Germany steps up to replace ‘unreliable’ US as guarantor of European security

President Trump's U.S. can rely less and less on Europeans. What follows for Brussels and Berlin? Security expert Masala advises on a self-confident attitude towards Trump - and flattery.[more]]>

Germany steps up to replace ‘unreliable’ US as guarantor of European security

Two statements from world leaders this week bear closer examination. On May 27, the US president Donald Trump took to his Truth Social social media channel to proclaim that if it wasn’t for him, “lots of really bad things would have already happened to Russia”. The following day the German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, announced that his country would assist Ukraine in developing long-range missiles to deploy against targets inside Russia. Both st…