# US cannot trust Merz’s words, Trump envoy says

https://mins.news/en/item/59734

- TASS, 2026-09-15 18:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2188067

> US presidential envoy for special missions Richard Grenell said Washington cannot trust German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s words. Grenell accused Merz of being angry over US demands that Germany meet its NATO obligations and of saying one thing in Berlin and another in Washington.

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