Why Germany is Buddying Up To the US

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Relations between Germany and the US have fluctuated recently, but Scholz is making steps to get closer with their ally across the Atlantic. So in this video, we'll explain how things soured and whether Germany will succeed in patching things up.
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[@augustus331]

Can you please stop using hyperboles? Every time Germany and France, the EU and UK, the US and Germany have their routine political issues TLDR's thumbnails are always as if there's a real diplomatic crisis.

[@koenkeep]

Hyperboles and hysteria is what the Brits do. Brexit means Brexit.

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They will answer you that it is mandatory for them to exists on youtube and get revenues. But I agree with you, as a viewer I see it as disrespectful. I hate when serious channels do that.

[@DennisTheInternationalMenace]

Called clickbait

[@augustiner3821]

Well said, meets my observations as well. Must be the place on the fence.

[@willpickering5829]

@@mrsupremegasconI think it works in the short term but when viewers wise up to it, it gets annoying. I’m not even going to watch it, just went to see the comments

[@MorningNapalm]

Please don't use y-axes in your graphs which don't start at 0, unless absolutely necessary. It distorts the perception of the situation.

[@spicychad55]

He forgot to go use that special symbol to signify a skipping of numbers

[@caravanlifenz]

He's missing the zigzag that's used as an axis break to symbolise discontinuity. As a person with a statistics degree, I'm offended and my day is ruined.

[@CarpeDiem13x]

soft manipulating information is the name of the game

[@daanstrik4293]

@@CarpeDiem13xBut was this malice? Or a genuine mistake? I’m thinking the latter

[@Agtsmirnoff]

So basically, Trump was correct about most of his criticism of Germany

[@milesdavies1589]

Deepening its military relationship with Japan, you say?

[@nettcologne9186]

our true allies ;-)

[@spiritnone2818]

Grow up.

[@brokkrep]

And much more the Netherlanrs

[@leroydanny4072]

Italy military cooperation coming soon????

[@anthonygordon9483]

Because of Taiwan. Japan is in jeapordy of being invaded by China as well. Not mainland Japan, but their islands near Taiwan. That is probably the main reason

[@Elongated_Muskrat]

So it’s not about buddying up at all. It’s about trying to correct for the failed Ostpolitik toward Russia, and partially China.

[@brokkrep]

Wdym

[@brendon1689]

yes, they must correct course or feel the wrath of uncle sam NS2 was a warning not to "fail" again, biden needs his gas money US EIA (government source) export volume to germany 2023 - 204605 2022 - 7113 2021 - 0

[@ayoCC]

@@brokkrep east politics, the idea was that trade and friendly relations would eventually thaw the issues in the east and turn Russia and China into free and fair countries over time, like how the east german wall fell, and east europe also joined the EU and NATO over time.

[@thepax2621]

Lets not pretend other countries weren't misstaken about Russia. And thats not even getting into the whole "end of history" nonsense

[@brendon1689]

US EIA (government source) export volume to germany 2023 - 204605 2022 - 7113 2021 - 0

[@thepax2621]

Graphs that, without necessasity, don't start at "0", are very missleading

[@timschnitzel]

Our German government has been pretty vocal that they want to be independent from the US in case Trump gets back into office, so I think the question is not "will Germany's moves be enough to save the relationship with Trump" but rather "how dependent are we on the US in case they are led by Trump again"

[@antoniopinto1579]

@@timschnitzel Very sensible standpoint to take. Cause Ironically Germany will be in such a scenario." A joint bastion of democracy ". Joint meaning without the others we are toast.

[@DennisTheInternationalMenace]

As an American, I can totally see this! Trump has been a shit stain on the world.

[@Agtsmirnoff]

I don’t know why you all are so upset at Trump, he was literally right about everything in regards to Germany. Literally every criticism he had when he was president ended up being correct

[@ElBandito]

@@Agtsmirnoff Which ones?

[@Joey-ct8bm]

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[@Maeniel83]

Interestingly this video acknoledges the different stances of the U.S. as part of their different leaderships, but the German side is talked about very homogenius, when in fact we have big antirussian and anti-U.S. streamings in the populace and the political parties. The whole relationship is way more complex than trade. The only reason for our current left leaning government to work so well towards the U.S. is the russian war in Ukraine.

[@Minimmalmythicist]

The Germans are trying to asset strip the Ukraine, that´s why the backed Euromaiden, so that German mining companies can get all that lovely coal and agribusiness can get nice cheap grain. Plenty of people are idiots and believe everything politicians and the press tell them. The Ukraine war isn´t little goody goody Ukraine versus big bad Russia, it´s much more like Dune than Lord of the Rings.

