BERLIN, Nov 9, (APP/AFP) – Germany’s Foreign Minister
Frank-Walter Steinmeier warned Wednesday that US foreign policy
would become more unpredictable after Donald Trump was elected
president, making things “more difficult”.
“I think we must expect that American foreign policy will
become less predictable for us and we must expect that the United
states will be more inclined to make decisions on its own,”
he said.
“In other words, and I will not dress it up, nothing will
become easier, many things will become more difficult,” said
Steinmeier, who had during the US campaign compared Trump to
a “hate preacher” and also described the prospect of
him taking the White House as “frightening”.
Nevertheless, Germany’s top diplomat said he would not
give up on transatlantic ties, which he said were “akin to
the foundations of the West”.
“We must not abandon this foundation,” he said, pointing
to the traditionally strong diplomatic and people-to-people ties
between the two countries.