The US banned a former EU official's visa over Big Tech rules — and the fight is playing out on X

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio and President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, on December 22, 2025.
The US moved to bar EU officials over tech regulation, igniting a public transatlantic clash over free speech and platform control.

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Elon Musk spent the weekend going after the EU after it fined X over 'deceptive' blue checkmarks

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Elon Musk at a news conference in the Oval Office of the White House, May 30, 2025, in Washington.
Elon Musk erupted at the EU all weekend, blasting Brussels over censorship and bureaucracy after X was hit with a major fine for "fake" blue checkmarks.

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Donald Trump once threatened to jail Mark Zuckerberg. Now he's his ally.

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg at Donald Trump's 2025 inauguration
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, seen here at Donald Trump's 2025 inauguration, has had multiple meetings with the President since he's taken office.

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Trump says he'll delay 50% tariff on the EU

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Donald Trump
For now, President Donald Trump is backing off on higher levies for the EU.

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US tariffs could give the EU exactly what it doesn't want: even more Chinese products

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Cars for export at a port in Yantai, China's eastern province of Shandong on February 20, 2025.
The EU announced hefty tariffs on Chinese EV imports last year.

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Europe faces a 'full-blown recession' under Trump's tariffs, a major Dutch bank is warning

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President Elect Donald Trump stands at a podium smiling infront of American flags
Donald Trump pledged on the campaign trail to renew his protectionist tariff policies if reelected.

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New military photo captures a NATO warship taking out an explosive-packed drone boat during a Red Sea rescue mission

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A hostile drone boat comes under fire from a French warship in the Red Sea.
A hostile drone boat comes under fire from a French warship in the Red Sea.

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Putin's favorite European leader is being shunned and shammed by his peers

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Viktor Orbán and Vladimir Putin
Hungary's leader Viktor Orbán has been shunned over his close ties to Russia's President Vladimir Putin.

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The EU slapped massive tariff hikes on China's EV giants. Investors don't seem to care.

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Employees work on an EV factory assembly line in China.
Employees work on an EV factory assembly line in China.

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Chinese EV makers are hit with new EU tariffs

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BYD Seal U
BYD has rapidly become one of the world's largest EV companies, briefly overtaking Tesla earlier this year.

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