BERLIN — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has spent months walking a tightrope in his dealings with U.S. President Donald Trump. Now he appears to have fallen off. Merz has bent further than most European leaders to stay in Trump’s good graces, deeming it a strategic necessity to maintain close ties with an American leader known for holding grudges. But under rising political pressure at home the chancellor has also sharpened his criticism of Trump and of the war in Iran — both deeply unpopular

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