Posted on 04/03/2020 11:26:11 PM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
Germany accuses the US of 'modern day piracy' for seizing a shipment of medical equipment - as French officials claim they were forced to fight with American buyers for millions of masks on a Chinese tarmac
The United States allegedly 'confiscated' 200,000 3M masks that Germany had ordered for their medical workers
Berlin officials blasted the US, with one claiming President Trump is showing 'a lack of solidarity' with other countries caught up in the coronavirus pandemic
It comes after two French officials alleged that they were outbid by Americans on millions of medical masks in China; the US has denied that allegation
Trump has been desperately trying to secure medical equipment for American healthcare workers as COVID-19 cases surpassed 250,000 in the US
However, Germany and France have also been hit hard by the outbreak, with tens of thousands of their citizens also sickened by the contagious virus
The United States has angered Germany and France after allegedly seizing millions of masks set to be shipped to the European nations amid the coronavirus crisis.
On Friday, German officials hit out at America for 'intercepting' 200,000 masks they had ordered from a 3M factory in China.
As 3M is an American-owned company, the US was able to 'confiscate' the shipment of special FFP2 and FFP3 masks which were on their way to healthcare workers battling the COVID-19 outbreak in Berlin.
'We consider that an act of modern piracy,' Berlin's interior minister Andreas Geisel blasted.
'You don't treat your transatlantic partners like that,' he is further quoted as saying in The Financial Times.
Geisel called on Germany's government to 'press the US to stick to international rules', while Berlin's mayor accused President Trump of 'lacking solidarity' following the seizure of the shipment.
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Germany is an evil country filled with horrible people. With any luck they will all die.
Fake news:
Update according to German news:
The respirators ordered by the Berlin police have not been secured by the United States, but simply bought at a better price - by whom exactly is still unclear. A spokeswoman for the police said on Saturday on request. The authority is correcting the information provided by Interior Senator Andreas Geisel (SPD).
This Global community crap is nauseating.
They gave me my American hating booger picking neighbor who says Hitler was a good man?
France seized several tractor trailors of medical equipment headed for the UK.
Newsflash! Every country is seizing any useful medical equipment they can get their hands on. For example China seized some produced by American companies in China which had contracts to supply that equipment to America.
Spare me the whining when this is exactly what everybody - including they themselves - is doing.
I think you have a basic misunderstanding of what fake news is. The Germans may have been mistaken about what actually happened but they definitely accused the USA of stealing their respirators. Even the article you posted says as much.
This is not “Germany” accusing the US...just two inconsequential Berlin city politicos.
Yo Ho, Yo Ho. Trump has signed “letters of marque” to pillage and loot to Keep America Safe Again.
Arrgh, me hearties, take the globalists ships and illegal hoarders good. Them that die...er...escape will be the lucky ones.
It’s useful to remember that the real enemy is the CCP, not European countries. I’m sure that Chinese leadership would be delighted to know that the Europeans and the American are fighting over scraps provided by them.
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