[@hiya2793]

To be fair tho- Russia is a dictatorial hellhole, and the US is 1 election away from a dictatorial hellhole. Maybe we should just be Europeans for once and actually step up to show these clowns how it's done.

[@sparks1792]

So as always trying to freeload

[@obligatoryusername7239]

@@hiya2793 That would be quite the sight, the economic heart of the EU actually stepping forwards for once instead of poor Poland being the only one taking the two major threats to the continent seriously. Only took a crisis that anyone could have seen coming since at least 2014 for things to change.

[@urlauburlaub2222]

the only "anti-american" streams are that in Eastern Germany and staunch left-wingers. The traditional "anti-Americans" are just around anti-woke, and the wokist are anti-American. The left-leaning parties like SPD and Greens are populists, who work well towards the US as a sort of additional lifeline and to point a finger to evil Russia instead of their own failed politics.

[@WoJackHorseman24]

The trade deficit is an unreasonable concern. Germany has less than 4% of the land and only about a quarter of the population of the U.S. To "correct" the deficit, Germany would either have to sell fewer goods than the largest market demands or import significantly more than it actually needs-neither of which makes any sense

[@HelloHi-g2u]

You must be owned by Russia because no normal person could be that clueless. The solution is Germany needs to buy less from hostile countries like China, Brazil, Turkey etc and buy the same products from the USA. It may be more expensive but it’s only fair. If not America has every right to tariff every good coming out of Germany.

[@ticklepickle7786]

​@@HelloHi-g2uthis only makes sence if US followed the same standard. It doesn't, they buy a lot from China, Brasil and others.

[@HelloHi-g2u]

@@ticklepickle7786You argument makes no sense as we are in a trade DEFICIT with every country you mentioned and Germany alike. Do you see how what you said makes nos sense?

[@tiggaaah5650]

@@HelloHi-g2u Not quite sure if you ever thought about it.. Countries (or government) rarely import stuff. People and companies do. When did the US start arguing against free trade? Start making products that people in Germany want to buy. Want to slap tariffs on them? Don't complain when US allies further distance themselves.

[@tiggaaah5650]

@@HelloHi-g2u And one more point: Your logic is beyond faulty. Want less trade deficits? Go buy American stuff. Nobody is forcing anyone to buy German products.

[@starseeker1334]

the graph presented at 0:18 is so distorted, while not starting at 0 and made it seems so like a gap is much bigger than it is in reality.

[@Taldram]

The guy frequently makes misleading statements. So it`s not surprising. For example "Germany hit the 2% target first time since the end of the Cold War". The 2% target-guideline was only introduced officially in 2014, literally just 10 years ago. It is a guideline not a rule. There was also a meeting of NATO defence ministers in 2006 where the guideline was introduced, but without a deadline at all and where the NATO members merely pledged that they will "work towards" the 2%. Only in 2014 after the Russian annexation of Crimea did this guideline became an actual target with a deadline by 2025. [ One can literally go on the NATO website to read this up ]. Framing that as if Germany didn`t meet the target since the end of the Cold War is so disingenous. It wasnt a proper guideline with a deadline until 10 years ago, and Germany, as it reached the 2%, has perfectly adhered to the agreement made in 2014. When Trump bullshitted about it starting in 2016, he kinda left out NATO members had 10 years and people ran with it.

[@hypotheticalaxolotl]

@@Taldram To be fair, Germany (and Canada, my own nation, so don't accuse me of being biased in favour of Trump - I definitely am not) not reaching 2% since the Cold War is a factual (or non-factual, depending on ->) based on data. Whether or not it's an IMPORTANT factual statement is a different question. Trump sure likely thinks it is, or wants people to think he thinks it is. Sure, they didn't have that guideline until 2014, but guidelines are usually made *after* they've become something people feel is important, not before. So how long has 2% been important, and why? And during the time where it was seen as important but not yet set in... Wood (rather than stone), why was Germany disagreeing and not reaching it on their own wherewithal? Other nations like Poland were meeting 2% for years, and IIRC doing so before the guideline was written. Probably because of the nations on their border.

[@skytron22]

@@Taldram Not even really bullshitted it then, by how you describe it. He left out that detail, but i dont think it really matters. Not when Russia has shown itself to be overtly aggressive since 1991, and that any strong ties with Russia is dubious at best. It also doesn’t change the fact Germany had been drawing down its military spending since the end of the Cold War, outpacing almost every other European nation in that respect. That said I remember him being more focused on lambasting Germany, and Europe in general, for being overly reliant on Russian energy. You can hate the man all you’d like, but he was right about these key geopolitical issues.

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[@samsyvoravong4825]

Germany been buddying up since WW2. Nothing new here. And is not something of recently.

