More than half of Germans consider US President Donald Trump a threat to Germany, according to a sociological survey conducted by the INSA Institute for Public Opinion Research on behalf of the German newspaper "Bild", which was also cited by DPA, BTA reported.
While 24% of Germans surveyed in the survey consider Trump an ally, more than 60% of them define the US president as a threat to the country. The survey, which was conducted on Thursday and Friday, surveyed 1,000 people.
It also showed that 52 percent of Germans want Chancellor Friedrich Merz to take a tougher stance toward Washington, while 32 percent see cooperation with the U.S. president as a more appropriate approach.
The survey results come amid strained relations between Europe and the United States over the Greenland dispute. Trump has since backed down on threats to impose trade tariffs on eight European countries, including Germany, over their opposition to U.S. control of the semi-autonomous Danish Arctic island.