China Daily reported today: German Chancellor Merkel has rarely criticized U.S. President Trump, saying that under Trump's leadership, America's global leadership "has been challenged and may have been lost entirely," and warned that the world order based on rules "no longer exists."
Comment: Merkel openly named Trump at the Munich Security Conference, directly stating that America's leadership has been lost and the old order no longer exists, which is a statement of the breakdown of trust between Europe and the United States.
German Chancellor, who has always been pro-American and conservative, has rarely shown his true colors, essentially indicating the unbearable frustration with Trump's "transactional diplomacy, abandoning allies, and unilaterally breaking agreements." Europe has already realized that the United States is no longer a reliable umbrella, but a disruptor of the order.
The transatlantic alliance has long been a mere formality. The United States is turning inward, Europe is forced to be self-reliant, and the global order is accelerating its reorganization. This is the most realistic international situation today.
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