Inception

Of course. Thats how diplomacy works. Threating others into doing your bidding

Precisely; although Trump probably looks at it as the Art of the Deal instead of diplomacy. But as long as it works, it doesn't matter what one calls the process.

True enough, but threatening shouldn't be the first option taken.

Maybe we should play it like germany and just bend over.

Choose Bloody damn it. We're either the puppet master of the EU. And have succeeded where old adolfos failed, profiting massively at the cost of other EU member states. Or we are a backwater degenerate "Shitehold" Country. /Choose/

The rest of the EU isn't the rest of the world. You push your policy on fellow members of your union, but let the rest of the world run roughshod over not only yourselves but the rest of the EU as well. Iran, Turkey, the north africans.. you profit off your friends while simultaneously lacking the guts to promote your own interests with nations outside that small circle. The two aren't mutually exclusive.

Oh so you take option 3) all of the above? Good to know just how far down this rabbit hole you go