Meanwhile, as Trudeau and his pals party on in Costa Rica, Trump is setting up to deliver economic hammer blows to the European Union.

Get the popcorn ready, the US won't be the world's patsy any longer.

The beta soy boys and girls leading the EU are going to run up against the buzzsaw of a no nonsense New York businessman who will be playing 12 moves ahead of them every time.

As a result of the recent U.K. election, pending Brexit, a favorable $7.5 billion WTO ruling and USTR Lighthizer’s new $2.4 billion EU targeted tariff program, the administration has significant advantages going into a trade discussion with the EU in 2020.

Team USA has the world’s strongest economy, the largest market, legally bolstered tariff authority and a quiver full of powerful economic arrows.

Meanwhile Team EU has: (1) the UK leaving; (2) severe drops in German industrial manufacturing; (3) a shrinking French economy; (4) yellow-vests in the streets; and (5) demands for greater economic autonomy from many key member states.

Overlay Germany, France and Italy large economy challenges such as: their promise to meet NATO obligations – and their attachment to the strangling Paris Climate Treaty, and the EU’s collective economic position is precarious at best.

Trump's team is led by his wolverines.

Flashback: Davos 2018…

Wilbur Ross Shreds Globalists at Davos: “We don’t intend to abrogate leadership, but leadership is different from being a sucker and being a patsy”… – 1/24/18
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/01/24/wilbur-ross-shreds-globalists-at-davos-we-dont-intend-to-abrogate-leadership-but-leadership-is-different-from-being-a-sucker-and-being-a-patsy/

Secretary Ross and Secretary Mnuchin Discuss World Trade During Davos World Economic Forum… – 1/25/18
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/01/25/secretary-ross-and-secretary-mnuchin-discuss-world-trade-during-davos-world-economic-forum/