Posted on 05/30/2019 11:23:47 PM PDT by Olog-hai
German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivered a commencement speech to Harvard graduates on Thursday after being greeted with rousing applause when introduced as “one of the most respected and influential leaders of the postwar era.”
Addressing students at the Ivy League school’s 368th commencement ceremony, Merkel began in English, yet quickly switched to German.
Merkel, speaking through a translator, touched on a number of topics throughout the speech — beginning with her own upbringing in East Germany under the shadow of the Berlin Wall. The idea of the wall was one that she would return to throughout the speech.
She would go on to speak of the “walls in peoples minds, walls of ignorance and narrow-mindedness,” at one point calling on students to, “Tear down walls of ignorance and narrow-mindedness for nothing has to stay as it is.” […]
In clear reference to current US policy under President Trump, she said, “protectionism threatens the foundations of our prosperity.” Instead, Merkel laid out a different path, one that is, “Multilateral rather than unilateral, global rather than national, outward looking rather than isolationist. In short, we have to work together rather than alone.” …
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That’s funny...it always is.
Harvard University has become as big a joke as Angela Merkel has.
I am becoming ever more convinced that Merkel the Mad is Honecker’s Revenge.
Tear Down these Walls, EVERYONE should be allowed to Attend Harvard, regardless of their qualifications.
Tell me about it.
My half-black niece was admitted to harvard, imagine that...
She is a loved, treasured part of our family.
Anyways none of us including her lifelong cherished aunt has heard from her in over 2 years now because we all voted TRUMP over the wonderfully benevolent hillary.
She just graduated, big surprise... and just got a job offer in Manhattan starting at 120K/yr.
Looks like no graduation party for us this year.
woohoo...
You can take the girl out of East Germany but you can’t take the ............
Funny how most of the world speaks English, especially Europe, yet she doesn’t...but she speaks perfect Russian.
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