German Chancellor Friedrich Merz fired “fire” at US President Donald Trump for deadlock that has been created on the war with Iran, stating that “the US is being humiliated by the Revolutionary Guards”.
“The Iranians are obviously very good at negotiating — or rather, very good at not negotiating — letting the Americans travel to Islamabad and then leave without any results,” he said in a speech to students in the city of Marshberg, according to Reuters.
“An entire nation humiliated by the Iranian leadership, especially by these so-called Revolutionary Guards. And I hope this will end as soon as possible,” he added. At the same time, Mertz added that he does not see what exit strategy the US is following in the war with Iran.
It is recalled that US President Donald Trump has strongly criticized his NATO allies for not sending naval forces to help open the Straits of Hormuz during the conflict.
“The conflict is costing Germany a lot of money”
Merz reiterated that Germans and Europeans were not informed in advance of the February 28 US and Israeli attacks on Iran, adding that he conveyed his skepticism directly to Trump.
“If I had known this was going to go on like this for five or six weeks and get worse, I would have told him even more emphatically,” he said, comparing the situation to previous US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Also, Mertz said it is clear that the Straits of Hormuz have been at least partially mined. “We have offered, also as Europeans, to send German minesweepers to clear the Straits, which have apparently been partially mined,” he said.
Finally, he emphasized that the conflict is costing Germany “a lot of money, a lot of taxpayers’ money and a significant part of its economic power.”
