OBSERVER REPORT MUNICH Germany’s president took an indirect swipe at United States President Donald Trump on Friday accusing Washington, Russia and others of stoking global mistrust and insecurity with a “great powers” competition” that could threaten a new nuclear arms race. In opening remarks at the annual Munich Secu-rityConference, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier deplored the three big powers’ approach to global affairs and, without naming Trump, took issue with his vow to “make America great again”. “‘Great again’ — even at the expense of neighbours and partners,” quipped Steinmeier, a former Social Democrat foreign minister whose comments on foreign policy carry authority. As foreign minister in 2014, he was central to the so-called “Munich consensus” when German leaders said Berlin was ready to assume more re-sponsibility in global affairs. Steinmeier pressed that point again on Friday, but not before bemoaning the foreign policy approaches of Russia, China and the US. “Russia has made military force and the vio-lent shifting of borders on the European continent the means of politics once again.
Frank blames US, Russia for making world dangerous
