Trump on Truth Social: EU Fines Are Robbing American Companies
The European Union is at it again and, as usual, taking direct aim at GREAT American Companies! After having fined Apple, for no reason at all, 15 Billion Dollars, Meta, 3 Billion Dollars, Amazon 2.5 Billion Dollars, and many others, we have just been informed that Google, a truly advanced and amazing group, has been fined yet another 1 Billion Dollars, without explanation. This brings the Google total to over 18 Billion Dollars! This illegal and highly discriminatory practice started at these high levels during the first year of the Sleepy Joe Biden Administration, but it is not going to continue during the Trump Administration. The United States of America is not a PIGGYBANK for Europe, nor will we allow it to be! Please let this TRUTH serve to represent that we will immediately initiate a 301 Investigation into the practice of ROBBING American Companies and, in turn, the American Taxpayer. The European Union will pay a very big price for this illegal and highly unethical conduct, which I have consistently warned them about. The penalties will be entirely reversed and, we anticipate, a substantial TARIFF to be placed on them at the earliest possible moment. Stay tuned! President DONALD J. TRUMP
- EU fined Google $1 billion, bringing total to $18 billion. Apple fined $15 billion, Meta $3 billion, Amazon $2.5 billion.
- Trump orders Section 301 investigation, calls the fines illegal and discriminatory.
- Vows to reverse all penalties and impose substantial tariffs on the European Union.
Why it matters: A sitting US president is framing EU competition fines as acts of economic warfare against American companies and taxpayers, promising direct trade retaliation.
President Donald J. Trump, Truth Social ↗ · Jul 24, 20267/24/26