Donald Trump Ousted by Democrat President Won’t Resolve German-US Tensions — Heiko Maas

• Donald Trump Ousted by Democrat President Won’t Resolve German-US Tensions — Heiko Maas
  by https://sputniknews.com/
  The past few years have witnessed a period of strained US-German relations, with President Donald Trump and Chancellor Angela Merkel sparring over contentious issues such as defence spending, trade, and the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project – a joint venture of Russia’s Gazprom and five European companies.
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  German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has said that the currently strained relations between Berlin and Washington cannot be resolved by US President Donald Trump failing to win re-election in November 2020.
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  “Everyone who thinks everything in the trans-Atlantic partnership will be as it once was with a Democratic president underestimates the structural changes”, said Maas in an interview with the German press agency DPA, published on 28 June.
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  Despite the fact that German-US relations have sunk to new lows over contentious issues such as defence spending and the Nord Stream 2 pipeline since Donald Trump began to head the US administration, it would be short-sighted to expect that they might be boosted by his leaving office.
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  “The trans-Atlantic relations are extraordinarily important, they remain important, and we are working to ensure they have a future… But with the way they are now, they are no longer fulfilling the demands both sides have for them”, said Maas.
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  Donald Trump will be challenged by former Vice President Joe Biden, who earlier formally won the Democratic Party nomination to face off against the current White House incumbent.
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