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ICYMI. I had no idea who he was until a few days ago.
German politicians call on US to withdraw ambassador
Richard Grenell under fire for saying hell seek to empower anti-establishment parties across Europe.
https://www.politico.eu/article/richard-grenell-trump-germany-us-ambassador-recall/
By Benas Gerdziunas Updated 6/5/18, 4:56 PM CET
German politicians are calling for U.S. Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell to be recalled, following a controversial interview in which the diplomat claims he is seeking to boost anti-establishment parties across Europe.
"What this man is doing is unprecedented in international diplomacy," former Social Democrat leader Martin Schulz told German daily Tagesschau on Tuesday.
"If a German ambassador in Washington said, 'I'm here to strengthen the Democratic Party,' he would be thrown out immediately," he added.
Schulz accused Grenell of acting as a representative of a political movement instead of maintaining a neutral stance toward his host country, and on Monday described him as a "far-right colonial official."
In an interview published late Sunday, Grenell told far-right news site Breitbart he "absolutely wants to empower other conservatives throughout Europe" and encourage people to rise up against "elites.".........................................
From the article above:
https://www.politico.eu/article/richard-grenell-trump-germany-us-ambassador-recall/
U.S. Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell, left, and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier | Odd Andersen/AFP via Getty
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Germany has its own Far Right problems (then Trump sends him Grenell. damn)
Extreme-right killings leave Merkel coalition searching for answers
Germanys political class is struggling to articulate a response to the events in Hanau and elsewhere.
By Matthew Karnitschnig Updated 2/21/20, 6:31 PM CET
BERLIN The murderous rampage by a suspected right-wing extremist near Frankfurt is forcing German leaders to confront an uncomfortable question: Why does it keep happening?
The killing of nine people, almost all of Turkish descent, in two bars in the small city of Hanau, is the latest in a series of murderous attacks in recent months that have renewed fears of a resurgent right-wing subculture in Germany with the wherewithal and will to act.
In October, an alleged right-wing extremist tried to storm a synagogue in the eastern city of Halle, where about 50 Jews were celebrating Yom Kippur. A locked door saved them, but the attacker killed two other people before being arrested.
In June, Walter Lübcke, a local official with Angela Merkels Christian Democrats, who was a champion of refugee rights, was gunned down at his home. A suspected neo-Nazi has been charged in the case...........................................
Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel | Aris Oikonomou/AFP via Getty Images
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(4,897 posts)persona non-grata. This includes the head of that mission, the Ambassador.