US President Donald Trump has said German Chancellor Friedrich Merz should “spend more time ending the war between Russia and Ukraine” and “less time meddling in the affairs of those who are getting rid of the nuclear threat from Iran”.
“The German Chancellor should spend more time ending the war between Russia and Ukraine (where he has been totally ineffective!) and bringing order to his rickety country, especially on immigration and energy issues, and less time meddling in the affairs of those who rid the world of the nuclear threat from Iran, thus making the world, including Germany, a safer place,” he wrote on his TruthSocial platform.
Trump has had a dead man’s argument in recent days after the German chancellor said the Iranians were humiliating the US during negotiations to end the war.
On 28 April, the US president responded that Merz didn’t know what he was talking about, And on 29 April, Trump said Washington was “studying and considering” a possible drawdown of US troops in Germany.