As President Trump fired off a series of social media posts criticizing Germany this past week, including a threat to pull some American troops from the country, German leaders showed no public signs that they believed the president was serious. That now appears to have been a miscalculation — one of several that German leaders…
Pentagon officials said on Friday that they were pulling 5,000 troops from Germany and would redeploy them to the United States and other posts overseas. The Defense Department is also canceling a plan developed under the Biden administration to place a missile-equipped artillery unit in Europe. The moves will return U.S. forces in Europe to…
President Trump declared on Wednesday evening that he is “studying and reviewing the possible reduction of Troops in Germany,” in what appears to be retaliation for comments by Germany’s chancellor, Friedrich Merz, that Iran has “humiliated” the United States. Even before Mr. Merz made his comments to a group of German students, the United States…
Modern German politicians have long prided themselves on being among Israel’s fiercest supporters. But over the past several weeks, some politicians’ frustration with Berlin’s longtime ally has become palpable — a sign that support from Germany may be beginning to soften. Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany, cabinet ministers and government press officials have used unusually…
Shorouk Express Jetzt beginnt die Arbeit für den neuen Regierungschef, aber auch für die Ministerinnen und Minister und Staatssekretäre. Rasmus Buchsteiner gibt den Überblick, welche Rädchen jetzt ineinander greifen und wie der ein oder andere ganz froh ist, dass Merz’ erster Arbeitstag vollgepackt ist mit Reisen. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview ist Armin Laschet zu Gast. Gordon Repinski…
Shorouk Express — Die Koalitionsgespräche zwischen SPD und CDU gehen in die heiße Phase – und die Hauptakteure heißen Friedrich Merz und Lars Klingbeil. Persönlich duzen sie sich inzwischen, politisch trennen sie Welten. Eigentlich. Gordon Repinski analysiert die ungewöhnliche Beziehung zwischen den beiden Parteichefs – mit Rasmus Buchsteiner. — Im 200-Sekunden-Interview spricht Alexander Schweitzer, SPD-Präsidiumsmitglied…
Shorouk Express Born a decade after the end of World War II in Sauerland, a rural, mountainous region of West Germany, Merz was, by his own account, a less than spectacular student and an early smoker and drinker prone to disciplinary problems. Despite that rebellious streak, he was influenced by the deeply embedded conservative culture…
