does beg the question would we have even been hearing this somewhat somebody speech today from gabriele. obama still in the oval office of course global politics and this transatlantic relationship between germany and the u.s. has changed somewhat dramatically since trump took the presidency yet the german foreign minister today said this is it all because of donald trump so what is it about that well what he was trying to say is that trump isn t a co as of this change in global politics right now but that he s a symptom of what s happening geopolitically and so as a result of that he said today that germany and europe needs to take more responsibility for its own interests and the same time it s clear from the message that gabo is sending today that lynn is also aware of this element of competition which has arisen in the transatlantic relationship and that s going to continue as