Foreign policy often hinges on personal relationships between leaders. Ronald Reagan’s friendship with Margaret Thatcher opened diplomatic vistas. Acrimony between and Angela Merkel limited a key alliance.
and Olaf Scholz’s mutual admiration has elevated Washington’s relationship with Berlin above all others in Europe. But with Mr. Trump returning to the White House and the government in Berlin collapsing, the German-American relationship will soon look different. Other European leaders can step in to fill the void.
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