I think the headline is a misrepresentation. Even in the article they quickly switch to a completely different topic, increasing protectionist subsidies. Those

I think the headline is a misrepresentation. Even in the article they quickly switch to a completely different topic, increasing protectionist subsidies. Those are the actual issue. The article mixes two different things and generates a headline leaning on the much less important one from this unfortunate mix as far as I can tell. The other part of the article is what's making headlines here: The protectionist subsidies that the US plans to set up and increase. That is the key. Example: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-05/eu-warns-us-of-potential-retaliation-in-green-subsidies-dispute https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-05/eu-warns-... - but also subsidies for various industries, e.g. chip makers, or batteries: https://www.ft.com/content/59a8d135-3477-4d0a-8d12-20c7ef94be07 https://www.ft.com/content/59a8d135-3477-4d0a-8d12-20c7ef94b... The Ukraine and energy part does not create any significant amount of headlines here, if any. It's been mentioned but as an aside and without much emotion or blame, usually always followed by the comment section siding with UK and America for actually helping Ukraine. Gas prices are part of the industry issues but I have yet to see a single article, except the one linked here, that would blame the US for those price increases. Also, our recent headlines have all been "German economy doing much better than expected", "gas reserves full", "LNG tankers line up in front of Europe", replacing a lot of previous more alarmist headlines. I am unaware of any significant opinions against US profits from this war, it's taken as incidental. Russia started the war and Russia is acting FAR outside of an acceptable range with their extreme brutality. None of that is the US's fault - and arming Ukraine is mostly seen as good and justified, with no regard to any profits US might make accept from some few comments, usually heavily downvoted in the majority of our German mass media websites. My perspective comes from following at the very least Die zeit and Der Spiegel, and occasionally Die Welt and FAZ, all of this year, at least noticing most headlines if they are Ukraine related. I think that's most of the big German sites, only "Bild" missing as a major player.