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Thanks to Trump, Germany says it can’t rely on the United States. What does that mean?
Washington Post ^ | May 28, 2017 | Henry Farrell

Posted on 05/28/2017 12:25:53 PM PDT by lowbridge

German Chancellor Angela Merkel told a crowd Sunday in southern Germany that Europe can no longer rely on foreign partners.

Merkel on Sunday declared a new chapter in U.S.-European relations after contentious meetings with President Trump last week, saying that Europe “really must take our fate into our own hands.”

Offering a tough review in the wake of Trump’s trip to visit E.U., NATO and Group of Seven leaders last week, Merkel told a packed Bavarian beer hall rally that the days when Europe could rely on others was “over to a certain extent. This is what I have experienced in the last few days.”

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Now, Merkel is suggesting that the Americans aren’t really in, and, by extension, Germany and Europe are likely to take on a much more substantial and independent role than they have in the past 70 years.

This is thanks to Trump

Merkel’s comment about what she has experienced in the past few days is a clear reference to President Trump’s disastrous European tour. Her belief that the United States is no longer a reliable partner is a direct result of Trump’s words and actions. The keystone of NATO is Article 5, which has typically been read as a commitment that in the event that one member of the alliance is attacked, all other members will come to its aid.

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However, Trump did not express his commitment to Article 5 in his speech to NATO, instead lambasting other NATO members for not spending enough money on their militaries. When Trump went on to the Group of Seven meeting in Italy, he declined to recommit to the Paris agreement on climate change, leaving the other six nations to issue a separate statement.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Germany; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: divorce; germany; trumpamericanswin; trumpwinsagain; trunp
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1 posted on 05/28/2017 12:25:54 PM PDT by lowbridge
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To: lowbridge

Tough love.


2 posted on 05/28/2017 12:28:21 PM PDT by llevrok (A group of baboons is called a "congress." Just sayin' .....)
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To: lowbridge

Can’t rely on us to pay your NATO bills, that’s for sure.


3 posted on 05/28/2017 12:28:30 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: lowbridge

[What does that mean?]

The AMERICA CASH COW has run dry.


4 posted on 05/28/2017 12:28:34 PM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12)
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To: lowbridge

They can’t pay the NATO bill.


5 posted on 05/28/2017 12:28:56 PM PDT by gundog (Hail to the Chief, bitches.)
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To: lowbridge

No more globalist agenda supported by the US.

NATO back dues due.

Climate scam not supported.


6 posted on 05/28/2017 12:29:21 PM PDT by Eddie01
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To: lowbridge

Who spied on Merkel again?


7 posted on 05/28/2017 12:29:25 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: lowbridge

By not building up their own military and by importing a Muslim military I would say they had indeed taken their fate in their own hands.


8 posted on 05/28/2017 12:29:54 PM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: lowbridge

They’re one united Europe now. They don’t need us, right?


9 posted on 05/28/2017 12:30:04 PM PDT by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them.)
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To: lowbridge

That means that the Washington Post is fake news or making up the news, probably some low level Podunk German said that


10 posted on 05/28/2017 12:30:32 PM PDT by wild74
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To: lowbridge

Wannabe Global Overlord


11 posted on 05/28/2017 12:30:34 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: lowbridge

Well ya dumb commie globalist Germany has never been a reliable partner


12 posted on 05/28/2017 12:30:53 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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“Germany and Europe are likely to take on a much more substantial and independent role than they have in the past 70 years.

This is thanks to Trump”

I call that WINNING!


13 posted on 05/28/2017 12:30:59 PM PDT by JPJones (George Washington's Tariffs were Patriotic. Build a Wall and Build a Wall of tariffs.)
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To: lowbridge

“disastrous European tour”

Not in my book.


14 posted on 05/28/2017 12:31:02 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (I held my nose, voted for Trump, then took a shower. All to defeat evil.)
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To: lowbridge

Women take things personally and feelings get hurt.


15 posted on 05/28/2017 12:32:17 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: lowbridge

It means the socialist children in Europe are realizing that we AIN’T coming this time.


16 posted on 05/28/2017 12:32:50 PM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: lowbridge
...winning...
17 posted on 05/28/2017 12:32:56 PM PDT by cyberaxe (....Uuuummpphhhh.....)
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To: lowbridge
"Thanks to Trump, Germany says it can’t rely on the United States. What does that mean?"

Don't expect the US to sacrifice American lives to save you from the muzzies you let into your country. If we have to we'll just use nukes to clean out the infestation. It'll make Hamburg and Dresden look like a backyard barbecue.

18 posted on 05/28/2017 12:33:55 PM PDT by Carl Vehse
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“germany” didn’t say it, the old communist slag hag did.


19 posted on 05/28/2017 12:34:29 PM PDT by 867V309 (Lock Her Up)
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To: lowbridge
I don't see anywhere where she mentions the United States by name. I see references to Germany and Europe standing on their own (a good thing), and she refers to "allies," but I don't see where she singles out the United States or blames Trump for anything.

Then again, she doesn't have to. The anti-Trump media (but I repeat myself) are all too willing to do that for her.

20 posted on 05/28/2017 12:35:17 PM PDT by IronJack
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