with 19, there is the ongoing war and ukraine, but before we come to that, i would like to ask you a more of a personal question. have you traveled this country quite extensively? what kind of surprised you about the american people and what couldn't, maybe germans and europeans learn from the americans. why? what poverty surprised me most. all that shouldn't have was the same kind of friendliness the, the polite and the way coming attitude that is in the american d. n a. i think that's something diamonds could really learn from the americans. some people say that's fake here in the united states, really high testers, west. oh, so the thing it's fake, confounded a confound rudeness with authenticity and artist is true. so i don't, i don't agree with something that's interesting. so we have to talk about donald

trump, the former president of the united states. um, have you ever been with him in one room or yes, of course one i handed over my credentials. of course i handed this over to him 5 years ago. and then as of a couple of times when i assigned to him by laughlin settings, what kind of wife puts you out he's suddenly someone with a very was very strong vibes of people react to that. you've seen it, and in a political meetings, you've seen it at a big packs, etc. he's someone that dominates over there is a chance that he gets re elected. is there any way that germany and europe can

prepare for that? a look what i meant by saying, as dominating the conversation was we have always been at least over the past 5 years, a very much focusing on personalities on the individual. but the trans atlantic relationship really goes far beyond that. it is a very intense fastbreak of multiple links relationships from academia to business, to catch up, to passing and things. i think of all the service men inside us, women who have done a tour of service in germany. so all of that exist, think of, and it says the cities and think of regional contacts. that's, that's, that's such an intense public and it doesn't, it doesn't get weak of more fee. but simply because politics in washington, this all that i've always felt when traveling that as the conversations we were

having at, within the best way, i really didn't, i didn't actually down to other regions. so, and i thought this was indicative of, of structures and the relationship that exist with it, we disagree you develop, it'll stream to or about at trade deficits. so you would say this is kind of an understanding with this, which is somewhat on touch, but who missing the white house. it does make a difference if someone isn't administration or is convinced of the relevance of international structure street disagreements at organizations, institutions of my to lateralism, if you with that does make a difference compared to an administration that bilateral lysis of relationship. because in that case, in every

a single symmetric relationship, the one that holds no part with the are the one able to provision. so there is a difference. but the setting that aside of the trans atlantic relationship as a potential to reinforce our collective cloud that has always been recognized across the, across the art. and do you see that also like in the junker generation, that is kind of some concern like that the, the ice you know, who are really big, kind of and best of those for the past for the german american transatlantic relationship. when they talked about their experiences, this boy to and that brought to us and what's not, we don't have that anymore. so the question i think is to see the translating relationship, also important for the younger american generation. look, festival, your right. and the american satisfying the surface of women whose been to germany

are came back with a knowledge of germany was, ties was individually, friendships with their have neighbors. and in a way, at one of our traffic people would come up to me and said, i, i served in style i served in this area and would be saying nice things and showing that memories. so at that is suddenly decreasing as the numbers have decreased over the past years. but that's only one element of the other element is that for many decades, there was this awesome at all, and shed memories from a villa ricker. that is the lift to a kennedy's berlin speech to the fall of the war 2 and martin luther king and brandon, you see, i'm all of these big events that are mentioning now i'm,

i think it's now. so what we will have to get used to is that we have to reframe the trans atlantic relationship and it would have to adjust to the realities of all time. and i think in hindsight we were at, we would come to the conclusion that process a question against your crane and our capacity for resolve and determination and perseverance. but in responding to that, the question a question will turn out to be an engine for how we want to for the case, we want state transatlantic relationship to be in the future. investigator, you also have been here during co, with 19 and what you think we should learn from this pandemic from this world crisis regarding our vulnerabilities.

i think there's a lot to learn. the 1st one is from mistakes we've made. and i'm not just talking about the drivers side, or if it took us a moment or 2 until we were capable to actually contribute to a collect of europe in response during that crisis. we also learned that not only is a risk, but it's at this risk is uncertified by the potential of individual actors trying to recognize these dependencies for political objectives. and basically you have been here um, when the new chancellor took office that came in a moment just right before the one you crate and started, there was a lot of reporting in germany and other countries that the relationship between the white house and the german chancellor chancellor, re, sorry, wasn't so great in the beginning. i don't agree with the premise of your question.

i don't think it is true at all is that the relationship was on distress when the chancellor arrived here at what i have seen when ever since the new administration took over, there was a substantial, insignificant, a grand, broad agreement between, between germany and american weather disagreements yes, the word disagreements, the always a new losses and or different vantage points or even different views on issues. so the weather, but i always think that it is not at the nature of disagreements on, you know, says that defined as the quantity and the state of relationship. it's the way you manage all kinds of them. and in that case, both sides, the american administration and the german federal government, i am at work tonight in trying to find solutions for

problems and the way that would benefit and not disrupt the relationship. so guess the with disagreements, but they did not effect at the nature or the direction and what the, that sense of purpose and unity of best governments were going to be the biggest challenges for both of our countries. for the us in germany working together over the next uh months. uh and 2 years. um, obviously what comes to mind 1st a so are dealing at was rushes. the question against ukraine. because of the outcome of thoughtful with largely defined and shape the international geopolitical enter your economic landscape. the

landscape of incidence. if you, with many countries across the board with closely at watch out, or whether we are capable to or to sustain at the level of support we have provided for ukraine at what we are able to sustain our perseverance and whether we're able to continue that. that's hugely important and we've defined our credibility and it would have defined the legitimacy of all costs, which is the defense of international law. and the defense of sunday tional principles of the electronic mrs. investors are, this is my last one. that's a tough one for you. um, your time comes to an end here. um what do you miss most about the united states in an everyday life and i'm not talking about the blog was

t a at the receptions at the german embassy. what is that? what was you miss? most? okay, 2 things. one i've mentioned already, and that is the genuine kindness, openness, and by coming attitude of americans across the country, i've always deeply respected that. the 2nd thing i miss is the sense of individual responsibility that that is also so much in the american doing a, which i mean, a sense of individual responsibility and an individual initiative. when ever confronted with a problem or a challenge. i think your opinions very often turn to the state and expect at the state to deliver the solutions or remedies in a specific, challenging situation where it's americans are looking pretty much towards themselves and how to remedy the situation. i'm not saying that it's and

i do realize that can be a problem if the state takes no responsibility at all. but i think for the individual responsibility for making the world a better place for simply making a difference. if you with that is something that it always smart here and that i, i really miss mrs. i really have a thank you so very much and all the best. thank you. thank you. the

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