German Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil  on Friday has defended Chancellor Friedrich Merz against criticism from the United States, pushing back at President Donald Trump . Klingbeil's remarks came after Trump hit back at Merz, government policy — and Germany — over the chancellor's assertion that Tehran had "humiliated" Washington . What did the German vice chancellor say? Klingbeil, who is also Germany's finance minister, said his country does not need tips from Trump amid the Iran war. He urged the US president to instead focus on securing peace talks. "We really don't need any advice from Donald Trump right now. He should see the mess he's made. He should make sure that serious peace talks are now being held in Iran," Klingbeil said at a Labor Day event in Bergkamen in the Ruhr region. Conservative Merz and center-left Social Democrat Klingbeil are not always on the same page politically. However, the vice chancellor clearly backed his coalition colleague against Trump's social media broadsides.…