Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz says his relationship with Donald Trump is as good as ever – despite drawing the anger of Trump over the Iran war. On Tuesday Trump posted on his Truth Social platform that Merz thinks it’s "OK for Iran to have a nuclear weapon" – which the chancellor never said. Trump added that it was no wonder Germany is doing so poorly.
It was triggered by comments Merz made on Monday: He said the US has no strategy in the war and Iran is humiliating the Americans.
Chapter Breakdown
0:00 Trump’s reliationship with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz
3:17 Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff, Director of the German Council on Foreign Relations and former President of the German Marshall Fund
4:27 Merz’s words on US being humiliated by Iran’s leadership
7:09 US companies benefittting from defense orders
8:58 Why he believes EU leaders should "save their anger for Trump for the real issues"
11:37 Rachel Tausendfreund, Senior Research Fellow at the German Council on Foreign Relations
15:11 Europe calling for strategy and restraint – is this a structural divergence with the US?
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