Posted on 02/24/2025 7:23:09 AM PST by Beave Meister
New German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said after his unofficial victory Sunday that a top priority is to make his country and the rest of Europe stronger so that they can become independent from the U.S. with President Donald Trump in office.
“My absolute priority will be to strengthen Europe as quickly as possible so that, step by step, we can really achieve independence from the USA,” Merz said, according to the news outlet Politico .
He also said Trump's recent comments show "Americans, at least this part of the Americans, this administration, are largely indifferent to the fate of Europe.”
Merz was not specific about Trump comments, but the president has vowed to pull the U.S. out of NATO if member states don't pay their share.
Earlier this month, Vice President JD Vance in a public address in Munich, accused Europe of censoring free speech.
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A German talking sense...I like it...Wasn't this guy Lucy's neighbor and landlord?
Great News!
You can defend yourselves now instead of depending on us.
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