“If Germany does not take the leadership role in the [European Union], we will all be weaker together,” the United States’ ambassador to Germany, Amy Gutmann, said in Berlin. According to Gutmann, “There is a very high level of trust” between America and Germany. Germany’s n-tv.de noted on March 22 that the new ambassador “is full of praise for the German government’s current crisis policy.”

Gutmann called for Germany to take more leadership responsibility as the strongest economic power in Europe and said that the country also needs to take a leading role in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. She also welcomed Germany’s decision to drastically increase its military spending and to purchase American F-35 fighter jets for nuclear deterrence.

It’s becoming increasingly apparent that the Ukraine crisis has led Germany to take a greater lead in the European Union.

The EU’s Strategic Compass plan, which was adopted by European foreign and defense ministers on March 21, “signals to the world that Europe is ready to rearm,” Handelsblatt wrote. “Civilian power, that’s history; the European Union now wants to become a military power as well” (Trumpet translation throughout).

“The more hostile security environment requires us to make a quantum leap forward and increase our capacity and willingness to act, strengthen our resilience, and invest more and better in our defense capabilities,” according to the Strategic Compass report. “In order to be able to act rapidly and robustly whenever a crisis erupts, with partners if possible and alone when necessary, the EU will … establish a strong EU Rapid Deployment Capacity of up to 5,000 troops for different types of crises.”

Germany has already offered to provide the core of the new EU troops and leadership.

Europe “is more united than ever before,” Brussels’ strategists wrote in context of the war in Ukraine.

Handelsblatt said the Ukraine conflict is “[a] circumstance they want to exploit to transform the EU into a defense community. Brussels has produced cloudy declarations of intent aplenty in recent years. What distinguishes the strategic compass from other EU documents is the fact that it names concrete measures to strengthen Europe’s defense readiness.”

Compared to the security capabilities of nato, the EU’s new force seems to be insignificant. But when coupled with Europe’s renewed commitment to militarize, Germany could soon lead an independent EU force. The EU promises to support nato in the future, but these promises are really a warning. Europe could suddenly remove its support for nato and instead prioritize its own initiatives.

Gutmann believes the Ukraine crisis has qualified Germany for greater responsibility. But has it?

In response to Ukraine, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced large-scale militarization as one of his top priorities. A secondary promise was to help Ukraine. Three weeks later, German militarization has increased, but support for Ukraine is still lacking.

In “Germany’s Triple Embarrassment in Arms Deliveries,” Welt wrote: “There are no more weapons for Ukraine in German military arsenals. The idea of buying new weapons for Kiev from German arms companies is making no headway.”

Yet the U.S. increasingly trusts Germany and celebrates its moves toward greater independence. On March 15, Trumpet editor in chief Gerald Flurry wrote:

When Germany announced its rearmament two weeks ago, America welcomed the decision with rapturous applause. In the days afterward, German Economic Minister Robert Habeck visited Washington. Der Spiegel wrote that Habeck was “welcomed with open arms” and “showered with goodwill” from America’s leaders.

“At the German Embassy in Washington, diplomats could hardly believe the number of people who wanted to meet with Habeck: the secretaries for commerce and energy as well as security and energy advisers,” Der Spiegel wrote. “And then Habeck also rushed to Antony Blinken on Tuesday afternoon for an hourlong conversation. Habeck’s people hadn’t even asked to meet with the secretary of state—the request reportedly came from the U.S. side.”

In the Bible, God condemns America and Britain (and the other modern descendants of ancient Israel) for forsaking Him and for doting on their “lovers.” And today, what do we find ourselves doing? Arming two warlike nations, our historical enemies, with nuclear firepower! This is an appallingly dangerous mistake!

The Bible warns of America’s dangerous trust in its allies. Regarding Germany’s announcement to purchase America’s F-35 jets and America’s nuclear weapons on German soil, Mr. Flurry wrote:

How naive America is to entrust this immense firepower to nations that so recently—and throughout history—have proved to be enemies of the free world!

Right now, Germany seems to be an ally of the United States. But what if this nation—our archenemy in World Wars i and ii—turned against us in the next war?

Germany claims to be an ally. Yet Europe is sending more money to Russia right now than it was before Russia invaded Ukraine! Germany has led all of Europe to refuse to boycott Russian oil and gas. They’re not even taking simple steps that could reduce the amount of money they send to Russia. Is Germany really acting like an ally—especially one that America can trust with the most destructive weapons ever produced?

America trusts Germany, but history screams that it shouldn’t!

The trust America is placing in Germany is absolutely condemned by the Bible. Why? Because it is trusting other nations rather than trusting God.

God warns, “Wherefore I have delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted” (Ezekiel 23:9). The modern descendants of Assyria are the Germans. God says that He is going to deliver America into Germany’s hands. Trusting Germany so implicitly is very dangerous.

To understand this prophecy in the context of current events, read Mr. Flurry’s article “America Trusts Germany With Stealth Nuclear Fighters.”