Germanys Scholz tells Trump: Were better off together [Video]

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday congratulated US presidential election winner Donald Trump and urged continued close trans-Atlantic ties, telling him in English: “We’re better off together”.

“Together we can achieve much more than against each other,” added the centre-left leader of Europe’s biggest economy.

“Both sides benefit from the trans-Atlantic partnership,” Scholz said in a statement to media. “The EU and the USA are two similarly large economic areas, linked by the closest economic relations in the world.”

In an earlier message posted on X, Scholz said that “Germany and the USA have long been working together successfully to promote prosperity and freedom on both sides of the Atlantic.

“We will continue to do so for the benefit of our citizens.”

The messages amounted to a pledge for a fresh start after Trump’s last term in the White House, when he berated the NATO ally on what he deemed …