Posted on 07/11/2018 10:34:37 AM PDT by BradtotheBone
Congressional Democratic leadership blasted President Trump on Wednesday after he called Germany a "captive" of Russia, saying his comment at a NATO meeting "is an embarrassment."
“President Trump’s brazen insults and denigration of one of America’s most steadfast allies, Germany, is an embarrassment. His behavior this morning is another profoundly disturbing signal that the president is more loyal to [Russian] President [Vladimir] Putin than to our NATO allies," Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer(D-N.Y.) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-N.Y.) said in a joint statement.
Trump sparked a war of words with German Chancellor Angela Merkel after he said a gas pipeline deal with Russia made the country a "captive" to Moscow and urged NATO to assess the situation. Merkel fired back, saying that the country is "united in freedom."
The NATO meeting in Brussels comes ahead of a one-on-one meeting between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin scheduled for early next week. The meeting has sparked concerns in Europe, as well as with lawmakers on Capitol Hill, who worry Trump could end up making major concessions.
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It is called leadership.
“Merkel fired back, saying that the country is “united in freedom.””
Huh? What is that supposed to mean? She just concatenated some words together to make a meaningless statement.
Hello kettle. Come in kettle........
Is it any wonder we see ignorant, idiots out protesting, and acting like children when their leadership act like stupid, dumb, fools who have no grasp on what is happening in the world
You run your mouth, I'll run the country.
Pill our troops and cut NATO spending to 2%
Schumer and Pelosi are embarrassments, along with the entire democrat party.
We do indeed.
The last four people on this planet whose opinions I care about are Hillary, Obama, Schumer, and Pelosi.
Trying to take away business and make Western EUrope less reliant on Russia is cozying up to Putin/Russia, in what exact way?
“Nancy Pelosi (D-N.Y.) “ Please no! NY is bad enough especially with Schumer. We don’t need Pelosi!
The naked truth stinks those devoted to the untruth.
Wow! If you can embarrass people who know shame you are accomplishing something.
I think she said something to the effect in German: vereint in Freiheit, which loosely translates to united in freedom. I do agree...it’s a framed response and generally doesn’t mean anything in a clear way.
And u.n. spending to....... Better idea. Invoice them for back rent.
Stating that Germany is reliant on Russia whilst we have NATO is somewhat being cozy with Russia.
The Dem party has completely lost all reality.
How can one respond to such rank stupidity!! They have taken to the air waves.. and made fools of themselves... daily.. and they honestly don’t know how they look with their mouths saying really dunb things?
Obama going on national TV apologizing for our great country... he tried his best to downgrade us.. and the left think that was smart? Getting straight that the US is not paying for everything in the world... is dumb? Tax dollars going to other countries who are too lazy to take care of their own security... that’s smart?
Beam me up to sanity, please!
Inbelievable!!
Trump is getting obama’s mess cleaned up and they can’t tell the difference between success and failure?!
Trump is right, again.
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