(CNN) The person most concerned about President-elect Donald Trump's most recent interview should be German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Worse, in the long term, is the aside about the European Union:"You look at the European Union and it's Germany. JUST WATCHED Angela Merkel seeks fourth term in Germany Replay More Videos ... MUST WATCH Angela Merkel seeks fourth term in Germany 01:57The President-elect sees the world in some parody of the 19th century conception of the great powers. With that being said, NATO is very important to me ..."There's five countries that are paying what they're supposed to. Follow CNN Opinion Join us on Twitter and FacebookWhy should all of this concern Merkel?

Source: CNN January 16, 2017 16:25 UTC