"The U.S. has a security concept rather reduced to the understanding that one can achieve security and stability through military spending", he told a press conference in Berlin.
Germany's outspoken top diplomat claimed that the Trump administration's controversial policies are undermining Western values and the worldwide order based on these values.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel made comments Sunday that Europe "must take its fate into its own hands", as the USA and the United Kingdom are looking after their own interests.
Early on Tuesday, Trump called Germany's trade and military spending policies "very bad" for the United States as tensions between him and Merkel increased. "Very bad for U.S. This will change", he tweeted.
The sharp words from German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel came after Mr Trump concluded his first official tour overseas, which took him to Saudi Arabia, Israel, Brussels and then Italy for a G7 summit.
Even Trump's top economic adviser, Gary Cohn, pulled back on the idea that Trump had any specific problem with German trade policy, despite his statements and tweets.
This, despite comments from Merkel over the weekend in which she said, "The times in which we could completely depend on others are on the way out".
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It is "the order of the day to oppose this man with everything that we stand for", Social Democrat leader Martin Schulz, who is challenging Merkel in Germany's September election, said at a party event. "We Europeans must really take our fate into our own hands, of course in friendship with the United States and in friendship with Great Britain and as good neighbors wherever it is possible...." But we have to know that we Europeans must fight for our own future and destiny.
Asked Tuesday whether her meetings with senior officials from India and China this week signaled a pivot away from Germany's old ally in Washington, Merkel sought to dampen speculation of a major rift.
He also sharply criticised the media for perpetrating "fake news", citing as an example tweets sent by BBC and New York Times reporters during the G7 summit claiming that Mr Trump had disrespected the Italian prime minister.
At a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation meeting on Thursday, he lambasted 23 of the 28 members - including Germany - for "still not paying what they should be paying" towards the funding of the bloc.
Then there was the infamous shoving aside of the President of Montenegro for a better photo-op position and the visibly tense, over-long handshake between trump and French president, Emmanuel Macron.
Trump also purportedly criticized the German auto industry during his meeting with European Union officials. Merkel described the climate discussion in Sicily as "very dissatisfying". "I will make my final decision on the Paris Accord next week!" "She's someone who is very sober about the guys with the big agendas and big egos, be it (Russian President Vladimir) Putin, be it (Turkish President Recep Tayyip) Erdogan, be it Trump".However, as tensions between the two side escalated rapidly, Merkel on Tuesday stressed German ties with the U.S., saying that the relationship is of "outstanding importance".
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