Objavljeni Spomini Angele Merkel so in bodo zanimivo branje. Glede na do sedaj objavljene navedbe sta se mi vtisnili v spomin predvsem dve. Prva je na temo nasprotovanja Merklove vključitvi Ukrajine v Nato, ker bi to privedlo do vojne v Ukrajini že bistveno prej. Druga pa se nanaša na ameriško nasprotovanje gradnji plinovoda Severni tok. Ameriška administracija je imela tukaj dva interesa. Prvi je bil, da se Nemčija ne naveže na Rusijo, drugi pa ekonomski interes, ker so želeli delati posel z izvozom ameriškega utekočinjenega plina v Evropo (ki je seveda bistveno dražji od ruskega).

I felt that the United States was mobilizing its formidable economic and financial resources to prevent the business ventures of other countries, even their allies. The United States was chiefly interested in its own economic. The United States was chiefly interested in its own economic interests, as it wanted to export to Europe LNG obtained through fracking.