{"id":2596451,"date":"2026-04-29T02:27:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T06:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-fires-back-at-german-chancellor-merzs-iran-humiliation-comments\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T02:28:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T06:28:11","slug":"trump-fires-back-at-german-chancellor-merzs-iran-humiliation-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-fires-back-at-german-chancellor-merzs-iran-humiliation-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump fires back at German Chancellor Merz\u2019s Iran \u2018humiliation\u2019 comments"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-fires-back-at-german-chancellor-merzs-iran-humiliation-comments%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2596451&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Donald Trump responded to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz\u2019s criticism of U.S. involvement in Iran, saying the U.S. is being \u201chumiliated\u201d and arguing that Merz wrongly believes it would be acceptable for Iran to obtain a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-congressman-ends-opening-prayer-with-amen-and-awoman\/\" title=\"Democrat congressman ends opening prayer with \u2018amen and awoman\u2019\">nuclear weapon<\/a>. Trump warned that if Iran had nuclear arms, the world would be held hostage, and he suggested other leaders should have acted sooner in working with Iran.  <\/p>\n<p>Merz made his remarks earlier while speaking in Germany, blaming Iran\u2019s leadership and especially the Revolutionary Guards for \u201chumiliating\u201d Germany and criticizing the effectiveness of negotiations. He also questioned whether the U.S. has a coherent strategy, comparing the situation to U.S. conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan and noting the difficulty of exiting such wars.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> responded on Tuesday to German Chancellor <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/friedrich-merz\/\">Friedrich Merz\u2019s<\/a> criticism, claiming that the United States was being \u201chumiliated\u201d by Iran. The president\u2019s retort questioned Merz\u2019s geopolitical knowledge, claiming that the chancellor thinks it is permissible for Iran to have a nuclear weapon, which, Trump believes, is unquestionably wrong.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Chancellor of Germany, Friedrich Merz, thinks it\u2019s OK for Iran to have a Nuclear Weapon,\u201d Trump said in a post on his Truth Social account. \u201cHe doesn\u2019t know what he\u2019s talking about! 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He doesn\u2019t know what he\u2019s talking about! If Iran had a Nuclear Weapon, the whole World would be held hostage. I am doing something with Iran, right now, that other Nations, or Presidents,\u2026 <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/j8ygtk3ylh\">pic.twitter.com\/j8ygtk3ylh<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\u2014 Commentary: Trump Truth Social Posts On X (@TrumpTruthOnX) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrumpTruthOnX\/status\/2049194283681616126?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 28, 2026<\/a><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Trump then offered a reminder as to why he decided to engage in a military operation against Iran, stating that his decision to do so is something other world leaders \u201cshould have done long ago.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am doing something with Iran, right now, that other Nations, or Presidents, should have done long ago,\u201d Trump said. \u201cNo wonder Germany is doing so poorly, both Economically, and otherwise!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s response to Merz came after <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4544157\/german-chancellor-us-humiliated-iran\/\">comments<\/a> he made earlier on Monday while addressing students at a school in Marsberg, Germany. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Iranians are obviously very skilled at negotiating, or rather, very skillful at not negotiating, letting the Americans travel to Islamabad and then leave again without any result,\u201d <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/04\/28\/us-humiliated-germany-merz-europe-iran-war-energy-prices-fuel.html\">said<\/a> Merz.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn entire nation is being humiliated by the Iranian leadership, especially by these so-called Revolutionary Guards,\u201d he added. \u201cAnd so I hope that this ends as quickly as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4542367\/house-lawmakers-watch-gop-leadership-fisa-extension\/\"><strong>HOUSE LAWMAKERS TO WATCH AS GOP LEADERSHIP TRIES TO PASS FISA EXTENSION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Merz then questioned whether the U.S. had any legitimate strategy in the war, comparing the modern-day situation to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-taxpayer-funded-university-helped-china-make-economic-decisions\/\" title=\"Report: Taxpayer-Funded University Helped China Make \u2018Economic Decisions\u2019\">military conflicts<\/a> in the Middle East that the U.S. was involved in during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/draftkings-largest-shareholder-drops-12-million-on-crypto-artwork\/\" title=\"DraftKings Largest Shareholder Drops  Million On Crypto Artwork\">early 21st century<\/a>, Iraq and Afghanistan. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Iranians are clearly stronger than expected and the Americans clearly have no truly convincing strategy in the negotiations either,\u201d <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/merz-says-us-humiliated-lacks-strategy-in-iran-conflict\/a-76952959\">said<\/a> Merz. \u201cThe problem with conflicts like this is always: You don\u2019t just have to get in, you have to get out again. We saw that very painfully in Afghanistan for 20 years. We saw it in Iraq.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump hit back at Merz, saying the U.S. is \u201chumiliated\u201d by Iran<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2596452,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-collage-410r33auh-1777442541022-e1777442613936.jpg?1777428223&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3946,3823,56293,3634],"class_list":["post-2596451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-germany","tag-iran","tag-merz","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-collage-410r33auh-1777442541022-e1777442613936.jpg?1777428223&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2596451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2596451"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2596451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2596455,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2596451\/revisions\/2596455"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2596452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2596451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2596451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2596451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}