US President Donald Trump said today on Truth Social that his administration plans to open an investigation into fines the European Union has imposed on technology companies like Apple, Google and Meta for violating antitrust rules and the Digital Markets Act.
Trump called the European Union’s conduct “illegal and highly unethical,” pledging to roll back sanctions and planning to impose a “substantial tariff.”
The European Union is at it again and, as usual, is directly targeting BIG American companies! After fining Apple $15 billion for no reason, Meta $3 billion, Amazon $2.5 billion and many others, we just learned that Google, a truly advanced and amazing company, has been fined $1 billion again, without explanation. This brings Google’s total to over $18 billion! This illegal and highly discriminatory practice began at such high levels during the first year of Joe Biden’s dormant administration, but it is not going to continue under the Trump administration. The United States of America is not a “PIGGY BANK” for Europe, and we will not allow it to be! Please let this TRUTH serve to demonstrate that we will immediately launch a 301 investigation into the practice of “THEFT” from American businesses and, therefore, the American taxpayer. The European Union will pay a very heavy price for this illegal and highly unethical conduct, against which I have constantly warned. The penalties will be waived in full and we expect a substantial TARIFF to be imposed on them as soon as possible.
Apple was fined $570 million in 2025, Meta was fined $840 million in 2024 and $200 million in 2025, and Google was fined $1 billion this week after a $4.5 billion fine for Android was confirmed earlier this month.
Trump has already threatened to impose European tariffs if the EU does not stop targeting US companies, and the US Trade Representative’s office has also threatened to impose fees and restrictions on European services and businesses.
Trump focused heavily on tariffs during his second term, affecting American businesses and consumers. A 10 percent global tariff passed by Trump earlier this year expired today. The Trump administration implemented new tariffs to replace them, accusing 60 countries of failing to “impose and effectively enforce a ban on the importation of goods produced with forced labor.” The tariffs will affect goods from the United Kingdom, China and the European Union, among others.
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