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Trump hits back at German chancellor after Iran criticism
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29 Apr 2026
President Donald Trump has criticised German Chancellor Friedrich Merz over the war in Iran after Merz said the Iranians are humiliating the United States in talks to end it.
“The Chancellor of Germany, Friedrich Merz, thinks it’s OK for Iran to have a Nuclear Weapon. He doesn’t know what he’s talking about!” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.
Merz has said Iran must not have a nuclear weapon.
In an unusually pointed rebuke over the conflict, Merz said on Monday that Iran’s leadership was humiliating the United States and getting US officials to travel to Pakistan and then leave without results.
Merz also said he did not see what exit strategy the US is pursuing in the Iran war – comments that underlined deep divisions between Washington and its European NATO allies, which had already been festering over Ukraine and other issues.
