Merz says he would ‘not recommend’ his kids to move to US

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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said he wouldn’t recommend his children work in the United States due to its “social climate,” a comment which risks further angering President Donald Trump.

Merz has drawn the wrath of Trump over the past few weeks over several negative remarks he’s made about the U.S., including that Iran was “humiliating” Washington. He took another swipe at the U.S. at a Catholic Congress in Wurzburg, Germany, saying that American society was deteriorating.

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