Posted on 07/11/2018 10:13:17 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
Angela Merkel appeared to hit back at US President Donald Trump's claim that "Germany is a captive of Russia" by drawing on her own upbringing in Soviet-controlled East Germany.
"I wanted to say that, because of current events, I have witnessed this myself, that a part of Germany was controlled by the Soviet Union. And I am very happy that we are today unified in freedom as the Federal Republic of Germany," she said in an arrival statement at the NATO Summit Wednesday.
Merkel, who was born in Hamburg in 1954, has spoken on numerous occasions about her upbringing under Soviet occupation.
"The first political event from my childhood that I remember distinctly is the building of the Berlin Wall 50 years ago. I was 7 years old at the time. Seeing grown-ups, even my parents, so stunned that they broke out in tears, shook me to the core. My mother's family, for example, was divided by the building of the Wall," she said in remarks upon receiving the US Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011.
"I grew up in the part of Germany that was not free, the German Democratic Republic. For many years I dreamed of freedom, just as many others did -- also of the freedom to travel to the United States," she said then.
Although she did not mention the US President by name in her NATO statement, Merkel's comments seemed to be a direct repudiation of Trump's earlier remarks, in which he maligned Germany for getting natural gas from Russia.
"Germany is a captive of Russia," Trump said. "It's very inappropriate."
"I think it's something that NATO has to look at," Trump said. "Germany is totally controlled by Russia."
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Explain THAT, Bumdestag.
Uhh, Angie, did Trump say “Soviet Control”?
She was a member of the East German Communist party and the Free German Youth.
By getting a direct pipeline, Merkel has fulfilled Hitler’s vision.
Hitler invaded Russia for land and oil
Maybe they shouldn’t have shut down their nuke plants so soon..
LOL
Germany is not under American “control”. It is freeloading off of America in multiple ways. Insisting that the relationship have reciprocity is not “control”. It’s the basis of a real alliance if there is to be one. If Germany is unwilling to agree to equality, the US needs to pull the troops out and withdraw from NATO.
I was gonna say, she’s the Hillary Clinton of Germany.
Three guesses where that oil's headed.
Trump trolled her so badly that she had to address it!
"Verdammt!!! Unglaublich..."
President Trump is taking no crap from Europa today. Bravo!
Mr. niteowl77
Very good article...
Of extreme importance...... Frau Merkel is holding on to power by the skin of her teeth.
Thrump could cause her government to fail.
Ditto the UK. Trump could provide the nudge to cause the May government to fail. A nudge to the Brexit forces might be all it takes
Ha! Never noticed her covering her eyes before. That’s hilarious.
At one point France was getting 70% of their energy needs from nuclear power.
I’m not sure what Germany’s situation was.
It seems to me that would be far superior than allowing a foreign nation to hold you hostage if they so desired.
Well, “Merkel the Yerkel” plays the victim/pity card...waaaahhhhhhhh.
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