It's not just a kind gesture and shows that there's an administration that actually reads what else
is going on in the world of common-folk, it's also a slight 'dig' at Germany due to what Merkel
has just done.
Donald Trump tweeted:
'If we can help little #CharlieGard, as per our friends in the U.K. and the Pope,
we would be delighted to do so.
-Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 3, 2017'
He called the people of the UK 'friends'... However, just over the North Sea, we have:
U.S. no longer a 'friend' in Merkel election program.
'In their campaign program for the German election, Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives have
dropped the term "friend" in describing the relationship with the United States.
Four years ago, the joint program of her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party,
the Christian Social Union (CSU), referred to the United States as Germany's "most important friend"
outside of Europe.
The 2013 program also described the "friendship" with Washington as a "cornerstone" of Germany's
international relations and talked about strengthening transatlantic economic ties through the removal
of trade barriers.
But the words "friend" and "friendship" are missing from the latest election program - entitled
"For a Germany in which we live well and happily" - which Merkel and CSU leader Horst Seehofer
presented on Monday ahead of a Sept. 24 election.
Instead, the United States is described as Germany's "most important partner" outside of Europe.
CDU officials were not immediately available to comment on the change in wording.
The change in wording underscores how relations between Berlin and Washington have deteriorated
since U.S. President Donald Trump entered the White House in January.
During his campaign for the presidency, Trump said that Merkel was "ruining" Germany with migration
policies he described as "insane"...
REUTERS:
There are some alliances that cannot be broken.
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is going on in the world of common-folk, it's also a slight 'dig' at Germany due to what Merkel
has just done.
Donald Trump tweeted:
'If we can help little #CharlieGard, as per our friends in the U.K. and the Pope,
we would be delighted to do so.
-Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 3, 2017'
He called the people of the UK 'friends'... However, just over the North Sea, we have:
U.S. no longer a 'friend' in Merkel election program.
'In their campaign program for the German election, Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives have
dropped the term "friend" in describing the relationship with the United States.
Four years ago, the joint program of her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party,
the Christian Social Union (CSU), referred to the United States as Germany's "most important friend"
outside of Europe.
The 2013 program also described the "friendship" with Washington as a "cornerstone" of Germany's
international relations and talked about strengthening transatlantic economic ties through the removal
of trade barriers.
But the words "friend" and "friendship" are missing from the latest election program - entitled
"For a Germany in which we live well and happily" - which Merkel and CSU leader Horst Seehofer
presented on Monday ahead of a Sept. 24 election.
Instead, the United States is described as Germany's "most important partner" outside of Europe.
CDU officials were not immediately available to comment on the change in wording.
The change in wording underscores how relations between Berlin and Washington have deteriorated
since U.S. President Donald Trump entered the White House in January.
During his campaign for the presidency, Trump said that Merkel was "ruining" Germany with migration
policies he described as "insane"...
REUTERS:
There are some alliances that cannot be broken.
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