"Trust me, it is perfect," wrote a columnist for the New York Times less than a year ago.
He related that to Chancellor Angela Merkel, praised her manager in the Corona crisis and mentioned that she had won four elections in a row.
The magazine “The Atlantic” praised Merkel's “analytical, non-emotional and cautious management style”.
Merkel enjoys a “hard-earned” trust in Germany.
Conclusion: As a scientist and with 30 years of political experience "Merkel is in top form".
Such hymns of praise to Angela Merkel have long since fallen silent in the USA.
Many Americans look at the slow pace of vaccination in Germany and Europe, embarrassed or stunned.