Merkel Has Harvard Cheering Attack on Trump's Politics of Deceit

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24. Merkel has a knack for sticking knives in without the recipient ever realizing it

This was another brilliant example. Here in Germany, she gets criticized for that very skill. Much of the press here is frustrated by her quiet competence, along with her willingness to admit imperfection. The arrogant, the incompetent and the corrupt will be glad to see her go (she has said this will be her last term). The rest of us will mourn the end of her era. Instead of being bound by the limits of her party, she rose above it to truly be her country's leader. She scares the lesser-minded, and she didn't have to specify the name of the person she meant in her address.