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'Brexit prepared me for this': Berliners react to Trump win
TheLocal.de ^ | 09 Nov 2016 09:20 GMT+01:00 | Emma Anderson

Posted on 11/09/2016 2:56:36 AM PST by Olog-hai

Hundreds of Berliners packed themselves into bars, cafés and other venues to watch the US presidential election results into early Wednesday morning as Donald Trump emerged as the next president. […]

German Jan Hoepper, who came into the viewing party late, said that Trump’s wins across important states was not a surprise. “After Brexit, I was prepared,” Hoepper said. […]

“I’m kind of not surprised, to be honest,” said American-Berliner Erin Single from Atlanta, Georgia. “There was a big discrepancy between what I was seeing in the media in Europe versus what I was seeing when I was visiting back home. I think it’s a step backward for the country, but… Congress and the other branches of our government can mediate extremism.” […]

Elsewhere in Berlin, the small group Republicans Overseas celebrated the win. “A Trump victory just goes to show how much Americans hate being told what to do,” the Berlin branch wrote on Facebook. “If he wins, it’s laid directly at the feet of the media establishment, the sneering, snotty coastal elites, and all the social justice warriors whose bigotry against rural America caused small town USA to rise up and say ENOUGH!” …

(Excerpt) Read more at thelocal.de ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Germany; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: brexit; eussr; germany; liberalagenda; trump

1 posted on 11/09/2016 2:56:36 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

GOOD BYE EU!

Euro, we hardly knew you.


2 posted on 11/09/2016 3:46:41 AM PST by wetgundog ("Extremism in the Defense of Liberty is No Vice" -AuH2O)
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To: Olog-hai
“I’m kind of not surprised, to be honest,” said American-Berliner Erin Single from Atlanta, Georgia. “There was a big discrepancy between what I was seeing in the media in Europe versus what I was seeing when I was visiting back home.

Our MSM are the true deplorables sending out distortion disguised as news for generations now.

3 posted on 11/09/2016 5:21:13 AM PST by pfflier
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To: pfflier

Always in sync with Europe’s disastrous media.


4 posted on 11/09/2016 5:33:37 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai
Hundreds of Berliners packed themselves into bars, cafés and other venues

As if sentient jelly doughnuts aren't bad enough, then they go packing themselves into public spaces. I'm sure fastidious Germans are beside themselves with the squished out, jelly mess.

5 posted on 11/09/2016 5:38:08 AM PST by RegulatorCountry
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