Germany Denounces The United States Under Trump's Leadership, Releases Historic Statement

[LongTomH]

Germany Denounces The United States Under Trump's Leadership, Releases Historic Statement

Germany’s top diplomat has just informed the United States that they no longer see the United States as the ally they once were, saying that leadership from President Donald Trump has led Europe on a path toward nuclear war.

German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel told the Berlin Foreign Policy Forum that Germany would start to go after its own agenda, whether the U.S. likes it or not because the West was losing influence around the world now that Trump is president.

“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.”

Germany: We no longer recognize the United States as a superpower

Since taking office, Trump has attacked Germany (one of the United State’s closest allies) over Iran and North Korea, has denounced their trade surplus with us (even though it was wildly inaccurate) and accused Germany and other allies in NATO of owing vast amounts of money to the United States. We didn’t even mention the withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord, which caused the United States to become the only major country on the planet to not be apart of the deal.

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“Germany cannot afford to wait for decisions from Washington, or to merely react to them. We must lay out our own position and make clear to our allies where the limits of our solidarity are reached,” Gabriel said in the speech, excerpts of which had been published by Sueddeutsche Zeitung ahead of time.

[Freethinker65]

1. MAGA

[DetlefK]

3. You forgot the exclamation-mark. Sad.

[hatrack]

6. Making Allied Germans Angry

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[Freethinker65]

15. Hahaha. Not really tho. We are doomed. I want out

[Towlie]

17. MASA!

Make America sane again.

[Freethinker65]

18. Hope so. Not overly optimistic tho

[Irish_Dem]

2. Some of this damage is going to be permanent I think. The US cannot recover from Bush and Trump. nt

[Sophia4]

4. This highlights the dangerous aspect of Trump's presidency.

He is inept and incapable when it comes to foreign policy. He has no patience for the subtlety and perseverance it requires.

What a fool Trump is.

This is really, really, really bad news. But who can blame Germany?

I sure can't.

[triron]

5. Sadly MSM (for the most part) will continue to normalize Trump.

[leftynyc]

22. That's going to put outlets like CNN

in a bind. They have a VERY large presence oversea for their International channel. I honestly can't think of one place I've been to outside the US that didn't carry CNN International.

[Lil Missy]

7. Something or someone needs to get that incompetent psychopath fucker out of office.

I knew he would start wars, and otherwise get people killed. Jesus Christ - when is someone going to act!

[triron]

8. kick for visibility

[bdamomma]

9. well done fucking Repigs

that is what we are now..................well done. Bannon and Putin....Mission accomplished moment.

[spanone]

10. K&R...

[RandomAccess]

11. Trump has done so much for Putin --

whether by design or mere incompetent inclination.

Donald The Destroyer

[OnDoutside]

13. I would hope they'd have hung on until 2020.

[AmericanActivist]

14. Germans know nm

[Moostache]

16. So for the first ally in the 2nd civil war, we start in Duechland

Good to know....

[lagomorph777]

19. Understandable, but not very forgiving.

After all, we got over that Hitler thing.

[BamaRefugee]

20. Trump supporters big deal was OTHER COUNTRIES ARE LAUGHING AT US. Now they are openly sneering at us

This is better?

[yellowwoodII]

21. To the world:

I apologize.

[lark]

23. Off topic.

I am surprised you still have the Bernie avatar after his unwarranted self-serving attacks on Sen. Franken today. I, personally, have disavowed him and if he runs for president, will support any other Democrat other than him. I don't see how any progressive can support him after he helped repugs steal elections by lying about Dems.

[IronLionZion]

24. Time to deport Herr Drumpf back where his grandparents came from

Germany is like a disappointed grandparent in this case. Their grandson turned out to be a real asshole.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

25. Germany: Even after Trump leaves "relations with the U.S. will never be the same.

I guess Old Donnie Two Scoops was right. He has accomplished something in 10 months that all presidents since FDR haven't done--destroyed America's position as global leader. He has returned us to the isolationism of the 1920s.

And he's too stupid to realize what he's done. All he knows that when it comes to our relationship with Germany and the rest of Europe, he's "won."

[struggle4progress]

26. Trump certainly knows how to decrease our international influence

[bigbrother05]

27. It's not America First, it's America Alone

What a sad world we are entering.

[Oneironaut]

30. Trump is a Machiavellian Isolationist.

It was obvious to anyone whose head wasn’t in the sand what would happen. He’s working from the “It’s still the 19th century” Alex Jones / Ron Paul playbook.

[Oneironaut]

28. IMO, History will regard Trumps election as the point the US died as a superpower.

Previously regarded as sacrosanct, our election process is now open to crackpots and foreign tampering. Hold your right to vote dear, as it may be in peril very soon.

[davekriss]

29. Wow

This is awful for us. Thanks, Trump!