Why would a German Bank get a U.S. Bailout? So stupid.
It was a "loan."
It was the American subsidiary, which is a large financial institution in the US.
Not defending the government or DB, but they gave the foreign bank a bailout because of their ties to US and their loan markets here.
There are plenty of DB employees in the US.
“Why would a German Bank get a U.S. Bailout?”
Deutsche Bank is one of the primary lenders for building new hospitals and new hospital facilities in the USA. If they leave the market then it’s going to be hard to find anyone interested in taking on these loans for hospital companies that may well be nationalized (national health care) before the loans are paid off.