You make a good point.
I never think of Germany as a nuclear power. But with their engineers, both Germany and Japan could “whip one up” in about six months if not sooner.
The rise of Germany would be an interesting one to watch. They have such a history of running the economy of Europe over the years I wonder if anyone would try to stop them this time.
I do not see an anti-US Germany, but they could flex their muscles a little more than they do now.
We are certainly living in interesting times.
Germans are only anti-US to the extent that they bear a grudge over the U.S. siding with their enemies in two World Wars. Absent the Nazi’s antisemitism it might have been impossible to have gotten the U.S. involved in World War II in Europe. Japan vs. the U.S. one-on-one would have been an even worse disaster for Japan. (Of course, without fear of a German A-bomb, there probably would never have been a Manhattan Project.) The division of economic output between the ETO and Pacific Theater was supposed to go 4:1 towards Europe, with the U.S. and Australia fighting a holding action against Japan until Germany was knocked out of the war. The collapse of the Japanese Navy came as somewhat of a pleasant surprise for the Allies.
Have read several times that Japan likely has all the components for various nukes built and “on the shelf” in disassembled state. Plausible deniability about have nukes, but ready in hours if China or the Norks get out of hand.