What you say is true only to a certain extent, Ironside.
Had you posted what you did prior to 1989 and the collapse of the Wall, people would have dubbed you crazy, at best, uninformed.
The game changer of course was the Reunification, at which point Germans did indeed question whether or not it was really worth the expense of remaining America's dutiful puppet state in Europe! The collapse of Communism had for sure emboldened her.
At present, the Scholz rightly or wrongly finally feels empowered and independent enough to question America's decisions and not feel as though they have to eternally kowtow to US policy.
As Marlene Dietrich once observed in the film "Witness for the Prosecution" upon asked about her loyalties to England for taking her in after the War, "Gratitude can get awfully tiring."
Had you posted what you did prior to 1989 and the collapse of the Wall, people would have dubbed you crazy, at best, uninformed.
The game changer of course was the Reunification, at which point Germans did indeed question whether or not it was really worth the expense of remaining America's dutiful puppet state in Europe! The collapse of Communism had for sure emboldened her.
At present, the Scholz rightly or wrongly finally feels empowered and independent enough to question America's decisions and not feel as though they have to eternally kowtow to US policy.
As Marlene Dietrich once observed in the film "Witness for the Prosecution" upon asked about her loyalties to England for taking her in after the War, "Gratitude can get awfully tiring."