• ceoofanarchism@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    17 days ago

    I mean Germany is completely supporting this current bombing on Iran and allowing the US to use their bases with no caveats and Merz is completely for it even if he occasionally says it needs to end quickly so they aren’t the main actor sure but they are responsible.

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    17 days ago

    Wasn’t someone in the German state just saying they support US sanctions on Spain for not going along with the Iran war?

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      17 days ago

      No, Merz said he encourages Spain to fulfill their NATO spending targets, but he didn’t say anything about supporting an embargo.

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        17 days ago

        He listened as Mr. Trump criticized Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain — “this is not Winston Churchill that we’re dealing with” — and threatened to cut off all trade ties with Spain as a punitive measure.

        Mr. Trump complained at length that Spanish leaders were not spending enough on their military, and that they had not allowed American forces to use their bases to launch attacks on Iran. A reporter asked Mr. Merz his reaction.

        “The answer on that is quite simple,” Mr. Merz said. He said Spain needed to increase military spending, in keeping with commitments by Germany, France and other NATO allies to shoulder a larger financial burden for their own defense. (The chancellor did not say whether or not he approved of Mr. Trump’s idea of cutting off trade as punishment)

        https://archive.ph/de5Ve

        It was clearly a topic of the discussion. Merz’ lack of disapproval and avoidance of answering that question says enough. He’s fine with it.