US president’s statement follows comments by German chancellor that the US was being ‘humiliated’ in conflict
Not that it matters for Trump, but Merz isn’t exactly wrong pointing to the Iran war as at least one of the reasons why the German economy is performing a bit worse than expected.
Just this morning, Germany recorded 0.3% growth for the first quarter of 2026, slightly ahead of the expected 0.2%, with 0.5% forecast for the full year. But as Handelsblatt notes, before the war started, some expectations had been closer to 1% or even higher.
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