Trump lashes out at Merz, calling on him to fix a ‘broken’ Germany

President Trump lashed out Thursday at German Chancellor Friedrich Merz by telling him he should be “fixing his broken Country” rather than weighing in on the Iran war, intensifying the war of words between the U.S. president and a longtime ally.

“The Chancellor of Germany should spend more time on ending the war with Russia/Ukraine (Where he has been totally ineffective!), and fixing his broken Country, especially Immigration and Energy, and less time on interfering with those that are getting rid of the Iran Nuclear threat, thereby making the World, including Germany, a safer place!” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

Trump was angered by remarks Merz made to students in Germany on Monday. Merz said the U.S. was being “humiliated” by Iran and that “Americans clearly have no strategic plan” in the war with Iran, according to the translated speech.

Merz’s remarks referenced Trump’s decision to pull back a U.S. negotiating team last week from proposed talks in Islamabad.

“Especially since the Iranians are negotiating very skillfully — or rather, very skillfully not negotiating,” Merz told the students, according to The Associated Press. “And then letting the Americans travel to Islamabad, only to send them back without any........

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