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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Tough love.
Can’t rely on us to pay your NATO bills, that’s for sure.
[What does that mean?]
The AMERICA CASH COW has run dry.
They can’t pay the NATO bill.
No more globalist agenda supported by the US.
NATO back dues due.
Climate scam not supported.
Who spied on Merkel again?
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.
They’re one united Europe now. They don’t need us, right?
That means that the Washington Post is fake news or making up the news, probably some low level Podunk German said that
Wannabe Global Overlord
Well ya dumb commie globalist Germany has never been a reliable partner
“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!
“disastrous European tour”
Not in my book.
Women take things personally and feelings get hurt.
It means the socialist children in Europe are realizing that we AIN’T coming this time.
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.
“germany” didn’t say it, the old communist slag hag did.
Then again, she doesn't have to. The anti-Trump media (but I repeat myself) are all too willing to do that for her.
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