Germany is looking to increase its military spending:

Germany news: Parliament set to OK major defense package
17 December 2025
The Bundestag budget committee is set to sign off on more than €50 billion in military purchases. … green-light tens of billions in military expenditure as the country rearms …
Two EU Galileo satellites are headed to space on board a European rocket, marking a break from the reliance on the US …
Rockets for the missile shield system Arrow 3, developed by Israel and the US, are also on the 29-point list of desired purchases put forward by the German armed forces or Bundeswehr.
The German armaments giant Rheinmetall is also to receive a €1.76 billion order for a satellite-based reconaissance system https://www.dw.com/en/germany-news-parliament-set-to-ok-major-defense-package/live-75194468

Germany also wants to increase the number of troops in its military.

The Continuing Church of God put together the following related video on our Bible News Prophecy YouTube channel:

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Germany’s Great Army – Any Problems? WWIII?
At long last, from the perspective of the United States, Germany is stepping up to the plate and greatly increasing its military spending. The politicians in Germany have found a way to bypass the legal limitation on debt enshrined in the Basic Law. This is intended to enable them to develop the military and weaponry they feel is needed to protect themselves from potential threats. The Germans and 75% of NATO feel they have to take these types of steps because they feel the USA can no longer be relied on to help protect them militarily. Politico asked about Germany’s military rebuilding, “What Could Go Wrong?” Could this rebuilding be part of the rise of the “Fourth Reich”? If so, what would this mean? What were the first three Reichs? The so-called ‘Holy Roman Empire’ was the first. Imperial Germany of the 19th century was the second. Adolph Hitler’s Nazi Germany was the third. Can the rise of the fourth Reich be related to a revival of some type of the Holy Roman Empire? The Bible shows that the final King of the North will have a “great army” (Daniel 11:25) and “many ships” (Daniel 11:40). Could that be Germany, which is also working on many military technologies, including supercollider research? Consider, further, that the Bible tells of a power that had been unsuccessful going against a prosperous nation with a strong military before (WWI and WII?), but will finally succeed per Daniel 11:24 and Daniel 11:39. Could the next attempt be World War III and the end of the United States of America? Could the USA be the ungodly/hypocritical nation of Isaiah 10:7 that God says He will use the end-time descendants of Assyria to punish? Are there any prophetic and historic ties between ancient Assyria and the Germanic peoples of Central Europe? Watch this video and listen as Dr. Thiel shines the light of Biblical prophecy right from the pages of the Bible on the full ramifications of the rise of the Beast whose deadly wound was healed!

Here is a link to our video: Germany’s Great Army – Any Problems? WWIII?

A reader sent me a link to the following:

Trump’s Business Model Is to Break Europe
Faced with U.S. President Donald Trump’s political and economic attacks over the past year, European leaders have responded with flattery, royal receptions, and promises to purchase more weapons and U.S. liquefied natural gas. But while many thought they had cracked the code for managing Trump, the U.S. attacks on Europe have only multiplied over time. Last month was Trump’s 28-point Russia-Ukraine war peace proposal, presented without consultation with Ukraine. Now, the U.S. National Security Strategy claims that Europe is in “economic decline” and experiencing “civilizational erasure,” and it openly endorses parties hostile to the European Union.
These are not disconnected impulses. Taken together, they converge into a strategy built to implement Trump administration’s geoeconomic ambitions: complete regulatory freedom for Silicon Valley tech companies in Europe and a commercial reset with Russia at the expense of Ukrainian and European sovereignty. …
As Ed Luce recently wrote in Financial Times, when Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and the Trump team look toward Europe “they see only obstacles to be cleared.” Here too, a strong EU is the single greatest obstacle to the administration’s wider business plan. https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/12/15/trum-vance-europe-silicon-valley-right-national-security-strategy/

Notice also:

Trump’s war on Europe
16 December 2025
The new National Security Strategy of the United States of America has many strange features. But the strangest, and for Europeans the most disturbing, is that they alone are now seen as the only ideological enemies of the US. In the rest of the document, interests are seen as merely material rather than ideological. Threats to democracy and freedom now come only from their opponents within the US and its closest allies. Thus, it asserts, that the powers of the US government must never be “abused . . . under the guise of . . . ‘protecting our democracy’”. Just below (and not by accident) it asserts: “We will oppose elite-driven, anti-democratic restrictions on core liberties in Europe, the Anglosphere, and the rest of the democratic world, especially among our allies”. Furthermore, “American diplomacy should continue to stand up for genuine democracy, freedom of expression, and unapologetic celebrations of European nations’ individual character and history. America encourages its political allies in Europe to promote this revival of spirit, and the growing influence of patriotic European parties indeed gives cause for great optimism.” …
Worse, it shows that the US wishes to break the EU as an institution … https://www.ft.com/content/b17e6660-7722-4723-953b-2d72e7ec9292

Donald Trump, himself, was one of the biggest non-European advocates of Brexit–the UK’s exit from the European Union. The EU did not like that.

