[Merz is] attempting to pursue realpolitik in a world where might increasingly makes right.
Washington has demonstrated beyond any doubt that its rift with Europe is irreversible, by deliberately choosing to go to war against Iran without consulting its European allies.
[T]he time for flattery should be over.
The Comey indictment is likely just the beginning.
It is really painful to look on as a despot-in-the-making now hands us the bill.
Comprehensive screening of the population without due cause contradicts basic democratic principles.
Weapons are the talk of the town. The Western allies have gotten quite obsessed with them.
[T]here is only one word to describe this first visit by the new German government leader with the U.S. president: depressing. In every respect.
So the world needs to brace itself for more confusion and unpredictability in U.S. trade policy.