On January 22, 2025, Donald Trump announced on his social network Truth Social that he had nominated Andrew Puzder, a lawyer, businessman, and one of Trump’s political donors, to the post of US Ambassador to the European Union.
The day before this announcement, the new US President announced tariffs on the European Union, citing the need to correct the trade imbalance between the EU and the United States.
Such personnel decisions and strategies for implementing new tariffs against the EU are the first signs of conflict between the Republican-led United States and official Brussels.
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