frozen snapshot — 2026-07-05 · see today →

What's on Friedrich Merz's mind?

read fresh this morning at 6

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the Trump NATO spat 30% · newday-one doctor's note 24% Patriots for Zelensky 16% · newthe reform package 12% everything else 18%

Trump mocked Germany's defense budget; Merz fired back that Berlin can defend the spending and take on more NATO load.

Merz defended Germany's NATO spending after Trump called it 'ridiculous'.

our translation

he's turning trump's insult into a stage — being scolded by washington is the cheapest way to look like europe's grown-up

new — Trump jab lands right before NATO summitvery sure · 8 sources

sick-note rule keeps drawing pushbackvery sure · 5 sources

new — pre-NATO-summit call on air defensepretty sure · 7 sources

34-point plan unveiled as work resetvery sure · 5 sources

sunday, july 5

Repeat 'Germany can defend its spending' before the cameras find another Trump quote(safe bet)

Decide how loud to be about Patriots for Ukraine ahead of the NATO summit(on the schedule)

Keep selling the 34-point reset as growth, not just paperwork(safe bet)

Resist posting about football again while the coach thank-you is still fresh(reported)

rebuilt from the public schedule, pool reports & old habits — the rest is educated guessing

The source

Repeat 'Germany can defend its spending' before the cameras find another Trump quote

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