Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.AllNewsSportCultureLifestyleDonald Trump publicly criticised German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on social media. Trump urged Merz to focus on Germany's internal issues, including the Russia/Ukraine war, immigration, and energy, rather than “interfering” with efforts to counter the “Iran Nuclear threat”. This rebuke followed Merz's comments that Iran was “humiliating” the United States by engaging in unproductive peace talks. Merz had specifically noted Iran's strategy of allowing US envoys to travel for talks that ultimately yielded no results. The ongoing Iran crisis is straining relations between the US and its NATO allies, with Merz also questioning Trump's exit strategy for the conflict. In fullIran-US war latest: Tehran threatens US in defiant new supreme leader statement as Trump ‘considers new strikes’Thank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

"An entire nation is being humiliated by the Iranian leadership,” German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said in an unusually abrupt rebuke.

German chancellor suggests Trump administration is being outwitted at negotiating table by Tehran