Dancing on the nozzle of a volcano – Mertz passes the Trump test with the lowest damage – DW – 2025/6/25 – ryan

Mirtz’s mission – Building personal confidence with Assad in his art

Despite the political and commercial differences between the two countries, the meeting took place between Chancellor Mertz and President Trump in a friendly atmosphere, as the German guest was warmly received. According to most of the commentators, Mertz succeeded in overcoming the meeting test with Trump without being reprimanded along the lines of what happened to the Ukrainian and South African presidents. “Our people have been entrusted to us, and part of this task is to build a very good relationship with your country. So, I would like to thank you for your presence here,” Trump told his guest.

Mirtz played on his visit to a special tendon, as he gave the billionaire president a copy of his German grandfather’s birth certificate, and invited him to visit the lands of his predecessors.

Trump’s grandfather, born in 1869, was raised while he was then known as the Kingdom of Bavaria, in Calcadia, a remote village on the bank of the Rhine River south of Frankfurt. And Elizabeth, Trump Jeddah, was born on the street opposite Trump’s home in Calcatia.

In this regard, the German website “Spiegel Onlaine” (the fifth of June 2025) wrote, commenting: “Sometimes a person needs a little luck, and Faridrich Mertz has a lot of it today: luck to meet Donald Trump, in a good and invisible mood, and he received the non -interference of Vice President J. Fans, known for his hatred of Europe, with harsh comments during the visit during the visit during the visit during the visit during the visit. The catastrophic of Voludmir Zellinski, and also the silence of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, although he recently spoke about “tyranny” in Germany after the Alternative Party for Germany classified as an enemy of the constitution (…) and he received the fact that the American government was not seeking to raise its German guest, embarrass or humiliate it, but on the contrary, she wanted to provide him with friendly and unusual reception. For Friedrich Mertz was: that no one here really cared about him, in Germany, or in Europe, “says the site.

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Ukraine and Russia – “Let us let them fight for some time.”

The issue of Ukraine’s war is at the forefront of German foreign policy interests, and Mertz undoubtedly made an effort during his meeting with Trump to keep him involved in efforts to end the war, although Trump believes that the basic responsibility rests with the Europeans. Mirtz had met at the beginning of the week with the American Republican Senator Lindsey Graham in Berlin, who is preparing in the Senate to a strict sanctions package that includes countries importing oil and raw materials from Russia, led by China. It is still unclear whether Trump will support this initiative, which directly targets Russia. In this regard, Trump said in the presence of Counselor Mertz that it may be better to leave Ukraine and Russia in “fighting for a period of time” before separating them, then seeking peace. Trump likened this war to two children who hate each other. Trump added that the threat of imposing sanctions is still. He pointed out that sanctions can be imposed on Ukraine and Russia together.

Germany has turned into the most important ally of Ukraine since President Trump returned to the White House. This is what the Russian newspaper “Kommersant” (May 29, 2025) went to the Russian daily when it commented on the visit of Ukrainian President Folodimir Zellinski to Berlin and wrote “Germany, is the second largest provider of the weapon for Ukraine after the United States, and now presented the leadership of the European” War Party “after the change of power in Washington, without losing hope to attract President Trump to its rank. The German, Johann Vadevol, who visited Washington on the same day of Zellinski’s visit to Berlin, called for overcoming differences with the American administration and increasing joint pressure on Moscow.

He clung to partnership with Washington despite the customs duties crisis

Prior to his departure from Washington, Counselor Mertz wrote on the X platform, “Our alliance with America was and is still of great importance for the security, freedom and prosperity of Europe.” It seems that the prosperity of Europe is at stake in the midst of the trade war launched by the Trump administration over the world, including its traditional allies. Meretz’s visit coincides with the tightening of the Trump tone of customs duties, as the specter of definitions of 50 percent is drawn on the horizon, threatening to impose it on European goods. However, Mertz stressed that the European Union should negotiate with Washington with confidence, saying, “We do not beg.” Mertz succeeded at least in avoiding a direct attack by Trump, who instead of Elon Musk, against the backdrop of his criticism of the huge budget bill. From his position as a consultant to the strongest economy in Europe, Mertz offers a number of arguments that show that the fees harm all parties. He also does not see any reason to appear in Washington with the appearance of the “petition” or “beggar”, given the weight represented by the European economy.

The counselor believes that President Trump is seriously interested in reaching an agreement between the United States and the European Union on the customs conflict. “This is what I concluded from our joint conversation. It is really ready to reach an agreement in the commercial field (…) if we can achieve this in a reasonable time frame, we would have accomplished much more than what previous governments have achieved on my Atlantic sides. This is indeed very positive,” Mertz said in a statement made to the DW Welle network after his meeting with Trump in Washington.

Trump had already imposed 50% punitive customs duties on steel and aluminum imports, including from the European Union. He also threatened to impose general customs duties on European commodities if an agreement is not reached by July 9.

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Agree to increase defensive spending

With regard to NATO, Mertz carried with him the pledge of the new German government to increase defense spending significantly in the coming years, eventually reaching 5% of GDP, and this includes 3.5% for direct military spending and 1.5% for defense infrastructure. This pledge has made Trump’s ancient criticism of Germany about its weak military spending is useless anymore. The upcoming NATO summit in The Hague is scheduled to be held at the end of June, where a decision is expected to be taken to increase countries to increase their defensive spending. The Europeans hope that Trump will announce a clear commitment from the United States to the alliance.

In this regard, the German newspaper “Pharzer Koreier” published in the German city of Bremen (June 5, 2025), commenting: “Russia has been bombing, since its invasion of Ukraine, the European security structure daily and its transformation into body parts. Therefore, Europe may not trust in Russia under Putin’s rule, and it must invest more in its self -defense. For this reason, we will return in Germany to spend the same amount of the same amount The money to defense as we did the last time in the Cold War time. For the first time, a general compulsory service should also be introduced, not only in order to ensure that a sufficient number of soldiers and soldiers are available for difficult service in carrying weapons, but also because this will restore an invaluable value -of -value service.

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