It’s Not About Trump: Berlin Says Relations With US Are So Bad Even Democrats Back in White House Cannot Fix Them

- It’s Not About Trump: Berlin Says Relations With US Are So Bad Even Democrats Back in White House Cannot Fix Them
by https://www.rt.com/
The days of the good old ‘transatlantic partnership’ have passed, Germany’s Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has admitted, adding that even the Democrats returning to power is unlikely to automatically bring those days back.
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“Anyone, who believes that the transatlantic partnership will once again be what it once was with a Democratic president, underestimates the structural changes,” the minister told German news agency dpa, hinting that relations between the two allies will never be the same even without President Donald Trump at the helm in Washington.
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Still, he also admitted that Berlin is not ready to give up on its longstanding alliance with Washington just yet. “The transatlantic relations are extraordinarily important, they will remain important and we are working to make sure they have a future,” he said.
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