Posted on 04/28/2016 10:36:09 AM PDT by Rusty0604
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Thursday criticized U.S. Republican front-runner Donald Trump for a speech in which he said it would be "America first" if he were elected president.
Trump said on Wednesday that if elected, his foreign policy would leave European and Asian allies of the U.S. fending for themselves if they did not pay more for U.S. defense measures.
"I can only hope that the election campaign in the USA does not lack the perception of reality," Steinmeier said.
"The world's security architecture has changed and it is no longer based on two pillars alone. It cannot be conducted unilaterally," he said, referring to Trump's "America first" message.
Steinmeier said international conflicts could only be solved nowadays if heavyweights like the United States and Russia and others joined forces.
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Who cares what Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has to say. Germans may be working up the courage to elect a “Germany First” leader to replace the traitorous leader they have now, and then this Frank-Walter Steinmeier will be forgotten history.
Imagine in 1946 someone telling you that the German FM would criticize a U.S. Presidential candidate for saying “America First”.
Woulda been laughable.
Trump’s policy is parallel to Obama’s.
Trump’s is “Prosperity - for America first.”
Obama’s is “Destruction - for America first.”
Germany and most of the rest of Europe has a “sharia first” foreign policy.
I predict that the closer we get to election day, the more you will hear whining from foreign governments over Trumps vision. Hillary will, of course try to capitalize on this by scaring the public on potential outcomes from Trump’s policies (ie throwing our allies under the bus for Russia to gobble up). Trump better be ready for the onslaught.-
Yep. Their misery craves company.
The kraut essentially said that American foreign policy shouldn’t put America first. I simply disagree. And if a problem exists that can only be solved through American power even though it is not truly an American interest, then the people it effects need to get off their dead asses and get busy.
Don’t know what else to tell ya.
But it should be unilaterally paid for?
Trump is two for two so far.
It’s time we stopped footing Germany’s welfare.
Yes!..Isn’t it great when haughty liberal bias works against them?
Germany is very close to losing their own culture due to the influx of muslins. By design, apparently, thanks to Angela Merkel.
I don’t think they have time to worry about anybody else right now.
My family has nearly ALWAYS put the United States of America First.
The only exception was a brief few years in the early 1860s.
So did Hitler, thank you, good bye
America, America über alles,
Über alles in der Welt,
Well besides Obama and other American Social Justice Warrior asshats, the Euroweenies are the only people that fell for all that retarded WE ARE THE WORLD horsesh*t in the first place! Now they desperately need the game to play on before their heads are removed.
Leck mich im Arsch
Germans issuing foreign policy advice is comparable to a Clinton issuing ethics advice - historically not a reputable source.
Your women get raped by animals in the streets! Then you prosecute the people who try to keep their country and women safe! Eff You Germany, forgive me if I don’t follow your advice.
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