In a speech at the Foreign Office in Berlin, Steinmeier asserted that the justification for the war, based on an imminent threat to the U.S., lacks credibility, a view echoed by some U.S. intelligence agencies. He characterized the conflict as a politically disastrous and unnecessary endeavor, particularly if its aim was to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons. Steinmeier also noted a significant shift in U.S.-German relations since the Trump administration, marking a ‘double epochal break’ in contemporary history.