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Germany: We can no longer fully rely on U.S. White House

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From Reuters

Germany: We can no longer fully rely on U.S. White House

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany’s foreign minister said on Monday Europe could not rely on Donald Trump and needed to close ranks after the U.S. president called the European Union a “foe” with regard to trade.

COMMENT:-

The "foes" of the United States of America now include all of Europe (except, possibly, the UK), Russia, China, Canada, and Mexico.

The combined GDP of those "foes" is around US$36,101.457Bn. The GDP of the US is around US$20,412.870Bn.

EXAM QUESTION - "Which of [a] the USA, or the "foes of" the USA has the larger economy?"
 
From Reuters

Germany: We can no longer fully rely on U.S. White House

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany’s foreign minister said on Monday Europe could not rely on Donald Trump and needed to close ranks after the U.S. president called the European Union a “foe” with regard to trade.

COMMENT:-

The "foes" of the United States of America now include all of Europe (except, possibly, the UK), Russia, China, Canada, and Mexico.

The combined GDP of those "foes" is around US$36,101.457Bn. The GDP of the US is around US$20,412.870Bn.

EXAM QUESTION - "Which of [a] the USA, or the "foes of" the USA has the larger economy?"


Clearly Germany is very forgiving if it took this long to have this opinion: https://www.cnn.com/2015/07/03/politics/germany-media-spying-obama-administration/index.html.
 
From Reuters

Germany: We can no longer fully rely on U.S. White House

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany’s foreign minister said on Monday Europe could not rely on Donald Trump and needed to close ranks after the U.S. president called the European Union a “foe” with regard to trade.

COMMENT:-

The "foes" of the United States of America now include all of Europe (except, possibly, the UK), Russia, China, Canada, and Mexico.

The combined GDP of those "foes" is around US$36,101.457Bn. The GDP of the US is around US$20,412.870Bn.

EXAM QUESTION - "Which of [a] the USA, or the "foes of" the USA has the larger economy?"



Trump supporters do NOT understand this one thing:
Trump over the decades has made a business of making enemies, all while aligning himself with questionable individuals.

Trump still has the same MO but now Trump is POTUS and is doing the above on an international level as potentially the most influential person alive.

I really do not understand why Trump supporters are OK with alienating our allies & aligning our nation with adversaries.

You people are getting what you asked for but this **** is gonna go south on US one day; mark my words.

Be careful what you ask for because every single one of Trump's supporters asked for this craziness ........
 
Trump supporters do NOT understand this one thing:
Trump over the decades has made a business of making enemies, all while aligning himself with questionable individuals.

Trump still has the same MO but now Trump is POTUS and is doing the above on an international level as potentially the most influential person alive.

I really do not understand why Trump supporters are OK with alienating our allies & aligning our nation with adversaries.

You people are getting what you asked for but this **** is gonna go south on US one day; mark my words.

Be careful what you ask for because every single one of Trump's supporters asked for this craziness ........

Mr. Trump's track record indicates that he simply doesn't give a damn about what happens to any enterprise that he has been involved in once he has made his "personal profit" and moved on. It also indicates that, even if he knew that he were to "take his personal profit out and leave" that would cause the enterprise to crash and burn, he would still "take his personal profit out and leave".

Absent the completely unlikely amending of the Constitution of the United States of America to allow Mr. Trump to hold more the office of President of the United States of America for more than two terms, Mr. Trump will "take his personal profit out and leave" no later than 2024 (although a man who was as much a stable genius as Mr. Trump would be making provisions to ensure that he could "take his personal profit out and leave" in 2020 - just in case).
 
Time to call in all the loans Deutsch Bank.....

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Not even Americans can fully rely on the US White House. Our former allies should take note.
 
Not even Americans can fully rely on the US White House. Our former allies should take note.

Americans have always been, and can still, "fully rely on the US White House".

When Mr. Kennedy was the President, Americans could fully rely on Mr. Kennedy acting the same way that Mr. Kennedy had always acted.

When Mr. Johnson was the President, Americans could fully rely on Mr. Johnson acting the same way that Mr. Johnson had always acted.

When Mr. Nixon was the President, Americans could fully rely on Mr. Nixon acting the same way that Mr. Nixon had always acted.

When Mr. Ford was the President, Americans could fully rely on Mr. Ford acting the same way that Mr. Nixon had always acted.

When Mr. Carter was the President, Americans could fully rely on Mr. Carter acting the same way that Mr. Carter had always acted.

When Mr. __[fill in the blank]__ was the President, Americans could fully rely on Mr. __[fill in the blank]__ acting the same way that Mr. __[fill in the blank]__ had always acted.

Now that Mr. Trump is the President, Americans could fully rely on Mr. Trump acting the same way that Mr. Trump has always acted.
 
Quite different.

Things are changing right down to the operational level. This is not good.

I assume what you wrote makes sense to you. Me, not so much.
 
