If he wanted to get back at Merkel, he could have awarded this family asylum. That would have been a very public statement that Christians are being persecuted in Germany. But he didn’t do that - he fought the asylum application all the way, and then granted them something much less than asylum, without the corresponding implication re: persecution.
I take your point, but the Romeike appeal for asylum has been going on for more than 3 years. The Merkel phone incident just happened recently. Am not saying the Merkel angle was decisive or instrumental just an added dig of petty politics by OweBowMao.
US govt. makes its point of persecuted western Christians seeking asylum need not apply while also taking a stab at Merkel/Germany.
Hey I totally agree. But this pusswad of a president doesn’t even have what it takes to really piss off Merkel by granting full asylum to the Romeikes.
He just wanted to give her a schoolboy prank poke; nor did he want to give a total victory to the worldwide Christian community like you say.