Donald Trump wants Europe to break up into individual nation states as that would make it easier for the US to control each of them. The EU realizes this and does not like that.

Earlier this month, the Trump Administration released a new National Security Strategy that basically opposed the European Union and many of its goals–and the Europeans were not pleased (e.g. https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/12/05/trump-administration-warns-europe-of-civilisational-decline-in-new-national-security-strat).

Notice also something from my free eBook Unintended Consequences and Donald Trump’s Presidency: Is Donald Trump Fulfilling Biblical, Islamic, Greco-Roman Catholic, Buddhist, and other America-Related Prophecies?:

some statements by Donald Trump are pushing “friends” (NATO allies) into being enemies. …
Donald Trump’s rise has also spurred the Europeans to further unify among themselves. … Donald Trump has been pointed to by various European leaders as ‘proof’ that Europe needs more unification and distance from the USA. …
Because of not accepting and understanding biblical prophecies, many political and other leaders will be hoping for and believing in a false peace. The sudden destruction to come is likely to include a nuclear or other high tech attack, and could possibly happen in conjunction with a NATO training or other exercise that would catch the USA and its Anglo-Saxon-Celtic allies off guard. Other nations are likely to also be involved.
The USA will be attacked by “friends” consistent with the following:
1 How lonely sits the city
That was full of people!
How like a widow is she,
Who was great among the nations!
The princess among the provinces
Has become a slave!
2 She weeps bitterly in the night,
Her tears are on her cheeks;
Among all her lovers
She has none to comfort her.
All her friends have dealt treacherously with her;
They have become her enemies. cf. Lamentations 1:1-2).
Notice the one who was “great among the nations” will be conquered by friends, who will become enemies. …
The USA was prophesied to be “great” in Genesis 48:19 and is considered by international sources to be great among the nations of the world today
The time will come when the USA and NATO will be no more. NATO or other arrangements could give the Europeans cover for publicly preparing for a military event, while giving it the ability to publicly state that such preparations are only parts of an exercise. The Germans have historically used the element of surprise to gain military advantage—remember WWII and blitzkrieg? Europe one day will turn on the USA (Lamentations 1:1-2, Daniel 11:39; Isaiah 10:5-12). Weapons of mass destruction, and not necessarily just nuclear, will be employed.

With the new National Security Strategy, Donald Trump has again offended the Europeans–which is something he has done for a decade or so.

Is this breaking up the European Union?

No.

Does the EU want to expand instead?

Yes.

A meeting to increase the number of nation in the European Union is going on today. Notice some information related to that:

EU enlargement in the Western Balkans: All together now?
17 December 2025
When leaders of the EU and the countries of the Western Balkans meet in Brussels on Wednesday for the EU-Western Balkans summit, progress on EU enlargement will be high on the agenda. …
More than a decade after Croatia joined the EU, enlargement in Brussels appears closer to reality than it has in years.
As Brussels signals renewed commitment to enlargement, the question is no longer if, but which countries in the Western Balkans are ready to move forward …
Why does the EU want to enlarge?
For the European Union, enlargement is both a strategic and a credibility issue. …
Enlargement is also about Europe’s security and geostrategic interests. …
EU enlargement is also seen as a geostrategic investment in Europe’s security and prosperity, says Tinatin Akhvlediani, research fellow at the EU Foreign Policy Unit at the Center for European Policy Studies.
“If the Union does not expand into these countries, other powers could step in and exploit the region, using it as leverage against the European Union, including Russia and China,” Akhvlediani told DW. https://www.dw.com/en/eu-enlargement-in-the-western-balkans-all-together-now/a-75192906

Yes, being larger means that the EU can have more economic and military power, as well as be less dependent upon the USA.

Furthermore, it is at least partially because of Trump Administration statements, actions, and policies that the EU feels it must expand.

More expansion will take place. Consider that Daniel prophesied that the European Beast power will expand to the south and the east:

9 And out of one of them came a little horn which grew exceedingly great toward the south, toward the east, and toward the Glorious Land. 10 And it grew up to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and some of the stars to the ground, and trampled them. 11 He even exalted himself as high as the Prince of the host; and by him the daily sacrifices were taken away, and the place of His sanctuary was cast down. 12 Because of transgression, an army was given over to the horn to oppose the daily sacrifices; and he cast truth down to the ground. He did all this and prospered. (Daniel 8:9-12).

