never the true champions of liberty.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, for his part, slammed the fine as a blatant assault on American innovation and citizens’ rights. His strong words signal Washington’s apparent readiness to confront the EU’s increasingly authoritarian grip on the digital world.
Yet some EU officials think the right move is to double down, with MEP Andreas Schwab vowing harsher crackdowns on any platform that defies Brussels’ ideological mandates.
This battle of freedom of expression and national sovereignty versus tyranny and globalism lies at the core of the transatlantic schism. Europe’s globalist elite demands blind obedience, not genuine dialogue.
At its heart, Washington’s strategy document warns that Europe faces total irrelevance unless it tackles its self-inflicted wounds. That blunt reality—and how the European peoples are responding to it at the ballot boxes—is what truly terrifies the Brussels bubble.
With populist parties gaining ground everywhere, the old globalist regime senses its dominance slipping away. And now, the EU can’t rely on globalist partners Washington to bail it out from the fallout of its own disastrous policies.
