Strong stuff from Merz on German TV (via Thorsten Benner of GPPi Berlin):

Absolutely no illusions about Trump. Goal needs to be step by step independence from a US who pretty much no longer cares about fate of 🇪🇺

Unclear whether we will still speak of NATO in present shape by time of June summit

Interventions from DC no less dramatic, drastic & brazen than those from Moscow

Hopes about avoiding transatlantic decoupling may well be disappointed.

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