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Germany's Merz says Iran is humiliating US as talks stall

German Chancellor ‌Friedrich Merz said on Monday Iran's leadership was humiliating the United States and getting U.S. officials to travel to Pakistan and then leave without results, in an unusually abrupt rebuke over the conflict.
Merz also said he not see what exit strategy the U.S. was pursuing in the Iran war- comments that underlined deep divisions between Washington and its European NATO allies, which had already been festering over Ukraine and other issues.

"The Iranians are obviously very skilled ⁠at negotiating, or rather, very skilful at not negotiating, letting the Americans travel to Islamabad and then leave again without any result," he said during a talk to students in the town of Marsberg.

"An entire nation is being humiliated by the Iranian leadership, especially by these so-called Revolutionary Guards. And so I hope that this ends as quickly as possible," he added at the venue in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

seunmsg:
The Iran situation is an American and Israeli creation. Other western countries have stayed away from the crisis despite numerous threats from the US. This is Donald Trump's shit, he should clear it. EU countries owes him nothing on this.

FreeStuffsNG:
The Iranians are “obviously negotiating very skillfully” and “clearly stronger than one thought,”Merz added.
He is clearly being clever by half.
It is the whole west that is humilating itself by launching an unprovoked war on Iran under the pretext that Iran is building nuclear weapon, same despicable format they used to destroy Iraq.

Nobody is stupid except those who fall for your deception.

FreeStuffsNG:
The Iranians are “obviously negotiating very skillfully” and “clearly stronger than one thought,”Merz added.
He is clearly being clever by half.
It is the whole west that is humilating itself by launching an unprovoked war on Iran under the pretext that Iran is building nuclear weapon, same despicable format they used to destroy Iraq.

Nobody is stupid except those who fall for your deception.

FreeStuffsNG:
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/germanys-merz-says-iran-is-humiliating-us-talks-stall-2026-04-27/

promami:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo4wHMqc3Ig?si=z3cUKbD39AtLgzqr

Nackzy:
US abi Germany.. what European countries couldn't do Trump did it alone

Sunnyshinylight:
This take is emotionally satisfying, but it is strategically shallow.

Calling the US “humiliated” because talks are stalling ignores how high-level geopolitics actually works. Stalemates are not signs of weakness by default, they are often deliberate pressure points. The US is not negotiating from desperation, it is negotiating from layered leverage, military, economic, and diplomatic.

Let’s break the reality:

- Iran is under sustained economic pressure, sanctions are still biting hard.
- Its currency instability and internal strain are not signs of a country “winning.”
- Engaging Russia is not strength, it is dependency shifting.

Now contrast that with the US:

- It controls the global financial system backbone.
- It has unmatched naval dominance, especially around critical routes like the Strait of Hormuz.
- Its alliances, even when noisy, still outweigh Iran’s network.

Germany complaining is not a fracture, it is normal alliance friction. Western partners disagree publicly all the time, but when it matters, they align structurally. That has been proven repeatedly.

Also, “talks stalling” does not mean the US is losing control. In many cases, it means the US is tightening conditions and refusing to concede. Diplomacy is not about speed, it is about outcome.

People keep making the same analytical mistake:
They confuse resistance with strength, and noise with power.

Iran resisting does not automatically mean it is dictating terms. It simply means it has fewer options and is stretching its position as far as possible.

If anything, prolonged negotiations favor the US more, because time amplifies economic pressure, not military theatrics.

So no, this is not humiliation.
This is strategic patience playing out in real time.