US ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell has offended many Germany businessmen, diplomats and even threatened to shake up Angela Merkel's administration. Who's is he?
Donald Trump openly chastised America's closest allies in the 2017 NATO summit, asking them to"contribute their fair share" and his pointman in Berlin has taken the narrative in his stride and now there are calls for him to be sent back home.The signs were ominous. If US president Donald Trump were to stick to his election pledges, there was a deep concern in Europe of a very different relationship with Washington.
"People in Berlin knew beforehand, that Grenell is no diplomat. He is a Trump loyalist, a person prone to seek publicity, a TV man – it was to be expected that he would not mitigate Trump's message but deliver it with full force," says Dr Riecke. Some politicians in Germany suggested Grenell needed some training in diplomacy, some even went as far as suggesting the German foreign ministry summon the American ambassador to explain his comments.Grenell, while being interviewed by right-wing news outlet Brietbart, openlyhis desire to support conservatives across Europe.
Nord Stream 2 is a gas pipeline project that connects Russia to Germany via the Baltic Sea, the project is a private initiative but essential for Germany's energy security. Its predecessor Nord Stream already connects the two countries, and carries 55 billion cubic metres of gas annually, the majority stakeholder for this project is the Russian energy giant Gazprom. its energy transition policy, marking a shift from coal and nuclear towards green power sources.
The magazine claimed that "almost all of these sources paint an unflattering portrait of the ambassador, one remarkably similar to Donald Trump, the man who sent him to Berlin. A majority of them describe Grenell as a vain, narcissistic person who dishes out aggressively, but can barely handle criticism."
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