Interesting article. I think the sad bit is that Breton has clearly been pushed out of the “negotiations” and what is left now? Trump hates the EU. He will punish them.
The UK may do better; but I imagine the pressures are the same. The issue is perhaps that social media will fade as the battle for the human mind, or what’s left of it, starts mediating its thinking via AI. Musk may be yesterday’s problem. It’s the manipulation of AI that will be a source of social control, not Twitter.