"Donald Trump again criticized NATO allies for not providing assistance in the Strait of Hormuz, as well as the German Chancellor. Merz also criticizes Trump for not reducing tensions."
US President Donald Trump has criticized German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) for his lack of help in securing the Strait of Hormuz. At a conference in Miami, Florida, the Republican first attacked NATO allies France and Great Britain, and then turned his attention to Germany: “The German Chancellor – all of these are my friends – Friedrich. The German Chancellor said: ‘This is not our war.'” Trump added that, then, the war in Ukraine is not the US war either.
A day earlier, Trump had also criticized Germany, saying he considered it “inappropriate” that the German side had declared: “This is not our war”. Although Trump did not name anyone specifically, he seemed to attribute the statement to the German Chancellor. But the phrase originally came from Defense Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD). Merz only recently made a similar statement during a visit to Norway: “Germany is not part of this war and we do not want to be.”
German Chancellor also criticizes Donald Trump
But German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has criticized the way US President Donald Trump is handling the Iran war. “What Trump is doing now is not de-escalation and an attempt to reach a peaceful solution, but rather a massive escalation with an uncertain outcome,” Merz said at the “FAZ Congress” on Friday. “These are escalations that are now threatening. Not only for those directly affected, but for all of us.”
Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) has little hope for a quick end to the war in Iran. "I have serious doubts whether there is a strategy," he said, referring to the US-Israeli military operation. However, if a ceasefire is reached, Merz has offered the United States help - for example, military security in the Strait of Hormuz together with other countries./DW/
