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\n\tUS President Donald Trump has hit out at Germany\u2019s Friedrich Merz over the chancellor\u2019s criticism of the United States-Israeli war on Iran, stressing that the conflict was necessary to prevent Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, Al Jazeera<\/a> reports.<\/div>\n
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\n\tTrump\u2019s comment on Tuesday reflected his often-expressed frustration with European and NATO allies over their unwillingness to fully back the war or take part in it.<\/div>\n
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\n\t\t\u201cThe Chancellor of Germany, Friedrich Merz, thinks it\u2019s OK for Iran to have a Nuclear Weapon. He doesn\u2019t know what he\u2019s talking about! If Iran had a Nuclear Weapon, the whole World would be held hostage,\u201d Trump wrote in a social media post.<\/div>\n
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\n\t\t\u201cI am doing something with Iran, right now, that other Nations, or Presidents, should have done long ago. No wonder Germany is doing so poorly, both Economically, and otherwise!\u201d<\/div>\n
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\n\t\tAlthough Germany has been one of the most loyal allies of the US and Israel, Merz offered a blunt assessment of the war on Iran, calling the military campaign \u201cill-considered\u201d.<\/div>\n
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\n\t\t\u201cThe problem with conflicts like this is always you don\u2019t just have to get in \u2013 you have to get out again. We saw that very painfully in Afghanistan for 20 years. We saw it in Iraq,\u201d Merz said.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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