The last social democratic government of Germany was terribly neoliberal (third way), but at least their foreign policy while not left made sense. They did not follow the US/UK into Iraq and for a country that was supposed to be a US sattelite that was quite a lot and propably the thing that saved their reelection. They also strengthened our ties with Russia/China. Has Germany continued on a path of friendship with Russia all these eastern european neofascists could be reigned in rather easily. Having good realtions with Russia is basically always good for Germany, that is a simple geopolitical truths, but our administation is full with transatlantics. Now the EU is a broken ship even less able to react to problems then the US as constantly one groups blocks every strong response. Germany has worse relations with China and Russia and Trump didn't even offer something in exchange for that. I guess they just wait for Biden to win so the Empire can return to normalcy.