He's Back: Trump Lashes Out at Germany, 'Fake News' Media
President says trade deficit with Berlin 'will change,' but offers no plan
May 30, 2017 8:01 AM
John T. Bennett
President Donald Trump on Tuesday blasted Germany for its trade practices and what he views as its shortchanging of other NATO members, further weakening a partnership widely viewed as key to global stability.
The chief executive started his first full work day since arriving back in the U.S. Saturday night from his first foreign trip by firing off tweets that criticized Germany and the “fake news” media over its continuing coverage of a mounting scandal centered on possible ties between Russia and Trump’s presidential campaign and transition teams.
Trump used his first morning tweet to lash out at the European powerhouse, noting the United States has “a MASSIVE trade deficit with Germany” and griping that the Germans “pay FAR LESS than they should on NATO & military.”
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The U.S. president labeled both things “very bad for U.S.”
“This will change,” he added, though he provided no details on how his administration would force Berlin to pay more to the Western military alliance or shrink what the U.S. Census Bureau says was a $64.8 billion trade deficit with Germany in 2016 (down from $74.8 billion in 2015).
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After a series of private meetings with Trump and other Western leaders last week during separate NATO and G7 summits, German Chancellor Angela Merkel told her countrymen during a campaign rally on Sunday that Europe “really must take our fate into our own hands.”
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Ooh, play "Fake News Media", I love that song! 
