German Chancellor Says Trump’s Critiques of EU Globalist Agenda ‘Unacceptable’
German Chancellor Says Trump’s Critiques of EU Globalist Agenda ‘Unacceptable’
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US President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz meet in the Oval Office ofBRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images
Kurt Zindulka9 Dec 202546
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Tuesday that aspects of the Trump administration’s National Security Strategy paper are “unacceptable” to Europeans.
Last week, the White House released its formal National Security Strategy paper, which criticised European Union nations for engaging in mass migration and censorship, which Washington warned would lead the continent towards “civilizational erasure”.
While the document caused a stir among the legacy media and establishment politicians, EU leaders were largely mum on the critiques over the weekend. However, on Tuesday, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz pushed back against the Trump administration.
“Some of it is unacceptable to us from a European perspective,” Merz said of the U.S. strategy paper, per Der Spiegel. “I see no need for the Americans to now want to save democracy in Europe. If it could be saved – we could manage that on our own.”
“In my discussions with the Americans, I say: ‘America first is fine,’ but ‘America alone’ cannot be in your interest… You also need partners in the world, and one of those partners can be Europe. And if you can’t do anything with Europe, then at least make Germany your partner,” he continued.
While figures such as Merz have attempted to cast the Trump administration’s stance towards Europe as purely isolationist, this has not been borne out in the actions taken by the White House, such as pressuring European allies to increase their NATO spending, particularly delinquent nations like Germany, as well as renegotiating the trading relationship between the EU and the U.S. over the summer.
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2025/12/09/german-chancellor-says-trump-admins-opposition-to-eu-mass-migration-and-censorship-unacceptable/