[@danamania150]

“Trump became _obsessed_ with the idea that Germany was taking advantage of American generosity on defense and trade” Narrator: “They were, in fact, taking advantage”

[@USEismydream]

Sure but he was still obsessed with Germany.

[@personalemail9329]

​@@USEismydreamnah he just called Europoos out, they still act offended over truth.

[@DEGermany]

Uh, okay I've been practicing this... ahem! Yo bro, what's up? I'm him.

[@Zero-Gravity-Ind]

You're him? Damn, that's fire.

[@the8thhokagewalterclements212]

Fr?

[@MarktYertd]

I believe it may already be too late. Volkswagen's struggles with electric vehicle innovation, especially when compared to Japan, China, and the U.S., along with the widespread presence of U.S. military bases and Europe's lack of technological independence-unlike China and the U.S. with their tech giants-make it unlikely for Europe and Germany to change course. It seems Europe and specially Germany will continue to rely on U.S. protection.

[@abodabalo]

Or maybe, all of that forces Europe and Germany to change course.

[@Noah-dh6se]

How is japan ahead of germany in anything?

[@thomasjgallagher924]

I agree that labour interests in the EU, along with isolationism of right and left-wing extremists of Europe wanting no part in protecting global democracy, along with the general fiscal conservatism of north-central European cultures... all of it will effectively collude toward a stagnant and ever-declining Europe. There's not a lot the US can do to help if the ROI of investing in Europe continually looks so unexciting.

[@Knnnkncht]

The famous Japanese EV innovations 😂😂😂

[@santostv.]

The USA besides Tesla and japan are also behind in ev’s and don’t act like USA citizens aren’t more opposed to ev’s than Europeans or Chinese. The USA doesn’t even allow Chinese ev’s because they are afraid, blocked huawei that will cost eu government a lot of € for 5g infrastructure ect

[@kennyo1344]

Who blew up the Nord stream pipeline?

[@MorningNapalm]

Volodomir Z.

[@Pioneer_DE]

Amerika!

[@dennisestradda9746]

Dont matter, no more ruski blackmail

[@Sib1204]

Ukraine

[@eneas9038]

The men might have been Ukrainian but we all know Ukraine wouldnt daré to do blew It Up without the US/UK permission

[@charlesiragui2473]

Draghi says that Europe is in crisis since losing its source of cheap energy (from Russia). "Someone" blew up Nordstream (unmentioned in this video). One might say that the unpopular Scholz government is desperate.

[@chrisgeyer4002]

"Germany has also deepened its military ties with Japan" why do I feel like we've seen this movie before 🤔

[@moosejawrobinson]

Can’t say it ended well last time. I love both countries, but I can’t say they’ve had the best national security instincts over the last decade. Best they let their regional allies do the heavy lifting.

[@chrisgeyer4002]

​@moosejawrobinson I definitely agree that both countries should be focused on their own regional security concerns first and foremost but I would also say there is value in solidarity and partnership with like minded nations around the world especially in areas where interests and concerns overlap.

[@TheRezro]

@@moosejawrobinson Maybe you miss that, but Trump has German roots.

[@1wun1]

​@@chrisgeyer4002 "Like minded nations"

[@moosejawrobinson]

@@TheRezro oh I know the story- his grandfather fled to the US to avoid conscription in Bavaria. The apple hasn’t fallen far from the tree.

[@dinmammadennis]

The thumbnail is contradicting the title of the video??

[@peterhughes2941]

Germans very upset the yanks blew the nord stream.

[@pawelzybulskij3367]

That was done by Ukraine special forces

[@The-Cat]

@@pawelzybulskij3367 sponsered and facilitated by....

[@eisernherz3929]

Making business with the partner's enemies while enjoying safety with the partner Germany is the definition of sick hypocrisy

[@TheMysteryDriver]

@@pawelzybulskij3367"special forces"

[@user-hm9is5ke9i]

@@pawelzybulskij3367 yeah the US

[@devalapar7878]

And what does the US get in return from Germany? The US provides security and favorable trade deals, but what does it get in return? Hello? The video hasn't mentioned what the US receives in return. Why would the US give you a favorable trade deal?

[@TheMysteryDriver]

Exactly.

[@tonycosta3302]

It’s hilarious that any EU country accuses the US of being protectionist.

[@XynxNet]

It is, but only shows that US is loosing its gripp on its imperium and subsidaries.

[@aspen1606]

@@XynxNet europe must be in deep deep decline then

[@lmvr127]

@@XynxNetto be fair, we’ve made the wealth of many countries thanks to our consumerism

[@ecnalms851]

US is without a doubt protectionist. Just look at the Jones Act from 1920 still in place today. Inflation Reduction Act, CHIPS act.

