German president says US is destroying world order

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BERLIN, Jan 8 (Reuters) - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has strongly criticised the U.S. foreign policy under President Donald Trump and urged the world not to let the world order disintegrate into a "den of robbers" where the unscrupulous take what they want.

In unusually strong remarks, which appeared to refer to actions such as the ousting of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro at the weekend, the former foreign minister said global democracy was being attacked as never before.

Although the German president's role is largely ceremonial, his words carry some weight and he has more freedom to express views than politicians.

Describing Russia's annexation of Crimea and the full-scale invasion of Ukraine as a watershed, Steinmeier said the U.S. behaviour represented a second historic rupture.

"Then there is the breakdown of values by our most important partner, the USA, which helped build this world order," Steinmeier said in remarks at a symposium late on Wednesday.

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/german-president-says-us-is-destroying-world-order-2026-01-08/

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1. The German president is correct

Agent Orange has threatened to pull out of NATO since his first round in office. Now, he's found a way to destroy the whole thing by turning the United States into a rogue state, willfully, deliberately.

Because all things are transactional, more power, more wealth for the Mad King and his circle of friends.

This is what a gangster state looks like. Might makes right, domestically or foreign policy wise. We're seeing it on American streets and we're hearing the bellicose declarations against our former allies.

The Russians have named and schooled the man correctly:

Trump is The Destroyer of Worlds.

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2. US President Trump aims to establish a new world order.

Trump appears to be planning to seize control of the American continent and pursue a policy against the People's Republic of China. This is why he wants Greenland and other American countries.

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3. Exactly right.

Our government is an evil, rogue enemy
to all that is good and right.

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5. "German president says US is destroying world order"

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6. HELLUVA thing, is it not, that what was once

considered the world's BEACON of democracy has now become one of the world's biggest THREATS.

Question being, does Trump, Vance, Miller, Noem, Bondi, Graham, Johnson and the rest of Trump's fascist cheerleaders who are fairly GIDDY at the thought of bullying the rest of the world, think they all will just sit back and take it?

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8. The world needs to show its displeasure with America more

Booing us at sporting events is a start that might act as a wake up call. Too bad the World Cup and Olympics will be in the US.