Berlin’s Balancing Act: Merkel Needs Trump—but Also Needs to Keep Her Distance.

The article discusses the status of German-American relations in the wake of the election of businessman Donald Trump as the president of the U.S. in 2016, and it mentions the decline of the German military, German Chancellor Angela Merkel's economic policies, and European reform efforts. According to the article, Germany's armed forces do not have an adequate supply of ammunition, weapons, or operational fighter jets. A U.S.-German trade deficit and the 2010 eurozone debt crisis are assessed.