Chancellor Angela Merkel and her political bloc are wrong about obeying the US administration's demands on armament issues, German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel told Bild newspaper.

“Merkel, CDU/CSU and even, to my dismay, the Free Democratic Party, are subject to the requirements of Donald Trump. It requires us to double the defense budget to € 70 billion. This is simply unimaginable,” Gabriel said.

Gabriel said Merkel assumes that Trump will be flexible on other issues if she fulfills Trump’s demand, TASS reported.