Over his long career, Friedrich Merz has gone from rising CDU star to Blackrock executive and back to the very top of German politics. To discuss his trajectory—and the country&#39;s likely future—Ted speaks with NYC-based journalist Lukas Hermsmeier to discuss the "back to the future" qualities of Merz&#39;s political outlook.Read Lukas&#39; NYT piece on Merz here: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/opinion/friedrich-merz-germany-chancellor.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/opinion/friedrich-merz-germany-chancellor.html</a>Follow Lukas here: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/lukashermsmeier.bsky.social">https://bsky.app/profile/lukashermsmeier.bsky.social</a>Read one of the scary pieces on Germany and the A-Bomb here: <a href="https://www.br.de/nachrichten/deutschland-welt/braucht-deutschland-eigene-atomwaffen-analyse,Ug5NOIk">https://www.br.de/nachrichten/deutschland-welt/braucht-deutschland-eigene-atomwaffen-analyse,Ug5NOIk</a>Watch Merz&#39;s retro campaign ad here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxuJekayt0M&ab_channel=FriedrichMerz">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxuJekayt0M&ab_channel=FriedrichMerz</a>*****Follow Spaßbremse on Twitter (<a href="https://twitter.com/spassbremse_pod">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@spassbremse_pod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>). Music by <a href="https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com/track/more-on-that-later-2">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lee Rosevere⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>. Art by Franziska Schneider.Support us on Patreon here: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/spassbremse">⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><a href="https://www.patreon.com/spassbremse">https://www.patreon.com/spassbremse</a>

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