JD is right. The leverage that USA exercised over Europe in this trade deal can be summarized in three key points: 1. Trump. Sending Ursula to “negotiate” with Trump is like an MMA match between Jon Jones and Sabrina Carpenter. You can send her to accept his deal but not much else. This is what came across. 2. Impossible to have a BATNA with 27 countries as varied as the EU. You enter the negotiation hobbled. The outcome wrote itself. 3. Energy Dependence. Europe virtue signaled its way to a loss of energy independence over the past decade. It will be written as one of the worst socio-economic “own goals” in history. They didn’t have a choice but to take what was offered. This was a categorical victory for President Trump and the US and should drive a deep moment of reflection in Europe.