Trump says German chancellor "doesn't know what he's talking about" on Iran
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- Trump rebukes German Chancellor Friedrich Merz over Iran nuclear comments.
- Merz criticizes US handling of Iran conflict, calling it “ill-considered” and ineffective.
US President Donald Trump criticized German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Tuesday, saying he “doesn’t know what he’s talking about.”
Merz said a day earlier that the United States was “being humiliated” by Iran.
“The Chancellor of Germany, Friedrich Merz, thinks it’s OK for Iran to have a Nuclear Weapon,” Trump said in a Truth Social post. “He doesn’t know what he’s talking about! If Iran had a Nuclear Weapon, the whole World would be held hostage.”
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In his comments Monday during a visit to a school in Marsberg, central Germany, Merz accused US officials of entering a war without a clear strategy, saying the “whole affair is ill-considered to say the least.”
“The Iranians are obviously very skilled at negotiating, or rather, very skillful at not negotiating, letting the Americans travel to Islamabad and then leave again without any result,” Merz said. “An entire nation is being humiliated by the Iranian leadership, especially by these so-called Revolutionary Guards. And so I hope that this ends as quickly as possible.”
