{"id":11151,"date":"2026-06-16T23:16:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T20:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=11151"},"modified":"2026-06-16T23:16:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T20:16:00","slug":"friedrich-merz-trumps-doctrine-on-iran-and-the-warning-to-russia-power-paves-the-way-for-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=11151","title":{"rendered":"Friedrich Merz: Trump\u2019s Doctrine on Iran and the Warning to Russia \u2013 \u201cPower Paves the Way for Solutions\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <b>military power of the U.S.<\/b> in <b>Iran <\/b>served as a lever <b>for diplomatic pressure and a warning to Russia<\/b> regarding <b>Ukraine<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>In an <b>international environment of heightened geopolitical tension<\/b>, where the balance of power <b>is constantly redefining the boundaries of diplomacy, Berlin<\/b> is repositioning itself <b>strategically along the Washington\u2013Moscow\u2013Tehran axis, with Friedrich Merz<\/b> putting forward <b>a realistic interpretation of deterrence<\/b>, according to which <b>military superiority functions not only as a tool of pressure<\/b> but also as <b>a catalyst for political solutions<\/b> on open fronts <b>such as Iran and Ukraine<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>The <b>German Chancellor, Friedrich Merz<\/b>, stated <b>from France, where he is attending the G7 Summit<\/b>, that the overwhelming <b>military superiority of the U.S.<\/b> did not <b>leave Iran any real room for maneuver and essentially served as a catalyst<\/b> for the <b>emerging diplomatic solution<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, <b>as he revealed, he personally conveyed this view to Donald Trump<\/b>, <b>citing the U.S. stance as an example that could also be applied to the case of Ukraine<\/b>. The German chancellor thus made sure <b>to confirm once again (following the gift of the German national team jersey<\/b>) that, when Trump speaks, <b>he himself never misses an opportunity to agree and express it as enthusiastically as possible<\/b>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. military power in Iran served as a lever for diplomatic pressure and a warning to Russia regarding Ukraine. In an international &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11152,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11151\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}