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WASHINGTON\u2014 President Donald Trump threatened the European Union with \u201csubstantial\u201d tariffs on Friday after regulators hit Google with another $1 billion antitrust fine, accusing Europe of treating the United States like its own \u201cPIGGYBANK.\u201d<\/p>

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Trump accused the EU of \u201ctaking direct aim at GREAT American Companies!\u201d<\/p>

\u201cAfter having fined Apple, for no reason at all, 15 Billion Dollars, Meta, 3 Billion Dollars, Amazon 2.5 Billion Dollars, and many others, we have just been informed that Google, a truly advanced and amazing group, has been fined yet another 1 Billion Dollars, without explanation,\u201d Trump posted on Truth Social.<\/p>

The latest penalty brings Google\u2019s total EU fines to more than $18 billion, the president said.<\/p>

\u201cThis illegal and highly discriminatory practice started at these high levels during the first year of the Sleepy Joe Biden Administration, but it\u2019s not going to continue during the Trump Administration,\u201d Trump said, adding: \u201cThe United States of America is not a \u2018PIGGYBANK\u2019 for Europe, nor will we allow it to be!\u201d<\/p>

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Trump warned that the EU\u2019s actions would trigger a strong response from the United States.<\/p>

\u201cPlease let this TRUTH serve to represent that we will immediately initiate a 301 Investigation into the practice of \u2018ROBBING\u2019 American Companies and, in turn, the American Taxpayer,\u201d Trump wrote. \u201cThe European Union will pay a very big price for this illegal and highly unethical conduct, which I have consistently warned them about.\u201d<\/p>

\u201cThe penalties will be entirely reversed and, we anticipate, a substantial TARIFF to be placed on them at the earliest possible moment,\u201d he added. \u201cStay tuned!\u201d<\/p>

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Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Daily Wire.<\/p><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON\u2014 President Donald Trump threatened the European Union with \u201csubstantial\u201d tariffs on Friday after regulators hit Google with another $1 billion antitrust fine, accusing Europe of treating the United States like its own \u201cPIGGYBANK.\u201dTrump accused the EU of \u201ctaking direct aim at GREAT American Companies!\u201d\u201cAfter having fined Apple, for no reason at all, 15 Billion Dollars, Meta, 3 Billion Dollars, Amazon 2.5 Billion Dollars, and many others, we have just been informed that Google, a truly advanced and amazing group, has been fined yet another 1 Billion Dollars, without explanation,\u201d Trump posted on Truth Social.The latest penalty brings Google\u2019s total EU fines to more than $18 billion, the president said.\u201cThis illegal and highly discriminatory practice started at these high levels during the first year of the Sleepy Joe Biden Administration, but it\u2019s not going to continue during the Trump Administration,\u201d Trump said, adding: \u201cThe United States of America is not a \u2018PIGGYBANK\u2019 for Europe, nor will we allow it to be!\u201dUS President Donald Trump speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, July 23, 2026. Photographer: Samuel Corum\/Sipa\/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTrump warned that the EU\u2019s actions would trigger a strong response from the United States.\u201cPlease let this TRUTH serve to represent that we will immediately initiate a 301 Investigation into the practice of \u2018ROBBING\u2019 American Companies and, in turn, the American Taxpayer,\u201d Trump wrote. \u201cThe European Union will pay a very big price for this illegal and highly unethical conduct, which I have consistently warned them about.\u201d\u201cThe penalties will be entirely reversed and, we anticipate, a substantial TARIFF to be placed on them at the earliest possible moment,\u201d he added. \u201cStay tuned!\u201dGoogle did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Daily Wire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2"],"yoast_head":"\nTrump Threatens European Union After Massive Fines On Google - Blue Route Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=1638\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trump Threatens European Union After Massive Fines On Google - Blue Route Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"WASHINGTON\u2014 President Donald Trump threatened the European Union with \u201csubstantial\u201d tariffs on Friday after regulators hit Google with another $1 billion antitrust fine, accusing Europe of treating the United States like its own \u201cPIGGYBANK.\u201dTrump accused the EU of \u201ctaking direct aim at GREAT American Companies!\u201d\u201cAfter having fined Apple, for no reason at all, 15 Billion Dollars, Meta, 3 Billion Dollars, Amazon 2.5 Billion Dollars, and many others, we have just been informed that Google, a truly advanced and amazing group, has been fined yet another 1 Billion Dollars, without explanation,\u201d Trump posted on Truth Social.The latest penalty brings Google\u2019s total EU fines to more than $18 billion, the president said.\u201cThis illegal and highly discriminatory practice started at these high levels during the first year of the Sleepy Joe Biden Administration, but it\u2019s not going to continue during the Trump Administration,\u201d Trump said, adding: \u201cThe United States of America is not a \u2018PIGGYBANK\u2019 for Europe, nor will we allow it to be!\u201dUS President Donald Trump speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, July 23, 2026. 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