How can anyone trust Germany, the country that produced Adolf Hitler?
Germany wants protection from Russia yet they get a massive amount of oil from them.

They can kick rocks.
 
I’m just stunned by what was said today. WTF is happening America?
 
From Reuters

Germany: We can no longer fully rely on U.S. White House

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany’s foreign minister said on Monday Europe could not rely on Donald Trump and needed to close ranks after the U.S. president called the European Union a “foe” with regard to trade.

COMMENT:-

The "foes" of the United States of America now include all of Europe (except, possibly, the UK), Russia, China, Canada, and Mexico.

The combined GDP of those "foes" is around US$36,101.457Bn. The GDP of the US is around US$20,412.870Bn.

EXAM QUESTION - "Which of [a] the USA, or the "foes of" the USA has the larger economy?"


ever since Snowden opened my eyes to how America regards Europe and it's people you have the NSA in conjunction with Echelon, GCHQ spy on EU citizens, governments and business (to help their own businesses and steal tech from EU companies and they talk about the Chinese and their theft of US tech rank hypocrisy) upload malware to power grids to crash them if the US decides to do so .... no these are not the actions of a friend or a foe those are the actions of a enemy and it's lap dog in London ... all this was under the great saint Obama's watch

and it seems i'm not alone Europe is finally awakening and realising America is no friend or Ally of Europe

How can anyone trust Germany, the country that produced Adolf Hitler?
Germany wants protection from Russia yet they get a massive amount of oil from them.

They can kick rocks.

Hitler was Austrian .... i blame the US schools
 
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From Reuters

Germany: We can no longer fully rely on U.S. White House

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany’s foreign minister said on Monday Europe could not rely on Donald Trump and needed to close ranks after the U.S. president called the European Union a “foe” with regard to trade.

COMMENT:-

The "foes" of the United States of America now include all of Europe (except, possibly, the UK), Russia, China, Canada, and Mexico.

The combined GDP of those "foes" is around US$36,101.457Bn. The GDP of the US is around US$20,412.870Bn.

EXAM QUESTION - "Which of [a] the USA, or the "foes of" the USA has the larger economy?"


Remember when Republicans were crying crocodile tears with the lie about how Obama was alienating our allies?
 
I’m just stunned by what was said today. WTF is happening America?

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I’m just stunned by what was said today. WTF is happening America?

Robber Barron got in charge. This is what happens when conmen lead a nation.
 
Germany wants protection from Russia yet they get a massive amount of oil from them.

9% isn't massive.

Germany has been playing nice, a lot nicer than we have, for longer than you've been alive.
 
From Reuters

Germany: We can no longer fully rely on U.S. White House

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany’s foreign minister said on Monday Europe could not rely on Donald Trump and needed to close ranks after the U.S. president called the European Union a “foe” with regard to trade.

COMMENT:-

The "foes" of the United States of America now include all of Europe (except, possibly, the UK), Russia, China, Canada, and Mexico.

The combined GDP of those "foes" is around US$36,101.457Bn. The GDP of the US is around US$20,412.870Bn.

EXAM QUESTION - "Which of [a] the USA, or the "foes of" the USA has the larger economy?"


... you are a bit behind the times, Russia is no longer "foe"; they are a competitor.
 
How can anyone trust Germany, the country that produced Adolf Hitler?

Interesting point. Wrong (Adolf Hitler was NOT "German"), but "interesting".

On the other hand, why would anyone trust Israel the country that produced the killers of Christ?

And, why would anyone trust Russia, the country that produced Josef Stalin?

And, why would anyone trust France, the country that produced Napoleon?

Germany wants protection from Russia yet they get a massive amount of oil from them.

Did you know that Russia spend around US$66.3Bn on defence (not all of which is dedicated to Europe)?


Of course you didn't.


Did you know that France (US$57.8Bn) and Germany (US$44.3Bn) spend (in combination) around US$102.1Bn on European defence?


Of course you didn't.


Did you know that US$102.1 in MORE than US$66.3?


Of course you didn't.


Did you know that the US spends (2018 budget request) around US$4.8Bn on European defence (through the European Deterrence Initiative)?


Of course you didn't.


Did you know that the amount that the US spends on European defence is approximately 4.70% of what France and Germany alone spend on European Defence?


Of course you didn't.


Did you know that the NON-US members of NATO spend (collectively) approximately US$265.2 on defence (at least 80% of which is committed to European defence so lets call it US$212.2Bn)?


Of course you didn't.


Did you know that the amount that the US spends for European defence is approximately 2.3% of what the other NATO members spend on European defence?


Of course you didn't.


Did you know that the increase in the amount that Canada (alone) is going to be spending on defence is actually MORE than the TOTAL amount that the US spends on European defence?


Of course you didn't.


They can kick rocks.

Considering that the amount that the US spends on European defence is statistically insignificant, the other NATO members just might tell Mr. Trump that they really don't care if he takes his bat and ball and goes home while they play soccer.
 
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