Germany: We can no longer fully rely on U.S. White House

Authored by reuters.com and submitted by tank_trap

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany’s foreign minister said on Monday Europe could not rely on Donald Trump and needed to close ranks after the U.S. president called the European Union a “foe” with regard to trade.

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas arrives for a meeting in Vienna, Austria July 6, 2018. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger/File Photo

“We can no longer completely rely on the White House,” Heiko Maas told the Funke newspaper group. “To maintain our partnership with the USA we must readjust it. The first clear consequence can only be that we need to align ourselves even more closely in Europe.”

He added: “Europe must not let itself be divided however sharp the verbal attacks and absurd the tweets may be.”

munching_brotatoe on July 16th, 2018 at 13:59 UTC »

This is starting to looking a fucked up version of the star wars prequels.

metinb83 on July 16th, 2018 at 13:46 UTC »

Germany has been a reliable US partner for 70 years. Trump picked on us (as well as Mexico and Sweden) from day one using bizarre reasoning. Tariffs on car manufacturers because of national threats? Personal attacks on Merkel? Wtf is the point of that. It‘s just bizarre.

TSMFanboyNr1 on July 16th, 2018 at 11:37 UTC »

Quote in the article:

“We can no longer completely rely on the White House. To maintain our partnership with the USA we must readjust it. The first clear consequence can only be that we need to align ourselves even more closely in Europe. Europe must not let itself be divided however sharp the verbal attacks and absurd the tweets may be.”