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MasterJaguar01 -> RE: Germany: "Europe must go own way" after Trump's disastrous visit (5/29/2017 4:53:07 PM)
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday declared a new chapter in U.S.-European relations after contentious meetings with President Trump last week, saying that Europe “really must take our fate into our own hands.”
It was the toughest review yet of Trump’s trip to Europe, which inflamed tensions rather than healed them after the U.S. president sparred with the leaders of Washington’s closest and oldest allies on trade, defense and climate change.
Merkel, Europe’s de facto leader, told a packed beer hall rally in Munich that the days when her continent could rely on others was “over to a certain extent. This is what I have experienced in the last few days.”
The comments came as Europe watches Britain preparing to leave the European Union and faces antagonism from Washington.
Merkel said that Europe’s move toward self-reliance should be carried out “of course in friendship with the United States of America, in friendship with Great Britain and as good neighbors wherever that works.”
It was an unusually stark declaration from the normally cautious head of Europe’s most powerful economy, and a grim take on the transatlantic ties that have underpinned Western security in the generations since World War II. Although relations between Washington and Europe have been strained at times since 1945, before Trump there has rarely been such a strong feeling from European leaders that they must turn away from Washington and prepare to face the world alone.
The German leader received a minute-long ovation for her comments, which came as she seeks to whip up voter support ahead of September elections. Although her message was partly aimed at her electorate, it was a measure of how badly relations have deteriorated with Trump’s United States that hitting Washington might win votes, while working with it could be perilous.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/following-trumps-trip-merkel-says-europe-cant-rely-on-us-anymore/2017/05/28/4c6b92cc-43c1-11e7-8de1-cec59a9bf4b1_story.html?utm_term=.67a0f50034b1
What we all knew is now explicit -- Trump has marginalized the US.
This is truly sad...
The U.S. is now looked upon by the rest of the world as a minor player. (Subservient to Russia, and now Europe).
"Marginalized" is the most accurate word for it. :(
Why is that sad? I don't have a problem with it.
It's sad, because, the world is more peaceful, and prosperous when countries can look to the U.S. for leadership. It is the steady hand of a competent U.S. President that brings stability in the world.
We definitely lack a competent U.S. President right now.
I am happy for you that you like that, but it is a sad day for most Americans, and the countries that look to the U.S. for leadership.
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