Recently, Germany's small actions have become more and more frequent, and in just one week, it has angered China, Russia and North Korea.
[Germany moves frequently in the Asia-Pacific region]
Not long ago, United States and Germany issued a joint statement saying that United States will begin to deploy long-range firepower in Germany in stages in 2026, judging from the information disclosed by the German side, the United States intends to deploy "Tomahawk" missiles in Germany with a range of at least 500 kilometers, Germany Chancellor Scholz said that the plan is a necessary deterrent to Russia;
On the 2nd of this month, Germany announced that it would join the so-called "United Nations Command" led by United States, becoming the 18th member of the organization, and its defense minister stressed that the move was to protect the peace and security of the "Indo-Pacific" region, and also promised to resolutely oppose those "countries that intend to undermine peace and stability." In fact, to put it bluntly, this organization is a "new 18-nation coalition army" dedicated to encircling North Korea;
On August 4, the Germany defense minister visited the Philippines and signed a series of military agreements with the Philippine side during the meeting with the Philippine defense minister, including expanding bilateral arms and weapons cooperation, that is, the German army is likely to sell weapons to the Philippines in the future, send officers to the Philippines to help it improve its so-called national defense capability, and may even directly station troops in the Philippines; It is worth mentioning that Germany's defense minister also said that he opposes any "expansion in the South China Sea by force", although he did not name it, but there is no doubt that this remark is aimed at China.
[The defense ministers of Germany and the Philippines signed a series of military cooperation agreements]
This series of moves by Germany soon caused red light warnings from China, Russia and North Korea. On August 5, Russia's deputy foreign minister said that Russia might deploy nuclear missiles. Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin had said that if United States deployed long-range missiles in Germany, Russia would take reciprocal measures Germany.
On August 6, a spokesman for the DPRK Foreign Ministry strongly condemned Germany, angrily denouncing its decision to join the United Nations Command as "undermining peace and stability on the peninsula and aggravating the situation." On the same day, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning also criticized the signing of the defense cooperation agreement between Germany and the Philippines, saying that it is the Philippines, not China, that is currently provoking trouble in the South China Sea, and hopes that foreign countries will do more things conducive to maintaining regional peace and stability.
I have to say that Scholz is really dizzy this time. At present, the United States election has entered the final stage, according to the current trend, the president of United States in half a year may be Trump, because of Trump's "brilliant record" before, other European countries are actively changing their attitude towards China, looking for a way back for themselves, but Scholz is doing the opposite, not only to offend China, but also to provoke North Korea and Russia by the way, it can be said that there is no way back for Germany.
[Russia warns of nuclear bomb against Germany]
You must know that during Trump's first term, Germany was Trump's favorite "punching bag", not only chased by Trump for huge sums of money, totaling up to $1 trillion; and will be forced to bear Trump's tariffs on imported cars, steel and aluminum; And in this Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Germany has thrown a lot of money on Ukraine.
Once Trump takes office, Germany will not only face the situation of "investment" in vain, but also beware of Trump's tariff stick. In this case, offending China, an important trading partner, is equivalent to blocking the back road of Germany companies.
Taking a step back, even if Trump does not win the election, Germany still has United States "shelter and care", but his situation will not be much better, after all, the military threat brought by the Russia-North Korea alliance is difficult to resist in United States, let alone Germany.
All in all, Germany's behavior of blindly currying favor with United States is tantamount to quenching thirst, but it only suffers those Germany enterprises and people, and is thus regarded by their own people as a victim of the ruler's political maintenance.