The Intelligence from The EconomistOn the off chancellor: Friedrich Merz, one year in

Merz misjudges Trump, pays price

5:30–6:29 · 59s

Tom Nuttall recalls Friedrich Merz boasting it would be "very easy" to deal with Donald Trump, only to spark a transatlantic spat after criticizing U.S. strategy on Iran—prompting Trump's public broadsides and a troop-withdrawal threat.

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