The chancellor’s strategy of never contradicting the U.S. president in front of the cameras looks humiliating, but he believes he can talk him around on Ukraine and trade.
As a Spaniard (the country he threatened) I have to say that this is really disappointing. Not only Germany continues to accept any violation of Israel’s international law and no longer has the courage to tell the USA what it told it during the Iraq war. Now they don’t even want to plant him towards abuse by threatening a friend. I expected much more from Germany
Words have less and less relevance in this political chaos driven by the US: in a week the Trumpet will sing praise of Spain, then again criticize it. Merz is a hollow man, but it’s a moot point to argue in the White House. Let facts speak (I’m not saying facts will draw a better picture, unfortunately, just look at where money and contracts go and not what farts these lowly men exchange in their high thrones)
You might be right—confronting Trump there might have only made things worse—but the image of Trump attacking Spain while the German Chancellor stays silent in the room is damning. I expected more from a man who, at least on paper, keeps talking about strengthening European unity. Is it only to protect the east from Russia? The rest of us can get lost?
I despise this German government and was let down by the previous one. In a time when Spain shows courage and stands by sane principles on the international field, other EU countries “average out” the blocks diplomacy to a middling damage reduction at all costs (whose actual costs in the long run are to be seen…). As said, what comes out of their mouth is just distraction: facts show what they are really accomplishing (or not).
It might look disappointing, but only if you don’t know the background of Merz. If you know, it’s just the expected outcome. Before becoming a full-time politician, Merz did “work” as an investment banker for BlackRock in the USA.
I the Iraq war Germany had a center left Chancellor. Now Germany has a center right Chancellor, who was fishing far right voters in his campaign. So it was expectable.
Chancellor Merz speech at the Munich Sicherheitskonferenz however was different from this.
As a Spaniard (the country he threatened) I have to say that this is really disappointing. Not only Germany continues to accept any violation of Israel’s international law and no longer has the courage to tell the USA what it told it during the Iraq war. Now they don’t even want to plant him towards abuse by threatening a friend. I expected much more from Germany
Words have less and less relevance in this political chaos driven by the US: in a week the Trumpet will sing praise of Spain, then again criticize it. Merz is a hollow man, but it’s a moot point to argue in the White House. Let facts speak (I’m not saying facts will draw a better picture, unfortunately, just look at where money and contracts go and not what farts these lowly men exchange in their high thrones)
You might be right—confronting Trump there might have only made things worse—but the image of Trump attacking Spain while the German Chancellor stays silent in the room is damning. I expected more from a man who, at least on paper, keeps talking about strengthening European unity. Is it only to protect the east from Russia? The rest of us can get lost?
I despise this German government and was let down by the previous one. In a time when Spain shows courage and stands by sane principles on the international field, other EU countries “average out” the blocks diplomacy to a middling damage reduction at all costs (whose actual costs in the long run are to be seen…). As said, what comes out of their mouth is just distraction: facts show what they are really accomplishing (or not).
German politicians will never let an opportunity to disappoint and betray pass unused. They haven’t for decades, and they are very good at it.
It might look disappointing, but only if you don’t know the background of Merz. If you know, it’s just the expected outcome. Before becoming a full-time politician, Merz did “work” as an investment banker for BlackRock in the USA.
You don’t have to with this clown as chancellor.
Please don’t insult clowns by comparing them to this vile man.
I the Iraq war Germany had a center left Chancellor. Now Germany has a center right Chancellor, who was fishing far right voters in his campaign. So it was expectable.
Chancellor Merz speech at the Munich Sicherheitskonferenz however was different from this.
Schröder was anything but center-left. He did transform the SPD from a center left working class party into a center right neoliberal copy of the CDU.
Merkel was also center-right and I can’t imagine her staying silent about this. The problem is not ideological location, it is human decency