Angela Merkel, defense minister to fly to US on two planes

Deutsche Welle ^ | 09.22.2019 | mm/sms (AFP, dpa, Reuters)

[Olog-hai]

Two days after the German government announced a €54 billion ($61 billion) package of measures to tackle climate change, Chancellor Angela Merkel and Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer are to fly to the United States in two separate planes, the Bild am Sonntag newspaper reported on Sunday.

Two Luftwaffe aircraft will transport the two politicians almost simultaneously to the east coast of the US, the paper said.

Merkel is due in New York at the United Nations climate summit on Monday, where she is expected to confirm that Germany is committed to phasing out coal and will help to save the rainforests abroad. On Tuesday, she will participate in the UN General Assembly’s general debate, attended by world leaders.

Kramp-Karrenbauer, who has been tipped as Merkel’s possible successor, will meet her US counterpart, Mark Esper, in Washington and return to Germany on Monday. …

[stormhill]

Yeah; basically don’t talk the talk, walk the walk.
They’re trying to palm off on us standards they won’t apply to themselves.

[Jim W N]

Other plane out of picture.

Ride 'em Merkle.

[jmacusa]

Du hast recht! It’s always that with the Left. It’s not hypocrisy when we do it, as they think of it.

[Billthedrill]

Not that I think that CO₂ measurements are particularly revelatory, but if that's the measurement Mutti wants to use, we might compare the performance in terms of reduction between those who signed the Paris accords and the one who didn't.

Note: this chart good through June 2018

[Robert DeLong]

It probably requires two planes to tote around Angela. 8>)

[Brilliant]

What’s wrong with Skype?

[Oatka]

Two days after the German government announced a €54 billion ($61 billion) package of measures to tackle climate change, Chancellor Angela Merkel and Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer are to fly to the United States in two separate planes,

About par for the course:
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[bigbob]

Why? Is her broom in the shop?

[READINABLUESTATE]

Why? Is her broom in the shop?”

She couldn’t make the payments,got repoed.

[left that other site]

I know “Luftwaffe” merely means “Air Force” in German, but one would think that they would want to come up with a new name for that particular branch of their military.

Just my humble opinion. :-)

[arthurus]

That headline is the second major laugh of the day. It evoked a mental picture of the heavy Angela suspended between two Galaxies.

[pierrem15]

$61 billion for 'climate change' and very little more for defense.

Guess the defense minister is flying here to say, 'Thanks chumps!'

[BDParrish]

Please correct my loose translatiln: Don’t listen to what she says, but pay attention to what she does, and then you’ll know what she really believes.

[morphing libertarian]

nice if you can pull it off

[jmacusa]

In German ‘’waffen’’ means ‘’armed’’ as with weapons. “Waffe’’ means ‘’arm’’pretty much the same thing. It’s the German language.

[jmcenanly]

If you've ever seen the full picture, she's the only one who looks happy to be there. She enjoyed being a communist.