Do not Assume US Still Aspires to be a World leader, Merkel Warns

The rest of the world can no longer take it for granted that the US still aspires to be a global leader and needs to readjust its priorities accordingly, Angela Merkel has warned, The Guardian reports.

“We grew up in the certain knowledge that the United States wanted to be a world power,” the German chancellor said in an interview with a group of six European newspapers, including the Guardian.

“Should the US now wish to withdraw from that role of its own free will, we would have to reflect on that very deeply.”