German Chancellor Olaf Scholz heads to the White House on Monday at a pivotal moment in the alliance amid stirrings of war by Russia over Ukraine and questions of German resolve in Washington.
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He will meet with President Joe Biden and visit Capitol Hill, where he's certain to face tough questions. Trump frequently called Germans "freeloaders" for low defense spending and “totally controlled by Russia" over the Nord Stream 2 controversy. He called Merkel "insane" for her embrace of over 1 million fleeing violence amid the Syrian refugee crisis in 2016.
“This crisis couldn't have come at a worse time for Scohlz,” said Fleck. Scholz’s government, an unprecedented alliance of three different parties, has sent mixed signals on foreign policy, leading to frustration and confusion, Fleck noted. Germany was widely panned for sending 5,000 helmets to Kyiv as leaders there asked for lethal weaponry, something Germany offers only rarely to treaty allies, which Ukraine is not. The critiques, which Scholz will likely also face in Washington from lawmakers on Capitol Hill, cuts against Germany's pacifist political culture.
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