An ugly German term who made it into English dictionaries. Sometimes, “klammheimlich” is added, clandestine. Today’s G7 meeting of leading economic powers in Evian France saw European leaders again groveling before Donald Trump, the U.S. American President who had secured another victory when electronically signing a Memorandum of Understanding with America’s (and Israel’s) arch enemy, Iran.

Trump has just made sure that, possibly, the Strait of Hormuz will be open again (which was closed by Iran upon the U.S. and Israel’s unprovoked attacks on 28 February 2026), that Iran will never seek, develop, or build an atomic bomb (Iran has always pledged that it was never intended doing so, at least since its former Supreme Leader, the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, had issued an oral ruling in 2003), and that everything else will be negotiated later.

Trump’s deal in a hurry (his birthday, the 250-yr-anniversary, the football games, … all of this at once!) is a stab in the back for Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is still far from achieving his actual war aims (the destruction of Hezbollah once and for all, regime change in Iran, a Greater Israel). Trump’s relationship to the Israeli leadership is completely destroyed. The two million Palestinians in Gaza, in the rubble; nobody will ever care of them anymore. No Reviera in the Middle East.

International mainstream media have so far only raised eyebrows in great apprehension; in comments condemned, criticized or outrightly rejected the agreement while, as far as I have heard, Iranians are quite happy with the perspective. It is said, they claim, We won the War!

No schadenfreude! That is Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger’s advice, chairman of the Munich Security Conference.

It is not easy to travel to France for Trump. In particular, as he himself might attend a ceremony in Geneva together with representatives from Iran for a photo shooting when the MoU will be officially signed. Or will he depart early and his VeePee, J.D. Vance, will come?

A telling picture was published today, made in Evian, France.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz offers Trump a German national team jersey with “47” printed on it. As a birthday gift (Trump turned 80 yesterday). No schadenfreude. No provocation.

It is another useless gift after he had presented Trump, when in the White House, a copy of the birth certificate (framed in gold) of Trump’s grandfather, who was German. Merz didn’t know that German tabloid Bild’s former chief editor, Kai Diekmann had already had that glorious idea and bothered Trump with this exact certificate.

The next picture is world famous. Angela Merkel and Trump at the G7 in Quebec in 2018.

And here comes another one, from the G20 meeting in Osaka in 2018.

Trump never liked her. Not his type.

I’m sure, he meanwhile hates Merz even more. Despite his subservience. Or rather because of his spinelessness.

Regardless, what Trump has done, or rather his also spineless underlings on his command, in Iran. The unprovoked bombing, the killing of civilians, the massive destruction of civil infrastructure, the killing of innocent school children, bragging about three times annihilating Iran’s leadership. The economic fallout when Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz. The loss of trust among the allied Gulf states; that he has abandoned the Iranian people who yearn for freedom; that he has abandoned the Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. That he is scaling back Nato’s role in the world. Throwing Ukraine under the bus. That he humiliates his European allies, and so forth.

All of this inexcusable.

16 June 2026 @ 16:40 UTC+2.

Last modified June 16, 2026.