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Merz Says the Quiet Part Loud Friedrich Merz basically said what Washington’s allies have been whispering for weeks: Trump looks humiliated in the Iran talks, and nobody sees a serious exit strategy. That is the diplomatic version of someone looking at a house fire and asking why the homeowner is still arguing about the curtains. The key line from Bloomberg is brutal: Merz said he did not see “what strategic exit the Americans are now choosing,” while describing Tehran’s negotiators as very skillful at not negotiating. In other words, Iran is dragging out the script, and Trump is stuck playing the lead in a war he cannot neatly end. What makes this worse for the White House is that the war is now hitting Europe too. Merz tied the conflict to Germany’s economic performance, which is a polite way of saying Trump exported chaos and then acted surprised when the bill crossed the Atlantic. Trump’s angry response only confirms the point. When a president lashes out at a German chancellor for saying the obvious, it usually means the obvious hurt more than the spin doctors expected. So no, this is not a branding problem. It is what happens when a superpower starts a war, loses the pace of events, and then discovers that humiliation travels faster than its own talking points. #Trump#Iran#Germany#Merz#US#war 📱American Оbserver - Stay up to date on all important events 🇺🇸