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German President Warns US Risking Collapse of Global Order
German President Frank Walter Steinmeier criticises US foreign policy under Trump, urging nations to protect the world order and prevent a descent into a “den of robbers.”
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by News Desk
2026-01-08
German President Warns US Risking Collapse of Global Order

German President Frank‑Walter Steinmeier has delivered unusually strong criticism of the United States’ foreign policy under President Donald Trump, warning that the post‑World War II global order is at risk of disintegration if leading powers act without restraint.

In remarks at a symposium on Wednesday, Steinmeier — whose role is largely ceremonial but carries moral weight — alluded to recent events including the military ousting of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro as symptomatic of a broader erosion of democratic norms and the rules‑based international system.

Steinmeier described Russia’s annexation of Crimea and its full‑scale invasion of Ukraine as a watershed moment for global stability and suggested that current U.S. behaviour represents a second historic rupture in world order. “Then there is the breakdown of values by our most important partner, the USA, which helped build this world order,” he said.

He urged the international community not to let the world become a “den of robbers, where the most unscrupulous take whatever they want, where regions or entire countries are treated as the property of a few great powers.”

Steinmeier called for active international engagement in situations that threaten stability and stressed that countries like Brazil and India should play a role in safeguarding the global order.

Though the German presidency has limited executive power, Steinmeier’s blunt critique reflects broader European concerns about unilateral military actions and the future of cooperative global governance.
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