{"id":104980,"date":"2026-03-24T14:47:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T09:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=104980"},"modified":"2026-03-24T14:47:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T09:47:31","slug":"trump-return-transatlantic-rift-deepens-as-german-president-warns-of-major-policy-shift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/news\/trump-return-transatlantic-rift-deepens-as-german-president-warns-of-major-policy-shift\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Return Transatlantic Rift Deepens as German President Warns of Major Policy Shift"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"507\" data-end=\"784\">Germany has raised serious concerns after the <strong data-start=\"553\" data-end=\"588\">Trump return transatlantic rift<\/strong> became a key issue in global politics. German President <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Frank-Walter Steinmeier<\/span><\/span> said the new US political phase could deeply affect relations between Europe and the United States.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"786\" data-end=\"1054\">Speaking at an event in <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Berlin<\/span><\/span>, he warned that the <strong data-start=\"868\" data-end=\"903\">Trump return transatlantic rift<\/strong> may create long-term changes. He compared this shift to the impact of <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Russia&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine<\/span><\/span>, which reshaped Europe\u2019s foreign policy.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1056\" data-end=\"1302\">Steinmeier said there may be \u201cno going back\u201d to old relations after <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Donald Trump<\/span><\/span> starts his second term. According to him, Germany must rethink its global strategy in response to the <strong data-start=\"1264\" data-end=\"1299\">Trump return transatlantic rift<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1304\" data-end=\"1522\">He stressed that Germany should reduce its heavy dependence on the United States, especially in defence and technology sectors. He added that lessons learned from past reliance on Russia should guide future policies.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1524\" data-end=\"1723\">Germany is already working to build alternatives to US-led technology systems. Officials believe digital platforms and social media can influence not only foreign policy but also domestic politics.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1725\" data-end=\"1915\">The president also pointed to recent tensions between the Pentagon and AI company Anthropic as a warning sign. He said Europe should see this as a chance to grow its own technology sector.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1917\" data-end=\"2111\">Steinmeier highlighted that Europe has strong talent, markets, and ethical standards. He urged leaders to use these strengths to respond effectively to the <strong data-start=\"2073\" data-end=\"2108\">Trump return transatlantic rift<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Germany has raised serious concerns after the Trump return transatlantic rift became a key issue in global politics. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said the new US political phase could deeply affect relations between Europe and the United States. Speaking at an event in Berlin, he warned that the Trump return transatlantic rift may create long-term [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":104981,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[38480,38478,38477,38481,38476,38479],"class_list":["post-104980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-defence-independence-europe","tag-frank-walter-steinmeier-statement","tag-germany-us-relations","tag-technology-policy-germany","tag-trump-return-transatlantic-rift","tag-us-europe-tensions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104980"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104982,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104980\/revisions\/104982"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}