Michael Roth, a member of the center-left Social Democrats, who are running behind the conservative Christian Democrats in polls ahead of Sunday's national election, also described the new U.S. government’s tone as a "worst-case scenario."
As the U.S. aligns with Russia, senior European officials wring their hands in disbelief.
Donald Trump’s verbal assault on Ukraine is a “complete failure” for the transatlantic alliance, according to a senior German lawmaker.
“This is pure Kremlin — and Putin — speech,” said Michael Roth, chairman of the foreign relations committee in the German parliament, after the U.S. president called Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy a “dictator” and sided with Russia’s narrative about why the war began.
In a morning show Thursday on Germany’s ZDF, Roth said he was surprised at “hearing this propaganda from the White House. »
