Well, well, well—look who’s panicking now. It seems European leaders are breaking out in a cold sweat over the fact that, for the first time in years, the President of the United States isn’t some frail, confused puppet mumbling his way through global summits.
Emmanuel Macron has gone so far as to convene an “emergency meeting” of European leaders to discuss—brace yourself—Donald Trump. Not China, not Russia, not the migrant crisis turning parts of Europe into a war zone—no, their big concern is that America finally has a strong leader again.
According to Politico, Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski let the cat out of the bag at the Munich Security Conference, confirming that European leaders would gather in Paris to discuss what to do about Trump and his policies. Sikorski even described Trump’s style of diplomacy as razvedka boyem—a Russian military term meaning “reconnaissance through battle.”
That’s a fancy way of saying Trump doesn’t waste time with endless bureaucratic meetings and diplomatic hand-wringing. Instead, he pushes, observes the reaction, and adjusts accordingly. In other words, he’s a leader who actually leads—a concept that must feel foreign to some of these European technocrats.
European leader Emmanuel Macron has called for an emergency meeting of the EU in Paris after Vice President JD Vance’s visit. So in addition to plotting how to sell out their own countries to the globalists, they now have to contend with our criticisms on behalf of citizens. pic.twitter.com/kG4Vu07maa
— TheRhetorician (@GoodnerGale) February 16, 2025
Of course, Trump’s approach isn’t about chaos—it’s about strength. He ignores the tired, outdated norms that keep Western leaders bogged down in endless negotiations and meaningless posturing. Case in point: his willingness to float the idea of buying Greenland. Most politicians would have dismissed that outright, but Trump? He put it on the table. That’s the kind of thinking that has these European elites so rattled—he doesn’t play by their script, and they don’t know how to handle it.
And let’s not forget NATO. Trump has been hammering our so-called allies for years about their failure to meet defense spending obligations, and guess what? He was right. Sikorski himself has admitted that NATO countries need to step up, something Trump has been saying since day one.
So now, as European leaders gather in Paris to wring their hands over Trump’s policies, they might want to take a long, hard look in the mirror. Maybe, just maybe, the problem isn’t Trump—it’s that they’ve been free-riding on American military power for decades, and the free ride is over.
If they need an example of how Trump’s strategy works, they should take a look at what happened in Venezuela. Special Envoy Ric Grenell took a little trip down to Caracas, had a private chat with Nicolás Maduro, and within days, Venezuela agreed to take back illegal immigrants from the U.S. and release six Americans who had been rotting in a Venezuelan jail. No bluster, no empty speeches—just results. Compare that to Biden’s disastrous foreign policy, where getting Americans out of hostile countries seemed to require weeks of failed diplomacy and, more often than not, some humiliating concession.
And let’s be honest, this entire “emergency” meeting feels more like a therapy session for European leaders who got far too comfortable during Biden’s reign of weakness. Macron and company aren’t used to dealing with a U.S. president who actually expects them to hold their weight. For years, they could rely on the Obama-Biden playbook: America takes the hits, writes the checks, and asks for nothing in return. Trump, however, isn’t interested in playing Europe’s sugar daddy. That’s what really has them worried.
It’s almost amusing how much these leaders fear Trump’s return to the world stage. They pretend they’re just concerned about stability, but deep down, they know exactly what’s happening—Trump is exposing them. He’s showing the world that America when led properly, doesn’t have to bow to the whims of globalist bureaucrats. And that, more than anything else, is why they’re scrambling to figure out their next move.
Will anything of substance come out of this European huddle? Probably not. But watching them panic over a U.S. president who actually leads? That’s priceless. Stay tuned.
