What a pitiful trade deal for the Europe of Brussels! Its President, smiling broadly, may shake Trump’s hand with a satisfied air, but Ursula von der Leyen has lost the match on behalf of Europe. She will still need the approval of the 27 member states, but Europe has effectively bowed to the commercial diktat of the most powerful man in the world—a man who believes that any negotiation must have only one outcome: his victory, his full victory, nothing but his victory.

Until now, the vast majority of products imported from Europe were subject to a 2.5% tariff. Under the new agreement, tariffs will soar to an average of 15%! The small Brussels technocrats will no doubt congratulate their “Chief” when they pass her in the corridors of the European institution. After all, Trump had threatened to impose tariffs of 30%! So, in the end, it’s not that bad. In the height of submission, von der Leyen even went so far as to adopt Trump’s own talking points to justify signing this agreement on behalf of Europeans—a peak of linguistic subservience.

In reality, this is nothing more or less than “vassalization,” “a disgrace,” “a fiasco”… as reported by the French newspaper Le Figaro, which surveyed reactions in European capitals. The deal has sparked fierce rejection within French and European opposition ranks. Europe now appears for what it has become since its great federalist surge: a political dwarf, a diplomatic lightweight, and now a secondary player in the global economy.

True, this compromise wrested by the American president could be struck down in a few weeks by the U.S. Supreme Court. And Trump has not won on all fronts, particularly on the regulatory side. But, true to his famous “America First” slogan, Trump has shown without the slightest embarrassment that he crushes everything in his path. And where, one wonders, is the World Trade Organization that is supposed to regulate trade disputes?

Trump no longer even bothers to maintain the appearance of respecting his partners or international agreements. States have no friends; they have only interests. Ursula von der Leyen can return to Brussels humiliated and weakened. Europe has perhaps never been so shamed by its former American ally—and has perhaps never felt so small.