“The days when we could completely rely on others leave”.
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Merkel’s remarks came after a Group of Seven summit at which the Europeans couldn’t reach an agreement with Trump on climate change.
During his trip, Trump also echoed his past criticism of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation allies for failing to meet the defensive alliance’s military spending commitment of two percent of GDP.
“This is going to be the most important negotiation that this country has embarked on for many decades”.
Following the end of the G-7 meeting in Sicily on Saturday, Mrs Merkel was sharply critical of Mr Trump’s decision not to join the other countries in reiterating support for the 2015 Paris Agreement that aims to slow global warming, calling the climate talks “very unsatisfactory”.
He said in an op-ed in Der Tagesspiegel, a German daily, that Trump relied on “political blackmail” instead of “international cooperation”.
Ms. Merkel was speaking on her campaign trail in Munich.
The sharp words from Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel came after Trump concluded his first official tour overseas which took him to Saudi Arabia, Israel, Brussels and then Italy for a G7 summit.
Britain reacted Monday to Angela Merkel’s assertion that Germany could no longer “completely depend” on its traditional allies by saying it would continue to seek a “deep and special partnership” with Germany and the rest of Europe after Brexit.
Merkel’s statements are a “watershed” moment in world history, Council on Foreign Relations President Richard Haas said Sunday.
The American leader has declared his first foreign trip a resounding success.
“Solidarity for Donald Trump is a commodity, only available with advance payment”, Thevessen added. Now, a special counsel has been appointed to look into possible criminal wrongdoing in relation to Russian attempts to affect the 2016 USA presidential election. “We Europeans can do nothing against it”.
Though Merkel’s comments were reported on before the Sunday shows began airing, Fox Broadcasting Co.’s Fox News Sunday, CNN’s State of the Union, NBC’s Meet the Press, ABC’s This Week, and CBS’ Face the Nation all failed to mention her speech.
Germany unleashed a volley of criticism Monday against US President Donald Trump, slamming his “short-sighted” policies that have “weakened the West” and hurt European interests.
Merkel, who did not mention Trump by name, also spoke of Britain’s decision to leave the European Union, which means the bloc will lose its second-largest economy and one of its two nuclear powers.
Kori Schake, a national-security expert at the Hoover Institution think tank, was more guarded.
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Martin Schulz, her main rival, who hails from the centre-left SPD party, went further, saying Trump had “humiliated” Merkel and that he was “outraged” and “appalled” at the U.S. leader’s treatment of the chancellor.
