If the president-elect’s intention was to undermine
the transatlantic alliance, encourage the disintegration of the European Union
and tear down Ms. Merkel as she begins a reelection campaign — an agenda
identical to Mr. Putin’s — he could hardly have been more effective.
Russia has already launched a
disinformation campaign to discredit Ms. Merkel, using fake-news
websites and Internet bots in the same way it targeted Hillary Clinton. Germans
might be forgiven for thinking that Mr. Trump’s intervention was designed to
enhance that assault. He accused Ms. Merkel of making “a catastrophic mistake”
by accepting desperate refugees from the Middle East and said Germany was using
European integration as a vehicle for its own interests.
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