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Strategically, with the Trump-led USA abstaining as much of a deterrent on the Russian front, and the UK's Trident being dependent on the USA's provision of missiles to put in it, I wouldn't think it's the most far fetched thing in world news that Germany might feel a tad exposed to their near Russian neighbour's massive military and want their own doomsday cock waving arsenal...
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/08/why-germany-is-talking-about-getting-its-own-nuclear-weapons.html?utm_source=tw&utm_campaign=di&utm_medium=s1