14 resultsfor “German Chancellor Merz criticism US strategy Iran”
criticism of his handling of the war with Iran. Earlier in the week, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz [said](/news/2026/4/27/iran-very-skilful-as-us-humiliated-says-german-chancellor) that the US was being “humiliated” by [Iran in the ongoing war](/news/liveblog/2026/5/1/iran-war-live-tehran-says-us-ports-siege-intolerable-trump-mulls-action), adding the Trump
German chancellor has visited the White House twice in a year in an effort to smooth the strains in trans-Atlantic ties. Alongside other European countries, Germany has been critical of the war that
German chancellor on Monday. Merz told university students that "the Americans clearly have no strategy". "The Iranians are obviously very skilled at negotiating, or rather, very skilful at not negotiating, letting the Americans travel
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz over the war with Iran. The decision comes a day after Trump criticised Merz, who suggested the US had been "humiliated" by Iranian negotiators. In social media posts on Thursday, Trump
critical minerals and a range. He said: “The big issue we have beyond the wars is a big derisking strategy. It needs more solidarity more investment and better organisation to derisk from the main geopolitical
strategy.” The remarks triggered a heated discussion that has intensified since Trump [announced](/video/newsfeed/2026/5/3/us-to-cut-troops-in-germany-as-iran-war-spat-deepens) the redeployment of 5,000 US troops from German soil. According to media reports, the withdrawal will include a Stryker Brigade
Chancellor Friedrich Merz has tried to downplay tensions with the United States after Washington announced plans to reduce the number of American troops in Germany. Merz said US plans to withdraw troops have “no connection
criticism of the war on Iran. The US president suggested on Thursday that Merz should focus on German and European affairs rather than comment on the conflict in the Middle East. “The Chancellor of Germany
strategy – and is completely controlled by the German woke media,” Grenell said. The German far-right leader [Alice Weidel](https://www.instagram.com/reels/DGTVB0Uo6Qk/), whose anti-immigration, pro-Kremlin Alternative für Deutschland party has been [supported
US-Israel war on Iran. The windfall Russia got in a month is equivalent to 10 percent of the loan Ukraine is to receive from the European Union over the next two years to help
US," the defense minister told [German news agency dpa](https://nordot.app/1423288045244661923#). Pistorius added that if Germany was to remain a transatlantic partner, it must work to strengthen the European pillar within NATO. The Trump
Strategies Julianne Smith told me. "Furthermore, in a moment when the transatlantic relationship is still reeling from a stated US policy to "get" Greenland (a territory belonging to Nato ally, Denmark), pursuing these types
German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, [already locked in a clash with Trump over the Iran war and the reduction of US troops stationed in Germany](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/03/merz-not-giving-up-on-working-with-trump-despite-iran-war-spat), has been unable to protect Schmidt from US
strategy in Iran](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/02/g-s1-119864/u-s-withdraw-troops-germany) and that Tehran had "humiliated" Washington in peace talks. The comment drew a sharp response from Trump, who soon indicated that U.S. troop levels in Germany were under review