Berlin will not “automatically” side with the US should it face an armed conflict with North Korea, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said. Merkel believes the North Korean crisis cannot be resolved through military means. The German chancellor was speaking at the ‘Deutschland Live’ event organized by national newspaper Handelsblatt, where the ongoing North Korean crisis was among the key topics addressed. When asked about the worst-case scenario, namely an armed
conflict between Washington and Pyongyang, Merkel said that Germany would not necessarily back America.Merkel has rejected any military option for North Korea, while Washington and Pyongyang continue to be embroiled in a war of words. At the height of recent tensions, US President Donald Trump promised to meet any further threats from North Korea with “fire and fury,” while the North threatened to strike a US base in Guam. READ MORE
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WELL OF COURSE SHE WONT SIDE WITH THE U.S. LOOK AT WHO SHE SIDES WITH IN GERMANY THE WORST AND MOST HATEFUL BUNCH AGAINST CHRISTIANITY IN THE WORLD THE MUSLIMS AND SHE IS HELPING THEM MERKEL IS SUPPORTING TERRORISM OF THE WORST KIND SHE NEEDS TO THINK WHERE SHE STANDS AND ON WHOSE SIDE SHE STANDS