President Donald Trump has renewed his criticism of Germany following Chancellor Angela Merkel’s suggestion that her country needs to adopt a more independent stance in world affairs.
Trump posted a tweet Tuesday saying “we have a MASSIVE trade deficit with Germany, plus they pay FAR LESS than they should on NATO & military. Very bad for U.S. This will change.”
Trump rattled some in Europe with his statements on NATO last week.
Merkel said Tuesday Germany’s relations with the United States are of “outstanding importance” but it must engage with other key nations going forward. She also suggested in the wake of the Trump visit that Europe’s relationship with Washington had shifted significantly and reiterated her position that “we in Europe have to take our fate into our own hands.”
(AP)
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why is it not ok (as your headline implies) for Trump to repeat his criticism of germany, while it is perfectly ok for all of you mainstream fake news media (AP, cnn, nbc, etc) to repeat almost every hour of the day your criticism of Trump. do i detect a double standard here?
To chaiml: American news media are supposed to be annoying. The president is not.