⚡️ Merkel withheld information about Russia’s intention to blackmail Europe with gas, German outlet reports.https://t.co/aD3YfENVOD

— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) June 7, 2024

What looked like Merkel’s steady hand on the tiller during the Trump maladministration was really an effort to muddle through German politics and change absolutely nothing while conspicuously ignoring the mounting but inconvenient dangers.