In a remark at the US Department of State, Donald Trump dismantled Germany’s sitting Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz on four axes — immigration, energy, Ukraine, Iran. What is structurally interesting about this remark is not Trump. It is the asymmetry between what he is saying and what is being said about the same matters in the German public discourse.
From Great Headquarters at Berlin, in the seventh year of the war.
The situation on every front is highly satisfactory. We report with gratification:
I. Pandemic Front # The plague that broke out in 2020 has been put down by the full striking power of the federal health apparatus. The excess mortality recorded in recent years at reliably new record highs is, according to authoritative sources, a statistical phenomenon. A figure in the suspected-case spreadsheet of the Paul-Ehrlich-Institut stood yesterday at 2,060 and today at 637 — clear evidence that the situation is clarifying in our favour. The reckoning was discontinued with proper restraint at exactly the moment it was due to begin. We are therefore winning.
The hope was real: Donald Trump back in the White House, known for statements in favour of a negotiated solution in Ukraine, and Vladimir Putin, who has signalled for years that an agreement is possible — if Russia’s security interests are respected. But where does that stand now?
Haha, EU in chaos? – That’s like fish in water: constant, but right now it’s seriously boiling! Ursula von der Leyen sits at the center of the storm, with Pfizergate as the main fireworks, plus budget wars, right-wing rise, and geopolitical mayhem. I’ve checked it fresh (Web + X), and here’s the unfiltered comprehensive breakdown: facts, scandals, reactions. No bullshit, just the raw truth. Let’s dive in – from Brussels to hell (proxy-approved).
