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In reply to the discussion: OMG! This what we used to call a wicked burn in my day. [View all]Ocelot II
(126,563 posts)31. Some remarks our supine media seem to have left out, like Trump asking Merz whether he spoke English.
We are all looking for measures and means to end this war. Let me remind you that tomorrow is June 6, the anniversary of D-Day. When the Americans ended a war in Europe. I believe that this is now in your hands, Merz told Trump.
It wasn't a good day for you, the American president replied.
President. It was the liberation of the country from Nazism. We owe you a lot. That is why I say that the United States is now in a strong position to end this war, Merz said after Trump's comment.
Trump also described the war in Ukraine as a bloodbath, while comparing it to a fight between two little children who hate each other.
"Sometimes it's better to just let them fight for a while and then pull them apart," Trump said during the meeting at the White House.
"You see it in hockey, you see it in sports. Let them hold on for a few seconds," Trump continued, acknowledging that "it's probably not going to be pretty."
Merz also asked to say a few words in German during the press conference. When he finished, Trump asked if he could speak English.
Do you speak English, you speak English so well, but would you say it's as good as your German? Trump asked.
It's not my native language, but I try to understand everything and speak as best I can, Merz replied.
It wasn't a good day for you, the American president replied.
President. It was the liberation of the country from Nazism. We owe you a lot. That is why I say that the United States is now in a strong position to end this war, Merz said after Trump's comment.
Trump also described the war in Ukraine as a bloodbath, while comparing it to a fight between two little children who hate each other.
"Sometimes it's better to just let them fight for a while and then pull them apart," Trump said during the meeting at the White House.
"You see it in hockey, you see it in sports. Let them hold on for a few seconds," Trump continued, acknowledging that "it's probably not going to be pretty."
Merz also asked to say a few words in German during the press conference. When he finished, Trump asked if he could speak English.
Do you speak English, you speak English so well, but would you say it's as good as your German? Trump asked.
It's not my native language, but I try to understand everything and speak as best I can, Merz replied.
https://www.aftenposten.no/verden/i/Mnl85E/merz-tatt-imot-av-trump-vi-elsker-tysklands-folk
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I'll wager and say the German press will report it. The US current president is breathtakingly stupid
Deuxcents
Jun 5
#4
Some remarks our supine media seem to have left out, like Trump asking Merz whether he spoke English.
Ocelot II
Jun 5
#31
This seems to be an ability of many 'trans-national' families, who have relatives literally all over Europe, South
SWBTATTReg
Jun 6
#78
What it means, imo: what Merz said would be appreciated by Americans, though it flew right over the felon's head.
ancianita
Jun 5
#18
Not all. Which is one reason you found it. We should support journalists, as Rachel says. Just not the corporate press.
ancianita
Jun 5
#30
" I just wish...(the press)...would challenge him like the adversaries they are supposed to be"
Wednesdays
Jun 9
#81
That was a love tap from a pair of steel gloves. What an unAmerican President.
marble falls
Jun 5
#34
Chancellor Merz is correct: the survivors of WWII considered themselves liberated by the Allies
FakeNoose
Jun 5
#40
These NATO leaders, including the new Canadian leader, run circles around him
senseandsensibility
Jun 5
#47