Washington, Apr 30 (AP) United President Donald Trump on Thursday took another dig at German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, asking the European leader to fix his broken country and spend less time concerning
himself with the Iran war.
The president is continuing to pillory German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who’s been increasingly critical of the US-Israel war against Iran.
Trump in a social media post said Merz “should spend more time on ending the war with Russia/Ukraine” and “fixing his broken Country, especially Immigration and Energy” and less time concerning himself with the Iran war.
The latest criticism by Trump of Merz came the day after the US president announced he was reviewing the US military presence in Germany, a NATO ally that hosts several American military installations.
Germany faces new threat about reduced US military presence in Europe —————————————————————————– President Trump has again threatened that the United States could reduce its military presence in Germany, a key NATO ally and the European Union’s largest economy. Europeans have heard this before.
Trump’s social media post on Wednesday followed comments by Chancellor Friedrich Merz that the US was being “ humiliated ” by Tehran as it slow-walks its diplomacy over the US-Israel war against Iran.
Trump has mused for years about reducing America’s military presence in Germany, and has recently repeatedly railed against NATO for the its refusal to assist the US in its two-month-old war.
US allies at NATO have been waiting for the Trump administration to pull troops out since just after it came to office, warning that Europe would have to look after its own security, and that of Ukraine, in the future. (AP) RD RD
