Posted on 02/20/2025 7:57:16 AM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
“Honestly, I think it’s an inspiring message,” Döpfner stated in an interview with the Financial Times. “You don’t have to take everything literally, but you should try to take it seriously.” He criticised the European response as “whiny,” cautioning that such reactions could undermine the transatlantic alliance. “We need a transatlantic security alliance and a transatlantic trade relationship,” he added.
Döpfner also addressed recent remarks by U.S. President Donald Trump, who labeled Politico—a publication owned by Axel Springer—as a “leftwing rag” and claimed it had received $8 million in funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development. Döpfner dismissed these allegations as a “misunderstanding,” clarifying that the funds in question were standard subscriptions, not subsidies. He expressed hope for a resolution, stating, “I hope that it will be clarified.”
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Really? $37,000 per subscription?
Hey Mathias Döpfner — I wouldn’t count on those sweet, sweet US AID “subscriptions” being restored if I were you.
The Trump administration is boot-stomping the federal bureaucracy into submission as well as totally refocusing American foreign policy so you had better take it seriously Polutico.
Someone said in Trump 1.0: “Never take Trump literally but always take him seriously”. Evidently Politico liked that turn of phrase.
Canadians have also been pretty “whiny” lately.
Looks like Vance is lucky to be US citizen.
If he was a German, he would be in jail now!
Subscriptions for who? Advertisers buy based on 'eyes seeing ads'... and if the 'subscriptions' were only for a few people - or for NPC's the advertisers have a right to know.
So far, VANCE is the GREATEST VP ever!
“clarifying that the funds in question were standard subscriptions, not subsidies.”
That’s how it was laundered. Buying expensive “subscriptions”.
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