{"id":2602,"date":"2026-03-04T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/04\/germanys-merz-sits-powerless-as-trump-attacks-european-allies-in-oval-office-politico-eu\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T03:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T03:00:00","slug":"germanys-merz-sits-powerless-as-trump-attacks-european-allies-in-oval-office-politico-eu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/04\/germanys-merz-sits-powerless-as-trump-attacks-european-allies-in-oval-office-politico-eu\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany\u2019s Merz sits powerless as Trump attacks European allies in Oval Office &#8211; politico.eu"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipwFBVV95cUxQWG9aelExaXZUZ1dzd3BiVGE0OTVmVVRxek11a0lvTjVLZzFtSlpQbEJOcG1WUlBtNEtpMy1wRkVhTERJdjRIbHV1YjlZMXk4OUwtYlJrMmF4Nk5FMTV5TXpiRlpkY1M1TEFPbTNHLTVNV2lhNEJUdzJwbGtlX3BoZDVmeVNKWTlNZXF3SEVXZFE2WkJCU1QtN2U1V1lkZVd5dmxIbnhuNA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Germany\u2019s Merz sits powerless as Trump attacks European allies in Oval Office<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">politico.eu<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijwFBVV95cUxPZ0dNRnFhMF9MZUtTUXo1M2MybGZfcDl1d3p4MnNQVEpkSkE1WE1PTjRQR052YzZGQ3pYYm81UFNQd3hNamZWSi02S05kd2d0RE9oQW5CR3BEcUxFZVFmbTJsajlFdHl4NXVnQVMzUTRSd0REM2RUbWdQaUtsOTNiNmk5eHgzejU0bUhKel8wQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">As Trump Bashes Spain on Military Spending, German Chancellor Merz Looks On<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikwFBVV95cUxNTVJPNDRwc0xjakdRdk9ucGlJeDVackNTU1V1aWFJUFl5SU5FNXpWWU9qOF91Q21JMFRGTXloeUh0bTVRcVB0R2JQaHRkdXA3UmNieUloZUQ3RldwU2p5VUhQWENaNzM4Q0F3T1N2cURBMjU3OVZFVk5tV1NYVGkwNktmWlNtU2pkU1B4VnhwYkI4YU3SAZgBQVVfeXFMTTV6cjJHbUJxdm8yM01lR3NIWWJfeDNpT2Jyc3NNdnpWcDU1cWFTeVJtbXhpU1VDalktRS0xZDNnRnFCbkFGVnVnRDZHcGo3R2hXLVctTmoxeFExaGVXRkN4bGxpWF9FOHhxWHk4LVhraE5aTXVMck5FRE1HRUs0VkVIUWlCZmZ0Rzk3N08wLVVZaWJoZ0JFT0g?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Germany&#8217;s Merz seeks end to Iran war &#8216;soon&#8217; as oil prices rise<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">upi.com<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisgFBVV95cUxObG1MV0pCWkJsVVZ5eEwwLVlIYVRPeGdOWGxsTDN6NzF2WFpoNGZ4Y2dhV013ZldUekszV0RSRjdnWWZUMzdYZ1E5SEIwRWRLUWZ2RnZSenBfQ3hNQlVQZEcwT0hXZUFkTFEyU0tVTEFqZUNTTGQ3NV8yQ29lM1RDRHp4WlEwWDZ6R2p1TVY1WmRtQzk5WUdEZXhRY3REQWUwTk5CdUphQUxYMl8xd0hnbE5n?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Merz Says EU Won\u2019t Accept US Trade Deal on Worse Tariff Terms<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Bloomberg<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi0wFBVV95cUxQUE9MUlpCVFNZUzduYVQ4QmI0aF9iQkhyMC1YWXJaZlNzdTkyNWRYc0hDNDBSOXAwSmhJQ3hZSzk4emNsYzFMSHpPeTJRVHNFZnBxZmx1WTFfeXdtbm1tM0tDVkVyLTcta19vME1zdTl5cUFUQzNEWlVMWk1ocDhIdFVZV2xyd05JZTE3aTFXQXgwM0xWMFpFQi1Jb2hOcWdNZmVYYzNqeHFudWZudnVDTUxaLVNZU1VzdE1GeFNIVkQ2RTJnaVRKQXFzQU9aQmFwR0w0?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump\u2019s Oval Office press conferences, a difficult test for visiting leaders, have stopped<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Politico<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Germany\u2019s Merz sits powerless as Trump attacks European allies in Oval Office&nbsp;&nbsp;politico.eu As Trump Bashes Spain on Military Spending, German Chancellor Merz Looks On&nbsp;&nbsp;The New&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/04\/germanys-merz-sits-powerless-as-trump-attacks-european-allies-in-oval-office-politico-eu\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2602\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}