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Germany is a prominent European nation with a significant historical role as a mid-20th-century global belligerent and a theater of American military involvement. Today, it functions as a major economy within the eurozone, though it currently faces economic headwinds from high energy costs, regulatory challenges, and rising fuel prices. While it serves as a haven market, its debt capacity remains insufficient to challenge the status quo of the dollar, leading to ongoing discussions regarding the nation's future energy and nuclear security policies.
“And, again, this is where we can look at the failed history of European external energy and infrastructure policy in which, you know, you have the German wandel durch handel, right, or change through trade, in which the idea is we’ll work with Putin’s Russia and try to make it more like us by building out infrastructure... And, of course, the opposite happened, right?”