[@pistolen87]

The US biggest export is the US dollar.

[@dennisestradda9746]

Chyna has been printing like crazy

[@The-Cat]

weapons

[@devalapar7878]

I don't think that counts.

[@dennisestradda9746]

@@devalapar7878 nobody wants rubble or your yuan

[@devalapar7878]

@@The-Cat The US sells a lot of weapons, that's true. But it is nowhere near their biggest export. The US exports mostly software, food, technology, medicine, materials and energy. Additionally, if the US stopped selling weapons, others would fill the gap. The only difference would be that the quality is worse.

[@ilia9048]

In short: because it benefits the US (politically and economically) and because Germany (like most of Europe) doesn't have a strong leader - it has weak bureaucrats

[@MrMvms]

I do want to say Trump was absolutely laughed at when he said Germany was controlled by Russia and they needed to cut down gas imports to get free. They weren’t laughing in 2023

[@Trickaz94]

Trump is a clown, performing in circus America

[@dinmavric5504]

Yeah I laughed too when Putin has Trump in his pocket.

[@1wun1]

And now Germany is free.

[@MrMvms]

@@dinmavric5504 so putin had trump in his pocket and was encouraging trump to encourage Germany to cut Russian gas imports to Germany???????

[@user-hm9is5ke9i]

@@dinmavric5504 Putin never invaded Ukraine when Trump was in office. During Obama he did, and Biden he did. Try again.

[@ankurar6492]

They are saying that Germany should higher their military spending 💀

[@TheRezro]

That never was a real issue. Putin straight do not understand basic geopolitics.

[@189Blake]

A blown up pipeline might be related 🤫

[@answerman9933]

Angela Merkel is the best chancellor that Russia has ever had.

[@ShadoWolf84]

Gerhard Schröder entering the stage ;)

[@jb5nf]

When the tide goes down one can always tell who's swimming naked....

[@thebristolbruiser]

Wait. I thought Trump was pro-Russia? Why did he say it was a bad thing for Germany to be close to Russia? I thought he would see that as a good thing.

[@MorningNapalm]

Not when it comes to energy and trade balance.

[@Pioneer_DE]

Its projection to deflect.

[@calc1657]

He knew Germany would not change course. His complaints were insincere.

[@thebristolbruiser]

@@calc1657 Wow, truly an evil mastermind playing 5D chess.

[@calc1657]

@thebristolbruiser Mastermind? No. Insincerity isn't evidence of a mastermind.

[@Keyer-bn3dp]

Germany was getting close to Russia, buying all their cheap oil… now that’s over and they need to find someone else. Bunch of hypocrites

[@vernfeufel1462]

Why is the studio so dark? I keep catching myself wanting to up the brightness of my screen whenever the studio is shown...

[@colintwomey7554]

Germany and by extension EU is in serious trouble if it keeps on the current policy path. A country built on cheap energy, so the destruction of nordstream (by the US it seems) alongside the decommissioning of nuclear/fossil fuel plants was obviously going to have serious repercussions. Everyone agrees we need to reduce reliance on them but to go over a cliff edge like they've done is nothing short of reckless. Energy is life at the end of the day, and as the old saying goes "you can ignore reality but you can't ignore the consequences of ignoring reality" which Germany/EU will find out the hard way it seems.

[@Nemisish]

Buddying up to the country that blew up your pipeline... 🤦

[@archiebuchan2563]

Where did they fall out of?

[@TheGahta]

Germany getting strongarmed into spending more on military aounds like an intro to a joke 🤣

[@waffle-waffle5416]

well what you can say they got nerfed twice in a row, patch 1.9.18 didn't nerf them enough so when patch 1.9.45 rolls out they got nerfed to oblivion

[@StrongKickMan]

@@waffle-waffle5416 Germany can only be weak or overpowered. Very hard to balance.

[@gdok6088]

@@StrongKickMan Very hard to balance indeed. Whenever Germany has become 'overpowered' things haven't gone well. They have themselves restricted investment in their own military for 80 years essentially because they haven't felt able to trust themselves to use military restraint.

[@MorningNapalm]

A Germany with a strong military, what could possibly go wrong :D (I am German)

[@devalapar7878]

Germany has increased their military spending only a little. They are still far off from the 2% margin. It seems like Germany has tricked Trump.

[@kanavaro2010]

There are no permanent friends, only permanent interests. The US interests is miles away from Gremany's interests

[@Julian-p7q-b4t]

What do you mean? I don't know anything about Europe.

[@cyrkielnetwork]

They both want to stop Chinase electric cars

[@mrayars]

US and Germany interests are not very different, methods they believe are different.

