White House ‘Deliberately Escalated’ Clash With Zelensky: Friedrich Merz

Germany’s likely next chancellor said Monday that he thought US President Donald Trump deliberately escalated the angry clash with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky that has shocked Kyiv’s allies. Friedrich Merz said the astonishing White House confrontation on Friday made it almost inevitable that Germany would have to increase defence spending on its own military. He said … Read more