Donald Trump did not leave unanswered the statements of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz regarding the US approach to Iran. In a post on Truth Social on Tuesday, the former American president called the view that Iran might acquire a nuclear weapon unacceptable.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cGerman Chancellor Friedrich Merz believes it is okay for Iran to have a nuclear weapon. He doesn\u2019t know what he\u2019s talking about!\u201d<\/strong> Trump wrote pointedly.<\/p>\n He warned<\/strong> that if Iran were to acquire such a weapon, \u201cthe whole world would become a hostage.\u201d Trump defended the stance of his own administration, emphasizing that other countries or presidents should have acted earlier in a similar way.<\/strong><\/p>\n Merz\u2019s remarks were made on Monday during a speech to students at a school in Marsberg. The German Chancellor argued that the Iranian leadership,<\/strong> particularly the so-called Revolutionary Guards, humiliate the United States in negotiations.<\/strong><\/p>\n He added that Washington lacks a clear strategy to end the conflict and that it is not enough to get involved in a war; one must also know how to exit it.<\/p>\n On the same day, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio described the Iranian leadership as \u201cdeeply internally divided,\u201d with competing factions that limit the possibility of any agreement.<\/p>\n According to Rubio, Iranian officials often first have to negotiate among themselves before deciding what they can offer, while hardline elements with an \u201capocalyptic\u201d worldview ultimately control the regime\u2019s decisions.<\/p>\n Trump also stated that Iran has informed the US that it is in a \u201cstate of collapse,\u201d with its members seeking an exit while attempting to resolve leadership issues.<\/p>\n Over the weekend, the American president canceled the dispatch of a US delegation to Islamabad, Pakistan, citing \u201chuge internal disputes and confusion\u201d within the Iranian leadership. As he noted, \u201cno one knows who is really in control.\u201d<\/p>\n In his post, Trump linked Merz\u2019s stance to the difficulties Germany faces, both economically and more broadly.<\/strong> \u201cIt\u2019s no wonder Germany is doing so poorly, economically and otherwise,\u201d he remarked.<\/p>\n\n