President Donald Trump’s Continuing criticism of Germany’s unpaid defense bill seems to have taken action by one of Europe’s wealthiest countries.
The president’s criticism of Berlin has forced Germany to increase funding for its military power and infrastructure, which critics say is in a bad state.
Richard Grenell, During the first Trump administration in the United States, the U.S. ambassador to Germany told Fox News numbers “multiple German leaders have ignored President Trump’s warnings and Russia is using energy as a weapon against them.
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“The war in Ukraine and Putin’s invasion show that Donald Trump is absolutely right about the beast that Germany finally opened.”
Trump appointed Grenell as the presidential envoy for “special missions” in December.
During his first semester, President Donald Trump is waiting to greet German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the White House in Washington, DC on March 17, 2017. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg by Getty Image)
In 2018, Trump rebuked Germany’s addiction to Russian gas, according to observers of German relations. He told the UN General Assembly: “If the route is not changed immediately, Germany will rely entirely on Russia’s energy. In the Western Hemisphere, we are committed to maintaining our independence to stay away from the independence of foreign powers that encroach on expansionist expansionism.”
In his speech, the cameras were awarded to the UN delegation in 2018, including then-U.S. Ambassador Christoph Heusgen and former Foreign Secretary Heiko Maas, who all seemed to smile and smile at Trump.
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However, those smirks quickly turned into primitive anxiety, four years later in 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine, and Germany scrambled to avoid Russian gas to avoid help reward Putin.
“Since Eisenhower, U.S. presidential administration has complained about free riding in Europe, but the “asked “Pretty Pleaple” didn’t work,” Matthew Kroenig, director of the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security at the Atlantic Commission, told Fox News Digital.
“Trump’s effect is partly due to Trump raising the burden sharing of NATO to the highest achievement of the transatlantic security agenda, partly due to real concerns that Washington might abandon NATO and Europe and need to work for itself.”
Photographed for soldiers of the German Armed Forces Honor Guard at a reception for military honors in Berlin, Germany on November 4, 2024. (Getty Image)
Berlin arrives after Trump and Grenell help coax the Germans out of their safety fatigue NATO spends 2% target GDP expenditure in 2024. This is the first time since 1991 that Berlin has reached 2%, the end of the Cold War.
However, Trump called on Germany to spend 5% on defense because he believes the United States is providing huge resources to protect Central European countries.
Frustration with Germany and other European allies was arrested in a text message reported between Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Vice President JD Vance.
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“I totally share your disgust Free European Loading. This is sad.
Germany’s export trade benefited from free navigation in the Middle East, but refused to help the United States block Iran-backed Houthi terror movement through military strikes. Europe and Germany are reluctant to follow Trump’s leadership and approve Hotis as a terrorist entity.
Friedrich Merz, president and prime minister candidate, was at a press conference after the federal election in Berlin, Germany on February 24, 2025. (Florian Gaertner/Photothek via Getty Images)
The so-called Trump effect also influenced the German parliament’s decision to relax debt restrictions, so it could pump funds into the military superstructure.
Friedrich Merz, the new German Chancellor of the Conservative Christian Democratic League, said he would do “any need” to rebuild Germany’s fragile army. The goal of mainstream Berlin political parties is to invest hundreds of billions of euros in defense and infrastructure. It is reported,,,,, In a state of chaos, there were only 181,174 soldiers at the end of last year. The German Ministry of Defense attempts to expand its armed forces to 203,000 by 2031.
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Recruitment remains about the ongoing challenge in the pacifist population. After Germany began two world wars in the last century, Germany’s power politics emphasized the role of multilateral institutions such as the United Nations in correcting conflicts.
During training, well-trained armored infantry wore camouflage uniforms during exercise, as part of the basic training for the German government’s federal army during the training period in April 2005 at Knuell Barracks in Schwarzenborn, Germany. (Frank May/Picture Conquer/dpa/ap image)
Associated Press Recently, Eva Högl, Commissioner of the Parliament of the German Armed Forces, said: “The biggest problem is boredom. She added: “If young people have nothing to do, if there is not enough equipment, there is not enough trainers, if the rooms are not reasonably clean and orderly, this will stop people, which will make Bundeswehr insufficient.” ”
In an interview with German news media Welt earlier this month “Now we have received receipts for everything we have overlooked,” Munich said in terms of the failure of Germany and Western Europe in the decades of a severe defence settlement.
Fox News Digital raised detailed news questions to the German Foreign Ministry, which involved Trump’s criticism that Berlin had long underinvestment in defense and had been married to Putin’s gas supply after warnings.
Caitlin McFall of Fox News contributed to the report.
