Given Germany’s current status as the de facto leader of the liberal Western order, its national election results matter a great deal:
http://www.dw.com/en/opinion-the-world-needs-more-europe-and-less-donald-trump/a-40646880
Trump embraces a
post-American world
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-embraces-a-post-american-world/2017/09/21/91342088-9f09-11e7-9083-fbfddf6804c2_story.html