Shortly after Pearl Harbor, Nazi Germany declared war on the United States. Why?

by Artyomic

I cannot imagine a reason why Hitler would want to bring the Americans into the war. It doesn't align with his racial policy, the US was an industrial powerhouse, etc. Why on Earth would he declare war on the US, even if an American declaration against Germany was almost certainly coming?

anotherMrLizard

FYI, this question has been answered before, here.