Angela Merkel was a KGB Asset

Speaking in Pennsylvania last weekend, President Donald Trump
recounted (https://bit.ly/3QDKkQa) how he sent a white flag to former
German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the G7 summit 2018, warning
her of making her country dependent on Russia. "When there's a war,
when there's a problem with Russia, they'll just turn off Nord
Stream 2, and you won't be able to defend yourself", Trump warned
Merkel. "Oh, that will never happen", Merkel responded, according
to Trump.
As Germany threatens to drag the EU into economic disaster over the
energy crisis, many observers have revisited Trump's prophetic
remarks 2018 at the UN and G7, leading to speculation over why
a smart person like Angela Merkel could have ignored Trump's
warnings and knowingly exposed her country to energy blackmail
by Russia.
The internet has long been full of speculation about Angela Merkel's
possible role as a Stasi informant in former East Germany. Two former
leaders of the Communist Youth League, Gunter Walther and Hans-Jorg
Osten, have claimed that Merkel served as Propaganda Officer
(https://bit.ly/3RCNvZU) as a student in Leipzig the 1970s. Merkel
has stated she was "Cultural Secretary" for the Communist Youth
League, and mainly in charge of procuring theater tickets.
Angela Merkel's Stasi files have not been released, indicating the
Stasi Records Center believes she is not a perpetrator, but a victim.
Expert Stasi historian Hubertus Knabe has analyzed the available data
and found no hard evidence Angela Merkel was actually
"Informant Erika" (https://bit.ly/3eIuDds), as is often
claimed online.
Lothar de Maiziere was exposed as Stasi informant code named "Czerny"
and withdrew from politics in 1992. So Angela Merkel was actually
placed in government by a Stasi asset.
Angela Merkel was not active in the East German the 1980s opposition
movement until she suddenly decided to join  the "Democratic
Awakening" (Demokratischer Aufbruch - DA) in 1989, founded by Stasi
agent Wolfgang Schnur, also a friend of her father's. Members of the
KGB unit Luch Group (https://bit.ly/3RE0CKa) later admitted to using
the DA to infiltrate the East German opposition.
Angela Merkel had a close working relationship with Vladimir Putin,
with whom she spoke Russian just as he spoke German, having served
as a KGB agent in Dresden 1985-1990. She met Putin more than any
other world leader as German Chancellor 2005-2021.
"I always knew he wanted to destroy Europe", Merkel said
(https://brook.gs/3d9qy1s) to an audience in Berlin in June,
nonetheless denying she had done anything wrong. "I don't think
I have to say that I was wrong. And so I will not apologize."