German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has publicly accused Javier Milei of ruining his country and “trampling people underfoot.” The leading German historian Rainer Zitelmann has now called on Merz to apologize to Milei.

Dear Chancellor Merz,          

I used to be one of your fans. You can check. I was a long-standing member of the Facebook group “Friedrich Merz must become Germany’s Chancellor.” I even enjoyed your book, mehr Kapitalismus wagen (Daring More Capitalism), back in 2008. 

However, I must admit that I began to have my doubts when – even though you were clearly in the right – you kept apologizing and modifying your positions in response to criticism from left-wing parties and the media. And then came a statement that I would not have thought possible. Following a – somewhat belated – suggestion from the then-leader of the FDP, Christian Lindner, to “dare to be more like Milei,” you said on German television: “To be honest, I was completely dismayed that Christian Lindner made this comparison. What is currently happening in Argentina – I don’t follow it every day – but what this president is doing there is ruining the country, he is trampling people underfoot, and to take that as an example for Germany, I have to say I was somewhat speechless, and that doesn’t happen all that often for me.”

Milei has curbed inflation and poverty  

To the facts: 100 years ago, Argentina was........

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