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HipChick

(25,485 posts)
Thu Jun 29, 2017, 10:32 PM Jun 2017

Angela Merkel Sets Collision Course With Trump Ahead of G-20..


BERLIN — A combative Chancellor Angela Merkel set herself on a collision course with President Trump and his “America first” agenda on Thursday, predicting “very difficult” talks over climate change and trade when she hosts a summit meeting of 20 global leaders next week.Speaking before Parliament on a day when she also gathered European Union leaders in Berlin to form a common front, the German leader made no bones about the “obvious” disagreement with the United States.
“Whoever believes the problems of this world can be solved by isolationism and protectionism is making a tremendous error,” Ms. Merkel said, in what will most likely be her final address before Parliament before closing out her third term in office.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/29/world/europe/angela-merkel-trump-group-of-20.html
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Angela Merkel Sets Collision Course With Trump Ahead of G-20.. (Original Post) HipChick Jun 2017 OP
Oooh break out der puffmais !! C_U_L8R Jun 2017 #1
Deutschland uber alles. MFM008 Jun 2017 #2
It is amazing how fast this country has fallen both at home and on the world stage Freethinker65 Jun 2017 #3
She's the train. hunter Jun 2017 #4
Let him have it, Angela! ProudLib72 Jun 2017 #5

hunter

(38,303 posts)
4. She's the train.
Thu Jun 29, 2017, 11:00 PM
Jun 2017

He's the clown in the little car who drove under the crossing gates.

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