[@KanLuxiang]

If the US and Germany's interests are miles away, then they are lightyears away from China's and Russia's

[@biggeordiecliffordd8609]

The 2% defence spending by Germany needs clarification, it ain't all military hardware & software.

[@AW-zk5qb]

Germany has long been a disgrace and free riders off of the US

[@aliasqar5379]

Why did you remove the lights behind yourselves , videos feels darker in recent clips.....

[@The-Cat]

Energy bill is too damn high!

[@tomreports1223]

Here for the “however” count

[@AS-010o0]

It’s weird you haven’t mentioned the fact that Trump stopped nord stream and Biden give it a green light 🧐

[@user-hm9is5ke9i]

The greenlight in blowing it up.

[@millpa1573]

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[@embreis2257]

in Trumps skewed view he wanted to make Germany buy more American stuff. however, the US doesn't produce interesting enough stuff for Germany to buy. therefore, he wanted to force Germany to buy expensive liquid gas from the US. the US was/is pumping gas and oil in unprecedented quantities but Germany bought cheap Russian pipeline gas instead. then Trump wanted to have a free trade agreement with Germany. the chancellor had to inform the US president about the legal impossibility as only the EU can negotiate trade agreements for its members. Trump was unable to fathom this concept. all this and his absurd mafia views on NATO for member states having _to pay_ for their security and American protection lead to him completely falling out with Merkel. not that any other European leader fared any better with Trump. Macron tried to cosy up on him and pampered his ego with pomp and circumstance. in the end, even Macron had to concede that you cannot get on good terms with Trump unless you are a dictator.

[@nettcologne9186]

👍

[@xman7695]

You're right... I agree with Trump's view that NATO members should have a capable military themselves just in case (which would have been good as we've seen in Ukraine)

[@MorningNapalm]

@@xman7695 Well, Ukraine is not part of NATO, but apart from that I agree. Putin would never have attacked NATO directly.

[@xman7695]

@@MorningNapalm Sry, I meant that it wouldn't have hurt to have more equipment ready and usable right now. We've sent a bit to Ukraine but our stockpiles are not that big and in case something happens we wouldn't even be able to do anything. Even more so now that we're supporting another country. Some weapon stocks are even diminishing and aren't in enough numbers to matter in a potential conflict.

[@tkdmike9345]

Someone’s hurt and spreading misinformation because they don’t like that Trump was right about Germans buying gas from Russia. Germany was the one cozying up to Russia and Trump was the one try to get them to stop. No amount of Russiagate hoax misinformation can change that

[@jonasg1868]

That is just not true!

[@mcs131313]

Lol why were buddying up: they loved playing the good guy and doing their own thing. Then they lost their supply of cheap energy and saw a military threat. They are once again good friends with the guy that is great at energy and military.

[@Alex.af.Nordheim]

3:52 I don't get it. It seems to me that trump doesn’t want germany trading with america, but also doesn’t want them trading with china. Then who is germany supposed to trade with?

[@natnew32]

He wants them trading with America... specifically he wants the billateral deposit closed.

[@mcs131313]

Focus on trade deficits from an economy perspective is so stupid. I’m going to buy some beer and steak right now. I’m not mad that the grocery store is not buying anything from me. In fact I’m very happy that 1) I have enough money to buy those things (who cares who gave it to me) 2) somebody else has conveniently created a store where I can buy those things at a reasonable price. A protectionist or equal trade attitude would mean me either: 1) keeping cows and a small brewery at my house, or 2) go to the grocery store, and attempt to trade my services as a consultant, or maybe bring some clothing from my house to trade for the food. I have 0 desire to do either of those, when I can instead just do my job for other paying clients, take that money and spend it with the place that is efficient and good at sourcing and selling food.

[@usa1mac]

America destroying the gas pipeline didn't help.

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[@TheBooban]

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[@fabik805]

It has been that way for a long time

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[@TheBooban]

@@ambarcraft4476 but we get censored. I got deleted just for saying that.

[@CallumSawatzky]

Germany was dumb. All in on China and Russia. Short-term thinking.

[@casperghst42]

Maybe on Russia, but as Germany makes money on export it needs to have a market for it's goods (when the US isn't always a reliable market) and China wanted German luxury goods, like expensive cars and other quality products. The US protectionism is part of reason why Germany (and Europe) have been looking towards China as an export market.

[@BruceJ999]

​@@casperghst42Yeah first let's see if they will survive the trade war with China.

[@Miranox2]

@@casperghst42 It's only a matter of time before China makes a similar move to Russia.

