Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon warned Europe to be scared because ‘tariffs are coming’ as America prepares for drastic foreign policy reform under the new administration.
The Former White House Chief Strategist insisted ‘we don’t need help from anyone in Europe’ as he slammed Europe for ‘abusing us’ in a new interview with Italian media.
WHAT BANNON SAID
‘We will not pay for your defense while you hit us with unbalanced trade deals. Yes, tariffs are coming, you will have to pay to have access to the US market. It is no longer free, the free market is over,’ he said in a lengthy tirade bashing ‘allies’.Â
While maintaining that he will not return to a senior role in the White House, Bannon stressed that the ‘Maga movement’ seeks to ‘cut 100 per cent of the funds for Ukraine‘, urging European nations to ‘put in the money’ themselves.
It came as European leaders met in Paris Monday to brace for change under President Trump amid threat of tariffs on imports to the US and renewed fears that he could seek to pull the United States out of NATO.
In his interview with the Italian outlet Corriere Della Sera, Bannon said the America First ideology – which has come to define Trump’s MAGA movement – will focus on bringing the economy and job security back stateside.
The podcast host who has just spent four months in jail for two counts of contempt in relation to the January 6 riots stressed that the USA ‘don’t need any help from anyone in Europe’.
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TRUMP’S PLAN FOR UKRAINE
On the issue of Ukraine – which Trump pledge to resolve quickly throughout the campaign – he said he wanted to an end of what he claimed was NATO’s ‘semi-obsession with pushing NATO almost into Russian territory.’
Trump’s policy towards the conflict would represent a decisive break with other Western leaders.Â
Sources ‘close to the president-elect’ claimed that Trump’s transition office is considering one proposal that would prevent Kyiv from joining NATO for at least 20 years in exchange for lucrative arms deals.
In the meantime, the conflict would be halted by the implementation of a large demilitarised zone (DMZ) that would effectively freeze the fighting in place and force Kyiv to relinquish up to 20% of its territory as part of an ‘800-mile DMZ’.
