{"id":59008,"date":"2026-05-05T04:00:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T04:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/05\/how-germanys-merz-torpedoed-his-plan-to-contain-trump-financial-times\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T04:00:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T04:00:34","slug":"how-germanys-merz-torpedoed-his-plan-to-contain-trump-financial-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/05\/how-germanys-merz-torpedoed-his-plan-to-contain-trump-financial-times\/","title":{"rendered":"How Germany\u2019s Merz torpedoed his plan to contain Trump &#8211; Financial Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihAFBVV95cUxPd3EtT0wzbEJCaGVsVkpuX25fZHRFQmFqZGliQmUxUVdvckVuNVBUcVdHaGR6R1NsZ2xQN1hrNVpaSGZCcDE5MDhvX3pjaXE4UUdkOTVMNTdOeVhFM3dlazBweS16X0JtRWhhSUVBSkQxQnFfSVVVMHZTOVppVWhla3hOMF8?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">How Germany\u2019s Merz torpedoed his plan to contain Trump<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Financial Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqgFBVV95cUxQUFZvYi1hUWd3UE1yc0szVWs1bGlGd2tsRHZkVmd3b1VtTVBxYURkOHV1TFhRMmZCTEVmbUNId3Z4eWwzd3VCSWUtVFQ1T2YzVFFzWDdfYmVPaUppVWFVRnFvOXp1UFJ5WFpZLVNfMWgtN3dFSXRfY2h0OXZkM3VJMkZ1T3dWOUh3RER3Vm5XWXZhMmo4SVZGQlc4QWhVV1hLTXdKU3pUT2VHUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump&#8217;s Germany troop cuts show limits of NATO efforts to keep US on board<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Reuters<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi0wFBVV95cUxNWlpVdU1lMHdQRkc4X2IyVERzTUJRb040d2JYOWRFejBxWEtseHBDT3FTRXN5QlozZVlpVHFlZkp3RlAzMi1kVFlGWlpkdzdaQ000dmFweVZjZTZqVlotVlJCZ1dIOWN5em1YSEh2eVM4bEZKc2ROdXAtUC1adTU0US0tMW9oWUlVYkN3Y0hSRk5YLU9UZ2p3MmFDSXZfMXhPUkdtQ19XNVdUQzVxVzZha1NpX2lZOWhvQVpBcWV5OWVCUnZodjl2MjhndTE3TEk4NGZF?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">German defense minister laments long-range strike \u2018gap\u2019 caused by planned US drawdown<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Defense News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMioAFBVV95cUxPYWFHaVVOMG5VeUMyQU8xeWc4OHZEM1BXRFp2ZGtKR3c1LWdXQjhfbHZNc014aFEwYThtbDdPbUg1MVBOMXVrNFBHZTgyWV9SU21wQlI0VjZYR2lLSkZ5SVNlcFVVd0hOMks1U2szQmVEMHNFc2FqcUpsdjVfLVhJenFFRGd6QTJSa2pmVEJPQl9DSVRrMzV0aWJGMXZtNmE3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump Is Pulling Troops From Germany. The Missiles Are a Bigger Problem.<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Council on Foreign Relations<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiwFBVV95cUxOeVJYdnJvMUlyUDk3TGlBbzhFclhEb21lbG1aWExqZ2UxdndMeUZqWVYwdlk5VmpTXy1PRnRielFKNGpoR19BbWZuWllQX2pMcW1KeFlQX0hOejRzSlE1NURfR3p2OEVfLTAyYmdPSUsxMVdoLVJKcnowdUxKSTBpc1hVaGxTMXhqQm1z?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Germans Are Not Panicking Over Trump\u2019s Troop Threats<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How Germany\u2019s Merz torpedoed his plan to contain Trump&nbsp;&nbsp;Financial Times Trump&#8217;s Germany troop cuts show limits of NATO efforts to keep US on board&nbsp;&nbsp;Reuters German&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/05\/how-germanys-merz-torpedoed-his-plan-to-contain-trump-financial-times\/\" 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-59008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59008","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=59008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59008\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}