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Merkel fires back at Trump, says Europe will choose its own 'destiny'
DPA International ^ | January 16th, 2017 | Andrew McCathie

Posted on 01/16/2017 8:28:37 PM PST by Mariner

Berlin (dpa) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday fired back at US president-elect Donald Trump's denunciation of her liberal stance on refugees and his dismissal of the NATO military alliance as "obsolete."

"I think we Europeans hold our destiny in our own hands," she said.

"We know what his position is," Merkel said in response to Trump slamming her refugee policy as a "catastrophic mistake."

"My position is also known," she added.

In an interview with Germany's Bild and the Times of London, Trump also threatened to impose a hefty tax on German carmakers for selling vehicles in the US market that were produced elsewhere and warned that other nations would follow Britain in leaving the European Union.

"We 27 members should stand together," Merkel told reporter in Berlin, arguing that Europe's economic strength and institutions would help it tackle tough problems such as terrorism.

(Excerpt) Read more at dpa-international.com ...


TOPICS: Germany; Politics/Elections; Russia
KEYWORDS: angelamerkel; donaldtrump; eu; europe; europeanunion; germany; hijrah; merkel; moron; trump
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Uh, that's what we had in mind.

It's not as if that's was not what they were doing all along...

1 posted on 01/16/2017 8:28:37 PM PST by Mariner
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To: Mariner

They are choosing to submit to Islam.

That may have negative consequences for us long-term, but it will become a problem for ethnic Germans very soon.


2 posted on 01/16/2017 8:30:19 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents)
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That’s right, and I hope they vote her right out of office.


3 posted on 01/16/2017 8:30:51 PM PST by Pinkbell (http://dtforpres.blogspot.com/2016/11/cnn-lies-multiple-times-to-help-hillary.html)
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Your country will throw you out with malice, Herr Merkel.

And, if Europe has ANY sense, it will choose a destiny away from the imported rapists it now has.

4 posted on 01/16/2017 8:32:45 PM PST by ConservativeMind ("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticides, abortion, and euthanasia.")
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To: Mariner
Merkel's Europe:


5 posted on 01/16/2017 8:33:14 PM PST by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: Mariner

They can save themselves this time.


6 posted on 01/16/2017 8:36:09 PM PST by bigbob (We have better coverage than Verizon - Can You Hear Us Now?)
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To: Mariner

“I think we Europeans hold our destiny in our own hands,” she said.

I can’t disagree with that. Merkel’s destiny is an Islamic Europe.


7 posted on 01/16/2017 8:36:23 PM PST by map
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The next wave of U.S immigration will come from disaffected white Europeans.


8 posted on 01/16/2017 8:36:31 PM PST by Fhios
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More like the elites will.

The EU was foisted on the people.


9 posted on 01/16/2017 8:36:41 PM PST by Trump20162020
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We’re talking about Germany. Remember nazi germany, third reich, WWII and all that stuff. I’ll bet that eventually they will get tired of her and her muslim friends and there will be a severe backlash. Or maybe the Germans have been beaten down so much that Germans do not produce testosterone anymore. I guess time will tell.


10 posted on 01/16/2017 8:38:54 PM PST by seawolf101 (Member LES DEPLORABLES)
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"Listen here Mr. Trump - We Europeans will choose our own destiny.
And don't you lousy Americans try to back out of NATO or cut your
financial aid to Europe either!"


11 posted on 01/16/2017 8:39:14 PM PST by Iron Munro (If Illegals voted Rebublican 50 Million Democrats Would Be Screaming "Build The Wall!")
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given the severity of the muslim invasion of Europe, I'd say Merkel is right. Europe is already effed and has little hope of ever again having much of any future that will benefit the common European people. And they can fault miss Merkel and a few other Euro leaders. She/they have accomplished what Hitler could not.
12 posted on 01/16/2017 8:43:25 PM PST by drypowder
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Was she holding her arm straight out palm down when she said this?


13 posted on 01/16/2017 8:43:37 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Mariner

EU will come crawling to us for help within 1-2 years once the ISIS rebels assemble and start taking over neighborhoods too afraid to “persecute muslims”. They’ll hide in every nook and cranny and cry foul at each crackdown.

They’re stocking up weapons and ammo in every mosque as we speak


14 posted on 01/16/2017 8:43:45 PM PST by varyouga
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The next wave of U.S immigration will come from disaffected white Europeans.

Some could probably claim refugee status based upon a reasonable fear of violence as legitimately as many of the claims being made now in the US.

15 posted on 01/16/2017 8:44:33 PM PST by Will88
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They’ve already chosen their own destiny and it’s islam.


16 posted on 01/16/2017 8:44:38 PM PST by Rebelbase (ABC/NBC/CBS/MSNBC/PBS/CNN/FOX are THE LEGACY MEDIA)
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Put your gun to your own head, beyotch

Leave the rest of your battered countrymen alone


17 posted on 01/16/2017 8:44:45 PM PST by A_Former_Democrat ("Liberalism is a mental disorder" On FULL Display NOW BOYCOTT PepsiCO Kellogg's)
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I am so glad the Chancellor of Europe has spoken.


18 posted on 01/16/2017 8:44:51 PM PST by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west))
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Call me crazy but I wouldn’t be surprised if Trump spearheaded a new alliance of Eastern European Countries with Russia and the United States, unified as a counter-weight to the ongoing Islamification of Western Europe.


19 posted on 01/16/2017 8:44:54 PM PST by pleasenotcalifornia
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Merkel: “We can control our own destiny”

Trump: “So can we, buh-bye”


20 posted on 01/16/2017 8:45:05 PM PST by HippyLoggerBiker (Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite and furthermore always carry a small snake.)
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