Brian W Lawrence <
brian_w_...@msn.com> Wrote in message:
> On 30/05/2017 13:21, Pelle Svanslös wrote:
>
>> Fresh off his first international trip as president, one in which he
>> spent time at two meetings with German Chancellor Angela Merkel,
>> President Donald Trump wrote on Twitter Tuesday that the U.S.
>> relationship with Germany is ?very bad for U.S.? and ?will change.?
>>
>> Both Trump and Merkel took part in meetings of NATO and G7 leaders held
>> last week in Brussels and Sicily, respectively. While in Brussels, Trump
>> reportedly told European Union leaders that ?the Germans are bad, very
>> bad,? a comment that forced Gary Cohn, the director of the national
>> economic council to explain that the president was unhappy only with the
>> U.S-Germany trade relationship, not the longtime American ally itself.
>>
>> Tuesday morning, Trump once again went after Germany in a post to
>> Twitter that appeared online before 7 a.m.
>>
>> ?We have a MASSIVE trade deficit with Germany, plus they pay FAR LESS
>> than they should on NATO & military. Very bad for U.S. This will
>> change,? he wrote, echoing a point he made in an address at NATO?s
>> headquarters where he called on members of the trans-Atlantic treaty to
>> spend more on defense.
>>
>>
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/30/trump-germany-relationship-tweet-238930
>>
>>
>> Looks like The Tourist had a bad holiday in Europe. He did seem kind of
>> grumpy.
>
> I read somewhere, probably from a WH leak, that when Angela Merkel
> visited the WH, the President asked her 10 times about the trade
> deficit, and each time she replied that Germany doesn't negotiate trade
> deals with anyone, you have to deal with the EU instead. It was claimed
> that after 10 times getting the same answer he finally understood! Now
> he seems to have forgotten again.
Do you think billionaire Trump is dumb, that he doesn't recognize
what's going on?
EU negotiates trade deals, with EU as a whole having e.g. balanced
exchange, but with Germany having huge surplus and other EU
countries getting big dick?
Otoh on other occasions, when they find it convenient, they'll act
as Germany, not EU.
Trump sees through that bullshit.
I don't blame the Germans, they want to dominate and rip everyone
off. That's what you do in economy, sports etc. Federer wants to
win 19th slam even though he has won lot of those already. That's
ok.
However, it's kinda annoying when they start saying how e.g. Nadal
or Djokovic or any other player is a bad person because he wants
to win it too, or like those situation where fedfans feel
offended with the other guy putting up a resistance.
That's freakish.
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