Friedrich Merz

And the plutocrats in Europe and America would fight that tooth and nail.

When the political leaders in Europe are asked, what will you prioritize, stabilizing your own country or funding the Ukraine war? People like Chancellor Merz openly says, we'll go with Ukraine.

I mean, and now he's down to a 10% approval rating.

I mean, that's historic in Germany.

President Macron isn't unknown.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany isn't unknown.

But if either of those go out for a walk, a stroll down North Wall Quay on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, whenever they're in, will anyone recognise them? Would

they get a warm welcome if people did recognise them, Neil?

Moreover, I mean, do they really care about elections? Do they really care what the American people feel and think? Isn't it exactly the same story as what we see in Europe? Annalena Baerbock, I don't care if people protest, they're going to support the Ukraine no matter what.

Friedrich Merz, we must continue to give Ukraine more and more support.

It's more important.

I prioritize it above the German economy and the welfare of the German people.

And this is like, what, 700 people? And sometimes it's only 10 people voting against these type of things.

But where is that conviction then coming from that you can do it, not just that you want, but that you can, because there seems this detachment from reality that is bigger than just a couple of, you know, Ursula and Kaya Callas and Macron and Merz, right? It's not just these people.

It's the entire like political setup of the European Union that to me seems dead set on going this route.

I have no answer to this one.

I do think, though, that in Europe, it's gone even further to the extent that...

Well, in Europe, it's extreme to the extent that you have people like Merz and Macron, whose popularity is...

It's not quite in the single digits yet, but it's getting close.

I don't know, what is it, 16% in the case of Macron? Yep, yep.

Which brings up the question of how much Trump's foreign policy will actually change.

Germany's FAZ has German Chancellor Friedrich Merz dampening expectations.

He says he doesn't expect Trump's foreign policy to change much because he'll just rule by executive order and bypass Congress entirely.

Yeah.

Establishment politicians across Europe are being routed, not gradually, but spectacularly.

In Germany, the Alternative for Deutschland, the AfD, just handed centrist Chancellor Friedrich Merz a humiliating defeat in a regional election.

This was the party's second major win in September alone.

The Corporate media calls it far right, but its positions would be entirely at home in the American MAGA movement.

EU Foreign Policy Chief Kaja Kalas hopes the new Congress will put more pressure on Russia.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz asked why anything should change when Trump has largely governed around Congress for two years.

Beat Meinl Reisinger, Austria's foreign minister, says Europe's security and prosperity must not depend on how people in Kansas or Iowa vote.

She adds that Austria is building up its own defense.