President Trump’s “short-sighted” policies have “weakened” the West, German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Monday.
“Anyone who accelerates climate change by weakening environmental protection, who sells more weapons in conflict zones and who does not want to politically resolve religious conflicts is putting peace in Europe at risk,” Gabriel said, according to Agence France-Presse. “The short-sighted policies of the American government stand against the interests of the European Union,” he said, adding that “the West has become smaller, at least it has become weaker.”
The remarks come one day after German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke of the strain between the U.S. and Europe, and said Europe could no longer fully rely on Washington.
“The times when we could fully rely on others are to some extent over — I experienced that in the last few days,” Merkel told her supporters. “We Europeans must really take our destiny into our own hands.
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