NEWSWEEK: U.S. Will Never Be the Same After Trump, Germany Says

[BigBearJohn]

Germany’s top diplomat has told foreign policy experts that his country’s relationship with the U.S. has suffered irreparable damage under the administration of President Donald Trump, whom he accused of leading Europe on the path toward nuclear war.

Addressing the Berlin Foreign Policy Forum, German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel warned Tuesday that the West risked losing its influence over world affairs if it continued to follow the U.S.’s lead. Gabriel, who also served as Chancellor Angela Merkel’s second-in-command, criticized Trump’s “America first” vision of international relations and announced that Germany would pursue its own agenda and no longer operate under the shadow of its ally in the White House.

“The U.S. no longer sees the world as a global community but as a fighting arena where everyone has to seek their own advantage,” Gabriel said, according to Deutsche Welle.

“Germany can no longer simply react to U.S. policy but must establish its own position…even after Trump leaves the White House, relations with the U.S. will never be the same.”

http://www.newsweek.com/us-will-never-be-same-after-trump-germany-says-735881

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HOW UTTERLY PATHETIC!!!!

Can we do nothing more than sit by and watch this moron destroy our country?????

[Angry Dragon]

1. The US, under Trump, is turning into Nazi Germany...........very sad

[Kablooie]

2. Easy to see how Hitler gained control now,

He pandered to the large population of ignorant, easily persuaded people, while demeaning those who saw what he was doing.
Just like now.

[defacto7]

5. And that's history.

[defacto7]

3. Neither will Germany.

Or the rest of Europe. Or the Middle East. Or Asia.

[MFM008]

4. Most of us knew

It would be just how it's going.

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

6. It is early still, but I don't think Trump will do a fraction of the damage Bush-Cheney did

Racially charged populism and nationalism is a force that could make the United States unrecognizable over a generation, but Trump alone on the international stage is just an embarrassment that will pass.

[flor-de-jasmim]

7. Tax plans, national parks & other resources, institutionalized hatred n bigotry etc

Much worse for the average American under Trump. All that affects the world stage in a myriad of ways. The dismantling of the State Dept is just the beginning.

[KT2000]

8. this man gets it

trump's abusive father spawned a man who only knows how to create chaos. He thinks he wins when everyone else is spinning around him. He has turned this onto the world and the rest of the world is smart enough to unhook. Where does that leave us.

[malaise]

9. He's right

The Con has made things decidedly worse - he knows nothing about anything but thinks he's an expert at everything. He's a despicable, detestable creep.

[get the red out]

10. Absolutely correct

Trump is using US influence to destabilize the world, it has to be curtailed somehow.

[Egnever]

11. Ugh

Thanks Obama

[Lil Missy]

12. Trump is breaking things so fast I say to myself every single day - OMG, what did he do THIS time.

It exasperating.

[Scarsdale]

13. tRump along with the gop

have shown how an ignorant person put in the WH can destroy an entire country. The repubs. do not care how much damage he does to the country, as long as their owners get a tax cut. I wonder why they seem so unconcerned about their own elections? Do they know something the rest of us do not? WILL there be elections? I do not trust anyone with an (R) behind their name. Amazing how low tRump has dragged this country in a few short months. The total destruction can not be too far behind, can it?

[democratisphere]

14. drumpf damage is already done.

[BigDemVoter]

15. Too late.

He's fucked everything, and we won't ever recover our reputation.