During his first term, Trump blackmailed NATO allies and threatened to withhold protection from countries that did not spend enough on their own defense.
Donald Trump does not believe in mutually beneficial cooperation between countries and believes that in any situation, one participant always wins and the other loses. Because of this, it is difficult to relate to him as the President of the United States. Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel said this on Tuesday, November 26, in an interview with NPR.
“Donald Trump does not believe in compromise. He wants to be the sole winner in any kind of conflict, and he does not believe in a ‘win-win’ situation where both sides benefit from a solution. And that is makes cooperation with him more difficult and different than other heads of government and state,” explained Merkel.
He expressed hope that Trump will still see the value in having NATO, and noted that the United States has “good reasons” for the alliance to remain strong.
“I hope that President-elect Trump will understand that NATO not only serves the purpose of defending Europe with the support of the United States and Canada, but that cooperation with Europe is also good for the United States of America,” Merkel said. .
Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she admires the courage of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky but strongly disagrees with his view that his blocking of Ukraine’s entry into NATO led to the war in Ukraine.
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