On Thursday night in our time, Donald Trump gave a speech to the nation. In it he does not mention NATO at all and still continues to build pressure on allies. While praising the course and success of Iran’s war, he shifts responsibility for the Strait of Hormuz from himself. Rixa Fürsen analyzes how Trump first broke the world order and the world economy with a hammer and now wants to return to the audience bench.
Defense Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD) had promised major plans for the Bundeswehr by Easter. Nothing has been submitted yet. In the 200-second interview, the spokesman of the Union, Thomas Erndl, criticizes the snail’s pace in the ministry and finally calls for a new profile of the capabilities of the soldiers.
Lebanon threatens to be drawn deeper into the war with Iran. Laura Hülsemann reports live from Beirut on the 1.2 million displaced, the impotence of the Lebanese government and the growing fear of an Israeli ground attack.
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