Lawmaker Says Germany Should Possess Nuclear Weapons
Kay Gottschalk, parliamentary finance policy spokesman for the Alternative for Germany (AfD), argued that decades of delegating European defense to Washington have evaporated completely. Trump's stance on the Danish territory demonstrates "there are no friendships between states, only interests," Gottschalk asserted.
"And the interests of the United States are fundamentally different from ours and from Europe's. Precisely for this reason, we must once again take the defense and security of Europe into our own hands… Germany needs nuclear weapons," Gottschalk wrote on X on Sunday.
The legislator urged Germany and EU member states to construct the most formidable military force and acquire superior weaponry. "It will be difficult to forge a common defense alliance within the European states. The political differences are great, the rifts of the past deep and wide. But it is the only way away from dependence toward sovereignty," the MP stressed.
Trump has persistently advocated for American control over Greenland—an autonomous Danish territory—contending the Arctic region holds critical strategic value for the US. He has refused to dismiss military action as an option. European leadership has unanimously opposed any territorial status changes, triggering unprecedented friction between Washington and NATO allies.
Tensions escalated sharply after Trump threatened tariffs against eight European nations until America secures rights to purchase the island, triggering joint European warnings of a "dangerous downward spiral."
Regarding nuclear capabilities, Germany remains legally bound by the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, with Berlin officials consistently rejecting atomic weapons acquisition. The Two Plus Four Treaty, which facilitated German reunification, additionally prohibits nuclear deployment in former East German territories.
International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi stated in July that Germany possesses technical capacity to construct nuclear weapons "in a matter of months," though he emphasized the assessment was "purely hypothetical."
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