US EditionGerman president says US is destroying world order
German President Steinmeier warned U.S. policies under Trump are undermining the global order, citing actions like the Venezuela intervention and Greenland talks, and urged Brazil and India to help protect it.
- On Jan 8, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier sharply criticised U.S. foreign policy under President Donald Trump and urged the world not to let the world order disintegrate into a `den of robbers` at his 70th birthday event.
- Frank-Walter Steinmeier argued the United States is breaking international rules and weakening multilateral institutions, saying `Then there is the breakdown of values by our most important partner, the USA, which helped build this world order.`
- Examples he mentioned included the apparent ousting of Nicolás Maduro, former President of Venezuela, and reports of United States advisers discussing buying Greenland despite Greenlanders' independence efforts.
- He urged active intervention and asked that Brazil and India be convinced to protect the world order, warning smaller countries risk becoming defenceless and calling on European nations to review policies.
- Though largely ceremonial, Germany's presidency gives Frank-Walter Steinmeier freedom to speak, making his blunt warning notable as Emmanuel Macron echoed concerns about weakening multilateral institutions.
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The German president has turned against the White House's foreign policy and called for avoiding a new order "where the most ruthless get what they want"
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