After scandal in the White House
Union faction vice: Trump wants to meet Merz as soon as possible
France’s president was at Trump, the British prime minister too. Germany has no new government yet. Election winner Merz does not want to wait as long as possible, says a Union man.
Union faction leader Friedrich Merz, according to his deputy Johann WadePhul, strives for an early meeting with US President Donald Trump. “Merz will meet Trump as soon as possible and hopefully have higher defense spending in his luggage,” WadePhul told the Tagesspiegel. This can help in the tense relationships, “even if we know that all Europeans are difficult in Washington”.
According to WadePhul, in the preparation of the summit meetings for questions of the security of Europe and Ukraine on Sunday in London and Thursday in Brussels, Jens Plötner is in contact with the security consultant of Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD), while Merz is in contact with the Chancellor himself.
France’s President Emmanuel Macron and Great Britain Premier Keir Strandmer were already at Trump to keep him in the area of Ukraine supporters. The scandal in the White House visiting Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj then dramatically dropped the chances. Chancellor Scholz, in turn, is no longer a role for Trump as a outgoing head of government.
Ex-security advisor advises Merz for early contact with Trump
Trump’s former national security advisor, John Bolton, recommends election winner Merz to seek contact with the US president before his possible election as a chancellor. “Waiting until the end of April would be wrong,” Bolton told the “Editorial Network Germany”. “Getting to know an informal can even be an advantage for Merz and giving him additional scope.”
Merz is the CDU chairwoman and becomes the leading economic power of Europe-the reason enough for Trump are enough to listen to exactly, explained Bolton. In his assessment, Merz will help that he worked at the US Finance Group Blackrock before he returned to politics.
Bolton: Trump makes “catastrophic mistakes”
Bolton said Trump made “catastrophic mistakes” not only when dealing with the Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj. The US President still did not understand that the trade war he planned will continue to push the price increase in the United States. “Maybe Merz can make it clear to him.”
The long -time diplomat Bolton, who is considered a hardliner, was a national security consultant in the White House in 2018 and 2019, but then resigned with Trump. Under ex-President George W. Bush, he was a US ambassador to the United Nations.
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Source: Stern
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