[@lynxon9939]

Definetly stupid, I'm glad the rest of the EU and the US have been giving them a lot of shit for this. However Trump is only the relationship between the EU and the US with punishment politics whilst the Biden-administration has virtually "fixed" the problems regarding trade and made Europe; a market of 600 million people WAY more dependent on the US. Yet americans believe bringing Trump back will be better for their economy. Short-sighted aswell

[@dragonhero14]

@@casperghst42 But the issue is that the US will work and always have some minor protectionism due to where it's located in the world. Having an Ocean between you changes your viewpoint. The US wants retain degrees of capability in the event that most of the western hemisphere is cut off from certain supplies and goods. Also China is trying to support it's poor social policies by mass production and dumping of goods onto foreign markets. China aims to control all it can just for China. The original goal was that China was changing course in the 90s and it was. But with their current president, he is taking advantage of the world's investment to preform a backstab. China doesn't want other countries in Asia(India, Vietnam, Singapore) to develop as competitors with them. China is also causing industries to be priced out and shut down in South America. China wants all of the advantages with none of the downsides.

[@paulomartins1008]

2:00 Averaging annual surplus exports over a period larger than 5 conscutive years is a bad idea.

[@ricardosilva-xz1yt]

Why?

[@paulomartins1008]

@@ricardosilva-xz1ytbecause the average might not be representative of the period. For instance, in 2018 as pointed out on the video exports amounted to over 120 billion. So the statement "the average over the period was 57 billion" doesn't carry a lot of meaning. Better would be to state the initial value, the last value and the average growth per annum. 😁

[@FischerNilsA]

I dont like agreeing with Trump on anything. And I doubt he really understands the topic. He still thinks tariffs are paid by the countries they are declared on .... But bilateral trade deficits ARE a highly problematic tactic. Germany has been using them on the rest of the EU very successfully for decades. Just because most people dont understand something doesn mean it cannot be used in economic warfare.

[@tuffandco3745]

Why are you having such dramatic thumbnails, titles, fear mongering, normal communications between two countries.

[@ophirmayer1]

It's purely Trump VS Biden administrations attitude towards European partners. Here, I saved everyone a lot of watching time

[@jayfeather965]

Gee it’s almost like we tried to warn you that Russia wasn’t your friend for years. And now that you’ve learned the hard way you’ve come crying back 😂

[@MaxMustermann-zp5xy]

Does the trade deficit also cover services or is it just about goods? Germany "imports" billions worth of US services from companies like Google, Microsoft, Amazon, or even Tinder.

[@thepax2621]

Trump telling anyone that they're "controlled by Russia" is quite funny and ironic 😅🙈

[@gregoryturk1275]

Russian puppet moment 😂😂😂

[@MorningNapalm]

@@gregoryturk1275 _Senior_ moment too :D

[@tkdmike9345]

Yea, because a “Russian puppet” like Trump would tell Germany to stop buying Russian gas. Russiagate was debunked years ago.

[@personalemail9329]

Oh right because we didn't find Russian oligarchs and spies in Europe, and Germany , Eurotrashs acting like what he claimed was something wild when in fact it was the truth.

[@personalemail9329]

​@@gregoryturk1275yeah that's why Russia was afraid of Starting war with Ukraine that it did in both Democrat terms. Avg Libturd and his single brain cells at work in comment section.

[@kevinh4869]

So actually they eventually did everything Trump wanted and Trump was actually right all along. What a surprise. Especially about the Russian reliance.

[@insu_na]

Everyone knew about the Russia problem here in Germany, it's just that many of the politicians responsible for creating and maintaining it were bribed

[@iambicpentakill971]

When someone is wrong/lying 95% of the time, it's hard to take them seriously

[@davidblair9877]

_Trump_ complaining that someone else is controlled by Russia is…ironic.

[@minyaw1234]

Complaining about the debt break again - I love it personally: it shows that our government values investments into useless things than into infrastructure. There is enough money, if you remove funding from pet projects where your donors and aids reside where you can give them jobs that earn them millions of tax payer money. Like spending hundreds of thousands on social justice and equality experts per person to make useless studies that nobody dares to implement or even talk about in parliament, but you gave those types employment. Cut those things and invest it into bridges and schools. The only thing more money does is to mask the huge amount of money that is funneled into pet projects and basically corruption. Also I'm ripping on the left here - but the right is wasting the money just as much. The debt brake stays. Be corrupt somewhere else. Use the money we actually have to do things instead of shoveling it to your friends.

[@soundscape26]

Another fell out/buddy up video... sometimes TLDR is akin to a dating show. 😄

[@fishergabe]

tariffs are passed to consumers and should be called taxes or some shit

[@statmonster]

The issue is not the bilateral deficit but Germany’s massive global trade surplus driven by Germany’s labor repression. This labor repression leads to very low consumption in Germany and drives its global trade surplus.

