WASHINGTON, June 17 ― President Donald Trump has clashed with plenty of US allies. But toward German Chancellor Angela Merkel, he appears to hold special enmity. Trump's abrupt announcement that he will reduce US troops in Germany by half to 25,000 ― a decision that has brought concern across...
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Trump called Germany a “delinquent” to Nato ― a reference to its failure to meet a target of spending two percent of GDP on defense ― and said, “they treat us very badly on trade.” Merkel from the start did little to hide her disdain for Trump, who ran on a platform of closing US borders and had explicitly criticised Germany's welcome to millions of migrants.
Sudha David-Wilp, a senior transatlantic fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, said that while gender could be a factor, Merkel had also been “joined at the hip” with Trump's predecessor Barack Obama toward the end of his presidency. David-Wilp noted that Trump's talk of Germany “free-riding” on US security is not new, with the real estate mogul criticizing the major auto exporter as far back as the 1980s.David-Wilp said that US-German relations may improve if Trump loses to presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden, who was vice president under Obama.
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