{"id":446,"date":"2025-02-23T22:49:17","date_gmt":"2025-02-23T22:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/2025\/02\/23\/trump-congratulates-germanys-election-winners-and-himself-politico-europe\/"},"modified":"2025-02-23T22:49:17","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T22:49:17","slug":"trump-congratulates-germanys-election-winners-and-himself-politico-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/2025\/02\/23\/trump-congratulates-germanys-election-winners-and-himself-politico-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump congratulates Germany\u2019s election winners \u2014 and himself &#8211; POLITICO Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-count=\"4\" data-remainder=\"0\" data-block-attributes=\"[]\" data-page=\"0\">\n<div>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=380,height=253,quality=80,onerror=redirect,format=auto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/23\/GettyImages-2200845926-scaled.jpg\"   alt=\"Will Germany\u2019s far-right AfD break through the firewall and take power?\" class width=\"380\" height=\"253\" role loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">  \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div>\n<h2> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/german-election-far-right-afd-break-through-friedrich-merz-alice-weidel-power\/\"> \t\t\t\t\t\tWill Germany\u2019s far-right AfD break through the firewall and take power?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a> \t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<p>With international politics in flux, three leading historians give their views on the most consequential election in a generation for Europe\u2019s most powerful country.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span> \t\t\tFeb 22\t\t<\/span> \t \t \t <span> \t<span>10 mins read<\/span> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=380,height=251,quality=80,onerror=redirect,format=auto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/22\/GettyImages-52745860-scaled.jpg\"   alt=\"Europe targets homegrown nuclear deterrent as Trump sides with Putin\" class width=\"380\" height=\"251\" role loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">  \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div>\n<h2> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/europe-nuclear-weapons-nato-donald-trump-vladimir-putin-friedrich-merz\/\"> \t\t\t\t\t\tEurope targets homegrown nuclear deterrent as Trump sides with Putin\t\t\t\t\t<\/a> \t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<p>Germany\u2019s Merz says Britain and France may need to \u201cshare\u201d their nuclear weapons as America can\u2019t be relied on to defend NATO.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span> \t\t\tFeb 21\t\t<\/span> \t \t \t <span> \t<span>8 mins read<\/span> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=380,height=253,quality=80,onerror=redirect,format=auto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20\/GettyImages-1000192956-scaled.jpg\"   alt=\"29 times Donald Trump did what Putin wanted\u00a0\" class width=\"380\" height=\"253\" role loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">  \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div>\n<h2> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/donald-trump-vladimir-putin-volodymyr-zelenskyy-united-states-russia-policy\/\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t29 times Donald Trump did what Putin wanted\u00a0\t\t\t\t\t<\/a> \t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<p>Whose side is he on? It\u2019s hard to keep up, so here\u2019s a handy guide to America\u2019s new policy of close alignment with the Kremlin. <\/p>\n<p><span> \t\t\tFeb 21\t\t<\/span> \t \t \t <span> \t<span>7 mins read<\/span> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=380,height=253,quality=80,onerror=redirect,format=auto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/19\/GettyImages-2199419783.jpg\"   alt=\"Trump\u2019s America is Putin\u2019s ally now\" class width=\"380\" height=\"253\" role loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">  \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div>\n<h2> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/donald-trump-america-vladimir-putin-ally-war\/\"> \t\t\t\t\t\tTrump\u2019s America is Putin\u2019s ally now\t\t\t\t\t<\/a> \t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<p>Europe and Ukraine are learning how little the U.S. cares, as the new president aligns himself with their greatest enemy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span> \t\t\tFeb 19\t\t<\/span> \t \t \t <span> \t<span>7 mins read<\/span> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Will Germany\u2019s far-right AfD break through the firewall and take power? 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