Trump calls Germans "very bad": threatens to end German car sales

[Jacque67 7,328]

 President Trump has reportedly reignited tensions with his EU counterparts in the latest leg of his international tour after calling the Germans "very bad" for their trade surplus with the U.S.

The president vowed to block German car exports to the U.S. during a meeting with top EU leaders on Thursday, according to reports from German news magazine Der Spiegel.

"The Germans are bad, very bad," President Trump said, according to participants in the room who spoke to Der Spiegel.

 

"See the millions of cars they sell in the U.S., terrible. We will stop this."

The comments were said to have been made in a meeting with the European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and the European Council President Donald Tusk who both showed support for Germany.

[Jacque67 7,328]

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/26/trump-calls-germans-very-bad-threatens-to-end-german-car-sales-reports.html

 

errr there are already BMW and Mercedes plants inside the US-the Germans are already here.

EU countries don't have individual trade deals with the US.

( the guy who didn't pledge support for Article 5 since he's Putin's puppet) 

what a putz!!!

 

[jg121783 3,921]

24 minutes ago, Jacque67 said:

 President Trump has reportedly reignited tensions with his EU counterparts in the latest leg of his international tour after calling the Germans "very bad" for their trade surplus with the U.S.

The president vowed to block German car exports to the U.S. during a meeting with top EU leaders on Thursday, according to reports from German news magazine Der Spiegel.

"The Germans are bad, very bad," President Trump said, according to participants in the room who spoke to Der Spiegel.

 

"See the millions of cars they sell in the U.S., terrible. We will stop this."

The comments were said to have been made in a meeting with the European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and the European Council President Donald Tusk who both showed support for Germany.

Der Spiegel is basically the German version of the N.Y. Slimes or the Washington Compost. Another fake news publication.

[Jacque67 7,328]

Ooh the dangerous left wing press...body slam them...thug life.

Trump is not respected in Europe, his statements regarding car exports made no sense, Macron owned him!!!! 

[Neonred 3,922]

My Mercedes is far superior to any Ford or Chevy I've ever owned, and it is made here in the US.

[yuna628 9,882]

 

[Amica Nostra 4,803]

2 hours ago, Neonred said:

My Mercedes is far superior to any Ford or Chevy I've ever owned, and it is made here in the US.

The best Mercedes Benz plant in the world is in Greenville,SC.  

[Amica Nostra 4,803]

20 minutes ago, yuna628 said:

 

The President does not demonstrate leadership behavior, an honorable demeanor,  support for our allies or adult behavior. He is more at home in Saudi Arabia than democratic Europe. 

[Jacque67 7,328]

Mercedes rock.

Gotta laugh... spicer says Donald didn't say this then Gary Cohen confirms "he said they're bad on trade"

Amateur hour. 

[smilesammich 10,727]

5 minutes ago, ccneat said:

The President does not demonstrate leadership behavior, an honorable demeanor,  support for our allies or adult behavior. He is more at home in Saudi Arabia than democratic Europe. 

the orb was warm, and resting his tiny cold hands upon it was reminiscent of his mother's womb.

[Jacque67 7,328]

Saudi Arabia has been a difficult ally for the United States. It is one of the most repressive regimes in the world. It sent its armed forces to repress protesters in Bahrain and to bomb the Houthis in Yemen with scant regard for civilian casualties. It promotes a fundamentalist strain of Islam — Wahhabism — that has inspired countless terrorists. It is the homeland of 15 of the 19 9/11 hijackers. There is no suggestion that the Saudi government sanctioned the attack, and the Saudis have done much to crack down on terrorism in the years since, but wealthy Saudis are still suspected of supporting extremist groups such as Al Qaeda.

Trump has previously lashed out at the Saudis in intemperate language. "Saudi Arabia and many of the countries that gave vast amounts of money to the Clinton Foundation want women as slaves and to kill gays," he wrote in a Facebook post in June 2016. "Hillary must return all money from such countries!" In a presidential debate, he again attacked Hillary Clinton for taking money from “people that kill women and treat women horribly.” He also suggested on the campaign trail that “very secret” documents would prove that the Saudis were behind the 9/11 attacks.

Yet in his Riyadh speech there was not a hint of criticism of Saudi Arabia — for anything. Trump began with a tribute to the Saudi-U.S. alliance, offered a fulsome tribute to King Salman for his “strong demonstration of leadership,” and pointedly promised not to preach about human rights abuses: “We are not here to lecture — we are not here to tell other people how to live, what to do, who to be, or how to worship. Instead, we are here to offer partnership — based on shared interests and values — to pursue a better future for us all.”

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These soothing words were accompanied by pictures of Trump and his entourage partying with the Saudi royal family. Contrast this with the images emanating from Trump’s meetings with European leaders in Brussels. From his test-of-wills handshakewith France’s new president, Emmanuel Macron, to his  shoving aside the prime minister of Montenegro, Milo Dukanović, to get into the front of a photograph, there was a notable lack of warmth in Trump’s interactions with his fellow democratic leaders.

Trump has been critical of America’s NATO partners in the past, suggesting that the alliance may be “obsolete” and complaining that the other nations weren’t paying their fair share for defense. And in Brussels, unlike in Riyadh, he did not bury old antagonisms.

“NATO members must finally contribute their fair share and meet their financial obligations, for 23 of the 28 member nations are still not paying what they should be paying and what they’re supposed to be paying for their defense,” Trump lectured, while allied heads-of-state squirmed in discomfort. “This is not fair to the people and taxpayers of the United States. And many of these nations owe massive amounts of money from past years.”

There were no tributes to shared trans-Atlantic values, no remarks on the history of the trans-Atlantic alliance, which has been the most important in history. Trump did not even affirm, as expected, Article V of the North Atlantic Treaty, the bedrock of NATO, which says than an attack on one member is an attack on all. Instead Trump delivered an undiplomatic demand in public for more money.

[Jacque67 7,328]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/05/26/donald-trump-nato-saudi-arabia-hypocrisy-tour-max-boot-column/102160298/

yep, Kushner's Blackstone connection put on display.

 

Doesn't Mercedes also have a plant in Alabama ?

[bcking 3,157]

It's not Germany's fault that they make better cars than Americans do. 

[CaliCat 3,957]

7 hours ago, Jacque67 said:

 President Trump has reportedly reignited tensions with his EU counterparts in the latest leg of his international tour after calling the Germans "very bad" for their trade surplus with the U.S.

The president vowed to block German car exports to the U.S. during a meeting with top EU leaders on Thursday, according to reports from German news magazine Der Spiegel.

"The Germans are bad, very bad," President Trump said, according to participants in the room who spoke to Der Spiegel.

 

"See the millions of cars they sell in the U.S., terrible. We will stop this."

The comments were said to have been made in a meeting with the European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and the European Council President Donald Tusk who both showed support for Germany.

 

 

Another win for America. The level of stupidity and imbecility that the so-called president can lower himself to is unprecedented.

[CaliCat 3,957]

So, the so-called president is upset because European cars are selling in the US, and he plans to stop it.

 

Blocking foreign investment and nationalization worked like a charm in Venezuela.

 

Funny, the so-called president should be taking his cues from their economic model!