EThere is a lot of talk about how the SPD stands on Russia. Less about how she feels about America. It belongs together. Anyone looking for closeness to Russia will hardly find it without distancing themselves from America. Especially not in security policy. So, to take stock of foreign policy, you have to look at how Social Democrats were still talking about the United States until recently.
For example Rolf Mützenich, who has great influence as parliamentary group leader of the SPD. At every opportunity, Mützenich demanded that Germany must emancipate itself from America. After Trump announced that he would be withdrawing soldiers from Germany, Mützenich demanded that he take the nuclear weapons with him right away. When Trump later lost the election, Mützenich reiterated his demand, as if to make sure it didn’t get lost in the general enthusiasm about the outcome of the election in Germany. One must rid oneself of the “scourge of nuclear deterrence,” he said. Mützenich wanted Europe to become more independent of America.