[@dannyboy8850]

Germany will do anything to survive in rough waters. 😂😂😂

[@karlstriepe8050]

Trump's main concern with Germany, as he noted in a UN speech, was their reliance on Russian energy. He was right.

[@veronikalynn5084]

Germany and Japan is actually a very interesting observation if you’ve been paying attention to US/Japan relations recently. Prime Minister visited DC for the first time in 9 years purely to negotiate a deal for the biggest steel producer in the country. Biden and Trump have both said they aren’t leaning towards selling, for “national security” reasons. It’s a *huge* deal, financially and in terms of potential return on investment. I wouldn’t be surprised if Japan was a tad disrespected and let down if we indeed rejected their offer. Not great, considering we’ve been harping on and on about how essential they are to our “free and open Indo-Pacific” policy.

[@jon.p.]

How Germany is getting its act together should be the headline

[@BOZ_11]

Hey TLDR, governments don't trade, private companies do. Moreover, trade balances have nothing to do with the wealth of the citizenry, since the countries with the biggest trade deficits are rich. The countries with the biggest trade surpluses are also rich. This would only confuse you if you were ignorant of the first point.

[@spritemon98]

Are they becoming friends or breaking up????

[@beasley1232]

They are breaking up. Hell, I'd say USA-Vietnam relations are currently more healthy and closer then US-German relations. Vietnam has recently upgraded relations with the USA from a bilateral relationship to a Comprehensive Strategic relationship. Vietnam is currently the USA 10th largest trading partner while the USA is Vietnam's 2nd largest trading partner.

[@ElysiumCreator]

Can’t believe America Germany fell out. It’s so joever

[@beasley1232]

They've been fallen out 🤣 the USA and Germany have had intense and strained relations since 2017 now. More strained then US-France relations.

[@saxonjf]

Why don't you just say that Trump was right about NATO and China and that Germany ought to show some humility if he is elected again?

[@Mighty_Terp]

Looks like Trump was 1000% right about German defense...

[@auctus1983]

Weird, it’s almost like Trump was correct in all of his criticisms of Germany…

[@janicenascimento9625]

Even if he criticized Germany..does it look like Trump would KNOW that or someone had to explain to him on how it’s bad 😒😒

[@auctus1983]

@@janicenascimento9625 and yet you’re the one watching a video explaining to you “why Germany is buddying up to the US?”

[@Nzombii]

Trump had a decent foreign policy, a much needed shake up that would have taken much longer without him.

[@bicker31]

Trade deficits have tremendous strategic implications. Looking only at economic implications is misleading. Additionally, the European strategy of playing a zero sum game in building their soft power by attacking the US undermines any long term relationship, trade or otherwise.

[@user-hm9is5ke9i]

Perhaps it had to do with the US and the Nordstream?

[@jamesliston5693]

Donald forgot he is half german 😅

[@thorstenschmidt21]

It's funny to see each villain in a red circle 😅

[@-Teca-]

And who has a huge base in Germany? Edit: look at all these Europoors coping! :D idc the US can eat you alive if they felt like it

[@nettcologne9186]

The Americans, but the US has also 10,000 soldiers stationed in a base in the UK and Germany has 5,000 soldiers in a base in Lithuania and a base in Jordan and a base in the USA, ..so what

[@instintosoldato9019]

Your point being? That a NATO country has a base in another NATO country? Do you realize Germany also has a base in the US?

[@bicker31]

This is the crux of the disconnect between US and Germans - as an American, the US military being in Germany is a favor to Germany, as it provides defense. Germans seem to do mental gymnastics to convince themselves that it's somehow akshually a benefit to the US. Until this is rectified, we're simply not reading from the same book

[@luffyland4996]

What's your point? All bases US have in others countries are there at their request. Also btw US is not allowed any military base outside its territory unless countries invite, request, and give permission to the US for troops and bases. All US bases can be removed whenever they like. Germany and Japan gained back sovereignty and independence in 1950 so they can do the same. What your saying is pointless. Oh and US needs to ask to use them

[@duwang8499]

Bro why are you talking like you are involved in any of this? In the end all you probably do each monday till saturday is saying "Hello, may I take your order?".

[@issyeboi2060]

Germany is a US colony since 1945 lmfao

[@stasx6272]

Well, Germany lost the war. Good that they are not enslaved.

[@univeropa3363]

Scholz is a coward. That's why.

[@karsteinvolle]

Turn on the lights in the studio, please.

[@cenktoplar8378]

51th state of USA

[@juanmartin1729]

Germany is powerhouse? are you sure?, rather, it's in decline. 😢.

