Germany’s Merz Says He Won’t Advise His Children Work in US (2)

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said that he wouldn’t recommend his children go to live in the US because of what he described as a “social climate” that has suddenly taken hold.

“I’m a great admirer of America — my admiration is not increasing at the moment,” Merz told a group of Roman Catholics in the southern town of Wuerzburg Friday. “I would not recommend my children today go to the US to be trained or to work there.”

Merz’s increasingly outspoken criticism of the White House has provoked an angry response from Donald Trump who has threatened to increase tariffs ...