German Chancellor Merz: ‘Other presidents were soft, Trumps bluntness gets things done’

Loading Twitter/X Embed...
If tweet fails to load, click here.

quote:

---

Germany's Chancellor Merz admits:

Trump often applies pressure through a very forceful approach.

The last American presidents politely asked us, "Please, finally do a little more for your own defense," but across Europe those requests largely fell on deaf ears.

Now there is an American president who says, rather bluntly, "Enough is enough."

And I cannot blame him. Just look at the numbers: the United States spends around 80 percent of NATO's defense resources, while Europe accounts for only about 20 percent.

That is unacceptable. It has always been unacceptable.

---