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pnwmom

(108,959 posts)
Thu May 25, 2017, 08:47 PM May 2017

"The Germans are evil, very evil," Trump said, in his NATO meeting,

according to Spiegel.

http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/05/donald-trump-germany-evil

Trump . . . apparently decided to air his grievances over Germany's trade surplus with the U.S. “The Germans are evil, very evil,” Trump reportedly complained in the meeting, attendees told German newspaper Der Spiegel. “Look at the millions of cars they sell in the U.S. We’ll stop that.” Der Spiegel reported that E.U. Commission leader Jean-Claude Juncker disagreed with Trump, defending the merits of free trade for the global economy. New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman notes that depending on the translation, Trump may have been calling the Germans merely “very bad” and not “very evil."

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"The Germans are evil, very evil," Trump said, in his NATO meeting, (Original Post) pnwmom May 2017 OP
Manchester Bomber, Loser. Germans, Evil leftstreet May 2017 #1
seriously uppityperson May 2017 #2
Private school vocabulary benld74 May 2017 #3
Whatever.. it's the stupid rigged asshole of the Cha May 2017 #4
OP title is incorrect - happened in a meeting, not in his speech nt msongs May 2017 #5
Waiting for a more seasoned source BootinUp May 2017 #6
Wait until the right get hold of this ProudLib72 May 2017 #7
The world looks at this creature, and they think he represents us. CaliforniaPeggy May 2017 #8
He makes me want to go out and buy a German car! LOL. Ilsa May 2017 #9
Time to go buy a Volkswagen Passat! Initech May 2017 #10

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
7. Wait until the right get hold of this
Thu May 25, 2017, 09:32 PM
May 2017

They will be reminding us of the "Ich ben ein Berliner" faux pas.

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,528 posts)
8. The world looks at this creature, and they think he represents us.
Thu May 25, 2017, 09:38 PM
May 2017

Well, some do, anyway.

It makes me sick to see him mouthing off so carelessly. He is an ignorant fool, flapping away about things he knows nothing about.

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