German Chancellor Won't Advise His Own Children To Come To America For School Or Work [View all]

Source: Huff Post

May 15, 2026, 05:00 PM EDT | Updated 11 hours ago


German Chancellor Friedrich Merz had some harsh commentary for the United States amid President Donald Trump’s second term on Friday, stating that he wouldn’t recommend his own children to travel to the U.S.

“I would not advise my children today to go to the U.S., get educated there or work there, simply because a certain social climate has suddenly developed there,” Merz said during a discussion at a Catholic gathering in Würzburg, The Guardian reports. Merz’s criticism comes a month after Trump blasted him for claiming that Iran’s leadership was humiliating the U.S. during negotiations over the war.

The U.S. president responded to the German leader at the time on Truth Social, saying that Merz “doesn’t know what he’s talking about!”. “No wonder Germany is doing so poorly, both Economically, and otherwise!” Trump wrote in April.

Merz told the crowd in Würzburg a month later, “I am a great admirer of America. At the moment my admiration is not growing.” He noted, “Today, even the best-educated people in America are finding it very hard to get a job,” Merz said.

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