You give Donald Trump some things that hurt you but are still below your pain threshold, and you top this off with some vague business deals to be made in the future. You probably can’t deliver on those but hey, that usually does not bother Trump. What Trump wants above all is to cry victory (Photo: Author)

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EU & the World

Green Economy

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by Caroline de Gruyter, Brussels,

Years ago, on American television, Ivana Trump talked about her divorce.

You should watch it, if you want to understand why the European Union did not hit back when p...

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The views expressed in this opinion piece are the author’s, not those of EUobserver

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Caroline de Gruyter is a Europe correspondent for the Dutch newspaper NRC. She is also a columnist for Foreign Policy and De Standaard. This piece was adapted from a recent column for NRC.

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