[Meet the New Boss]

What Trump said has been true for some time.

Everyone paying attention could tell former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroder was in the pocket of the Russians and no one should have been shocked when as soon as he stepped down, he took a position with the Russian gas company Gazprom.

[alternatives?]

“no one should have been shocked when as soon as he stepped down, he took a position with the Russian gas company Gazprom.”

If Merkel gets booted out, will she become a Muslim bride?

[Fedora]

Exactly. "He used to rule Germany. Now, he oversees Russian energy companies and lashes out at the U.S." Both Russia and China began strengthening ties with Germany and the EU to counter American "hegemony" back in the 1990s.