A growing openness to incurring debt may also have to do with a rapid development of the global political situation. Three-quarters of Germans believe that NATO partners cannot currently rely on the protection of the United States and are concerned that security in Europe is threatened. Two-thirds are worried that we are at the mercy of Trump and Putin. And only one in six still considers the USA to be a trustworthy partner - this is a new low in the ARD-DeutschlandTrend, which undercuts those values from Trump's first term in office.

ARD-DeutschlandTrend: Majority open to more debt | tagesschau.de
German poll, stating that Germans distrust America almost as much as Russia now.







