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German foreign minister criticizes Trump's 'America first' foreign policy
Yahoo News ^ | 04/28/2016 | Reuters via Yahoo

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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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Germany
KEYWORDS: berlin; steinmeier; thelionsden; trump
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To: Rusty0604

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.


21 posted on 04/28/2016 10:46:35 AM PDT by Robert DeLong (u)
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To: Rusty0604

Imagine in 1946 someone telling you that the German FM would criticize a U.S. Presidential candidate for saying “America First”.

Woulda been laughable.


22 posted on 04/28/2016 10:46:59 AM PDT by Regulator
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To: Rusty0604

Trump’s policy is parallel to Obama’s.

Trump’s is “Prosperity - for America first.”
Obama’s is “Destruction - for America first.”


23 posted on 04/28/2016 10:47:11 AM PDT by Pollster1 (Somebody who agrees with me 80% of the time is a friend and ally, not a 20% traitor. - Ronald Reagan)
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To: Rusty0604

Germany and most of the rest of Europe has a “sharia first” foreign policy.


24 posted on 04/28/2016 10:47:23 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Rusty0604
Hey, germany. Didn't getting your a** kicked TWICE last century teach you anything? STFU.
25 posted on 04/28/2016 10:47:25 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?.)
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To: Rusty0604

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.-


26 posted on 04/28/2016 10:48:47 AM PDT by BradtotheBone (Record number of people on welfare. That's the State of the Union under Obama.)
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To: dp0622

Yep. Their misery craves company.


27 posted on 04/28/2016 10:48:56 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Rusty0604

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.


28 posted on 04/28/2016 10:49:23 AM PDT by DesertRhino ("I want those feeble minded asses overthrown,,,)
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To: Rusty0604
"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.

But it should be unilaterally paid for?

29 posted on 04/28/2016 10:49:30 AM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: Rusty0604

Trump is two for two so far.

It’s time we stopped footing Germany’s welfare.


30 posted on 04/28/2016 10:49:43 AM PDT by Yashcheritsiy (You can't have a constitution without a country to go with it)
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To: Rusty0604

"How are we going to be able to afford our 'Womb to the Tomb' socialist policies if you're not going to pay for our defenses?"


31 posted on 04/28/2016 10:50:07 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Donald Trump, warts and all, is not a public enemy. The Golems in the GOP are stasis and apathy)
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To: JBW1949

Yes!..Isn’t it great when haughty liberal bias works against them?


32 posted on 04/28/2016 10:50:25 AM PDT by gr8eman (Don't waste your energy trying to understand commies. Use it to defeat them!)
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To: Rusty0604

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.


33 posted on 04/28/2016 10:50:38 AM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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To: Rusty0604

My family has nearly ALWAYS put the United States of America First.
The only exception was a brief few years in the early 1860s.


34 posted on 04/28/2016 10:50:39 AM PDT by BuffaloJack (The reason for Gun Control has always been Government's Fear of Rebellion.)
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To: Rusty0604

So did Hitler, thank you, good bye


35 posted on 04/28/2016 10:52:36 AM PDT by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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To: Rusty0604

America, America über alles,
Über alles in der Welt,


36 posted on 04/28/2016 10:54:34 AM PDT by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Robert Heinlein)
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To: Rusty0604

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.


37 posted on 04/28/2016 10:54:54 AM PDT by The Toll
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To: Rusty0604

Leck mich im Arsch


38 posted on 04/28/2016 10:55:19 AM PDT by Gamecock ( Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul...Matthew 10:28)
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To: Rusty0604

Germans issuing foreign policy advice is comparable to a Clinton issuing ethics advice - historically not a reputable source.


39 posted on 04/28/2016 10:55:33 AM PDT by headsonpikes (Mass murder and cannibalism are the twin sacraments of socialism - "Who-whom?"-Lenin)
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To: Rusty0604

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.


40 posted on 04/28/2016 10:56:18 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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