[@Mateomartinez-u1z]

true

[@xander6522]

The entire EU is in decline if we're being honest, but the pro-EU drones are not ready for that conversation 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@mitch8072]

it is one of the biggest economies

[@nettcologne9186]

What is all this talk about decline: Germany has risen to become the 3rd largest economic power while the UK has fallen to 6th place.

[@univeropa3363]

@@nettcologne9186 We are deindustrialising.

[@BrodyN-fu4dr]

What’s with the red and blue outlines in the pictures of people in the video? For example Joe Biden has a deeper blue than Shultz. Just something sort of strange.

[@napoleonfeanor]

Germany did freeload on defense

[@CedarHunt]

On energy imports too

[@Veritas.0]

EU/Nato/US should always have each other's backs. The West as a whole has more in common, a more closely defined ethics and morality, and a general belief that the individual is paramount and the reason a government exists. (Yes, all of that is more or less per country, but true nonetheless)

[@Diamond-vy1lx]

You would think that allowing or encouraging a terrorist bombing on your main gas pipeline would hurt the relations between the 2 countries

[@Lysandra-8]

You mean the relationship between Germany and Ukraine? Because it was on the German news that some Ukrainians blew it up

[@beasley1232]

The USA was also caught spying on France and Germany lol WITH the help of DENMARK through Danish television and communications. Denmark helped the USA spy on various EU countries, especially during the Trump presidency. So Denmark and the USA were working together to spy on Germany and France 🤣

[@juremustac3063]

It will, only the reaction, like everything else in Germany, takes forever.

[@irwainnornossa4605]

Symbol of currency goes after the number!

[@adrianhudek9111]

Wait for Doland. We will see a unprecedented fall out with whole Europe except Russia. With Russia, Donald will build new strong partnership. 😂😂😂

[@Camionero-manny]

So basically trump was right about Germany

[@familyguygaming_]

Don’t get me wrong, Atlanticism is what has made the West prosper and it should absolutely continue, but threatening the stability of US-EU relations was very necessary to pull the German government’s head out of the ground. They’ve been living in Candyland for the past few decades pursuing Ostpolitik that goes against all of their allies’ interests, while also demanding that their allies do everything that they wish. It’s been a nonsensical alliance that has needed some equalization in effort on the part of Germany very badly

[@urlauburlaub2222]

The Ostpolitik was also American policy. And also the British left-wingers hoped to sell products there. You can see that stable countries all take their share and problems, if Russia wants to destroy, so it's also in the combined interest of everyone else. Your comment thinks, that the Western Europeans like France and Britain are better off, if Russia can destroy? That's marxist-leninist thinking.

[@Chris-ri1ob]

With the money system because the USD is the leading currency the USD is secretly sucking out value

[@theconqueringram5295]

Carrots instead of sticks.

[@JasonAtlas]

German government knows not to push your energy provider around. Reliable green energy would be very good for Germany.

[@nettcologne9186]

Germany gets 62 percent of its electricity from renewable energies and continues to expand them

[@santostv.]

Germany industry is very power intensive that’s the main problem also usa fuel is a lot more expensive.

[@julio5prado]

Very interesting!

[@TheRezro]

As multiple bankrut, Trump is well suited to talk about economical issues.

[@TheMysteryDriver]

Lol you can't even spell

[@TheRezro]

@@TheMysteryDriver Say person who don't use dot. Fact that most people on internet aren't from US is most likely above your tiny brain. Also "lol" is not actual word.

[@averagejoe1475]

near 35 percent of America is your descendant Germany. We want you to have the ability to defend yourself and your jobs. We have to wait until November to see if we can help you more. If Germans are wanting more of there own domestic production, good for you guys! We don't want to see you have 38 percent unemployment ever again...

[@beasley1232]

Ummm actually only 12% of American have German ancestry. That's about 43 million people. In comparison, 13% of Americans are African Americans, that about 47 million people. Another 11% of Americans are 1st or 2nd generation Mexican, that's about 39 million people in the USA. And of course 10% of Americans are of Irish ancestry, or about 37 million Americans. 7.1% of Americans are of English ancestry, or about 21 million people. For comparison, 8% of Americans are Asian American or about 22-23 million people in the USA. Where on earth did you get 35% from lol 🤣 or did you just make that up?

[@Adam-ep8gb]

Are incomes from US global companies like Apple, MS, Google included in that "exports" and "imports"? :)

[@nettcologne9186]

the world is not just Apple & Google

[@Adam-ep8gb]

@@nettcologne9186 Yes, but if its about transfer of money this is massive part of it.

[@ryandanngetich2524]

@@nettcologne9186 Just shut up if you dont know the answer,, very irrelevant response

[@MorningNapalm]

@@nettcologne9186 No, there was Microsoft as well :D