German Chancellor Olaf Scholz described President Donald Trump's suggestion that the US could take ownership of the Gaza Strip, relocate its population and redevelop it as a 바카라scandal바카라 in a pre-election debate Sunday. His main challenger also voiced unease but suggested there's 바카라a lot of rhetoric바카라 coming from Washington.
The center-left Scholz and center-right challenger Friedrich Merz, the front-runner in the Feb. 23 election, discussed top domestic issues such as Germany's struggling economy and migration, and also addressed foreign policy three weeks into Trump's new term.
Asked what he made of Trump's proposal to redevelop Gaza into 바카라the Riviera of the Middle East," Scholz replied: 바카라A scandal. Besides that, a really terrible expression," given the extent of the destruction that is now visible there.
바카라The relocation of populations is unacceptable and against international law,바카라 he added in the debate on ARD and ZDF public television. He pointed to the position of Egypt and Jordan.
바카라I share this assessment,바카라 Merz said. 바카라But it is one of a whole series of proposals coming from the American administration that are certainly disconcerting, but one has to wait and see what is really meant seriously and how it is implemented 바카라 there's probably a lot of rhetoric in this.바카라
The two candidates differed in their assessment of a Trump order directing the federal government to recognize only two sexes 바카라 male and female. Merz said it 바카라is a decision I can understand.바카라
바카라I think it's inappropriate,바카라 Scholz said. 바카라Every person should be happy the way they want to be happy.바카라
Merz said the new U.S. president is 바카라predictably unpredictable.바카라 He said that 바카라there are significant concerns on this side of the Atlantic about what else is coming; so it's all the more important that we on this side of the Atlantic are as united as possible.바카라
He said that, if elected, he would put a great deal of effort into ensuring such European unity.
Scholz said that his strategy for dealing with Trump is 바카라clear words and friendly conversations.바카라 He pointed to his public statements after Trump said he wouldn't rule out the use of military force to take control of the Panama Canal and Greenland that all countries must respect existing borders.
He also pointed to the importance of European unity and said he and other countries are working on proposals to increase NATO's presence in Greenland.
Asked about a response to possible U.S. tariffs against the EU, Scholz said: 바카라We are prepared ... We can act in an hour as the European Union.바카라