And while the above had a past fulfillment, this prophecy seems to be dual (compare with Daniel 11:27-39). The European Union has mainly expanded south and east of the Benelux nations (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg)–which is where it initially formed.

The Balkans are south and east of the Benelux nations.

Last month, we put out the following video:

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EU Enlargement of the Beast?
The European Union recently approved its “2025 Enlargement Package”. This means the European Union is continuing to give consideration for inclusion of other countries into its political, military, and economic bloc. Why would the European Union want to do this? The saying “Might makes Right” come to mind. Is it possible the inclusion of the population of other countries along with the increased population, trade, and economic clout would increase the might of, not only the European Union, but also power and economies of the nations being included? Has the growth of Europe starting with the Benelux nations already primarily expanded towards the south and the east such as is prophesied for the ‘little horn’ of Daniel 8? Does the EU want the rest of the Balkan nations, which are also basically south and east of Benelux, to be part of it? Will this new Union really be stronger in the long run? If new nations do join the European Union, will they remain joined? So, who cares if other nations join the European Union? Who cares if the EU will be stronger or not? Well, what if Biblical prophecies were being fulfilled? Would anyone care then? Would it matter to you if the European Union plays a major role in Biblical prophecy? What if the European Union was the sixth king of Rev 17:10 would you care then? What is Europe will reorganize and be controlled by the ‘666’ Beast? Would you be concerned? You should be. Here’s the link to our free eBook, “Lost Tribes and Prophecies”, offered in this video that offers much more information on the European Union, the King of the North, and the Beast of the Sea. If you don’t understand the role of the European Union in Bible prophecy, you need to watch this video. The European Union and the Beast of the Sea; listen as Dr. Thiel shines the light of Biblical prophecy on current world events. The time grows shorter.

Here is a link to our video: EU Enlargement of the Beast?

The European Union wants to enlarge. It is not pleased with attempts by the Trump Administration to try to break it up.

While the Bible shows that the nations in Europe will not stick together well, it further shows that they would support the Beast until destroyed by God in Daniel 2:41-45.

By pushing and insulting Europe, some of the unintended consequences of the Donald Trump Administration have been that Europe is deciding it cannot rely on the US (e.g. New World Order? German Chancellor Merz asserts, ‘The future of the world is created in Europe’) and that it must become a military power of its own (e.g. Europe to spend a $1 trillion on its military while the US considers cutting troop support).

That is consistent with various prophesies in the Bible and will surprise the world when it happens (cf. Revelation 13:3-4).

Some items of possibly related interest may include the following:

Europa, the Beast, and Revelation Where did Europe get its name? What might Europe have to do with the Book of Revelation? What about “the Beast”? Is an emerging European power “the daughter of Babylon”? What is ahead for Europe? Here is are links to related videos: European history and the Bible, Europe In Prophecy, The End of European Babylon, and Can You Prove that the Beast to Come is European? Here is a link to a related sermon in the Spanish language: El Fin de la Babilonia Europea.
The European Union and the Seven Kings of Revelation 17 Could the European Union be the sixth king that now is, but is not? Here is a link to the related sermon video: European Union & 7 Kings of Revelation 17:10.
Must the Ten Kings of Revelation 17:12 Rule over Ten Currently Existing Nations? Some claim that these passages refer to a gathering of 10 currently existing nations together, while one group teaches that this is referring to 11 nations getting together. Is that what Revelation 17:12-13 refers to? The ramifications of misunderstanding this are enormous. Here is a link to a related sermon in the Spanish language: ¿Deben los Diez Reyes gobernar sobre diez naciones? A related sermon in the English language is titled: Ten Kings of Revelation and the Great Tribulation.
Donald Trump in Prophecy Prophecy, Donald Trump? Are there prophecies that Donald Trump may fulfill? Are there any prophecies that he has already helped fulfill? Is a Donald Trump presidency proving to be apocalyptic? Three related videos are available: Donald: ‘Trump of God’ or Apocalyptic? and Donald Trump’s Prophetic Presidency and Donald Trump and Unintended Consequences.
Unintended Consequences and Donald Trump’s Presidency: Is Donald Trump Fulfilling Biblical, Islamic, Greco-Roman Catholic, Buddhist, and other America-Related Prophecies? Is Donald Trump going to save the USA or are there going to be many disastrous unintended consequences of his statements and policies? What will happen? This is a free eBook.