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hlthe2b

(102,119 posts) Mon Dec 3, 2018, 09:08 AM Dec 2018

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Poor Angela Merkel... (we can relate, Angela, we really do)

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Poor Angela Merkel... (we can relate, Angela, we really do) (Original Post) hlthe2b Dec 2018 OP

Harvest Gold! raging moderate Dec 2018 #1

Gold! PJMcK Dec 2018 #3

The Leader of the free world is pissed at the Dunce of the free world. nt Blue_true Dec 2018 #2

His face and her blouse match so wonderfully. nt Ferrets are Cool Dec 2018 #4

It crossed my mind the other day that perhaps she was trolling him. dewsgirl Dec 2018 #5

LOL That was my first thought also. nt Ferrets are Cool Dec 2018 #6

The expression on her face says it all. calimary Dec 2018 #7

She gives great side-eye, doesn't she? FakeNoose Dec 2018 #11

She has the patience of Job, putting up with the entire grifting gang. catbyte Dec 2018 #8

I would caption this photo with Angela saying... llmart Dec 2018 #9

Fall from the tree? WinstonSmith4740 Dec 2018 #17

In This Case Oldtimeralso Dec 2018 #22

+1. BTW The Princess doesn't design anything dalton99a Dec 2018 #13

Like her Daddy, she just signs things/uses the branding... libdem4life Dec 2018 #15

And what they don't design... WinstonSmith4740 Dec 2018 #18

She thinks she's her equal, not her contemporary. nt tblue37 Dec 2018 #26

"I'm getting too old for this shit." n/t sarge43 Dec 2018 #10

there's a phrase from asterix and obelix, a comic book popular in europe, that comes to mind: unblock Dec 2018 #12

That would be: Die spinnen, die Amis! OldEurope Dec 2018 #25

Thanks! unblock Dec 2018 #27

She wore orange to ... aggiesal Dec 2018 #14

"who paints himself the color of 1970s appliances.' rurallib Dec 2018 #16

I wonder if she chose that jacket Ruby the Liberal Dec 2018 #19

Poor Angela! betsuni Dec 2018 #20

K&R UTUSN Dec 2018 #21

1970s appliances.... Beacool Dec 2018 #23

She's coming to GHWB's funeral, you know. nolabear Dec 2018 #24

Ha! K&R. Maru Kitteh Dec 2018 #28

raging moderate

(4,292 posts)

1. Harvest Gold!

Reply to hlthe2b (Original post)

Mon Dec 3, 2018, 09:18 AM

Dec 2018

Pure comedy gold!

PJMcK

(21,995 posts)

3. Gold!

Reply to raging moderate (Reply #1)

Mon Dec 3, 2018, 09:32 AM

Dec 2018

More like pure comedy orange.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)

2. The Leader of the free world is pissed at the Dunce of the free world. nt

Reply to hlthe2b (Original post)

Mon Dec 3, 2018, 09:31 AM

Dec 2018

Ferrets are Cool

(21,102 posts)

4. His face and her blouse match so wonderfully. nt

Reply to hlthe2b (Original post)

Mon Dec 3, 2018, 10:08 AM

Dec 2018

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)

5. It crossed my mind the other day that perhaps she was trolling him.

Reply to Ferrets are Cool (Reply #4)

Mon Dec 3, 2018, 10:16 AM

Dec 2018

Ferrets are Cool

(21,102 posts)

6. LOL That was my first thought also. nt

Reply to dewsgirl (Reply #5)

Mon Dec 3, 2018, 10:18 AM

Dec 2018

calimary

(81,098 posts)

7. The expression on her face says it all.

Reply to hlthe2b (Original post)

Mon Dec 3, 2018, 10:21 AM

Dec 2018

FakeNoose

(32,577 posts)

11. She gives great side-eye, doesn't she?

Reply to calimary (Reply #7)

Mon Dec 3, 2018, 10:55 AM

Dec 2018

catbyte

(34,332 posts)

8. She has the patience of Job, putting up with the entire grifting gang.

Reply to hlthe2b (Original post)

Mon Dec 3, 2018, 10:35 AM

Dec 2018

llmart

(15,532 posts)

9. I would caption this photo with Angela saying...

Reply to catbyte (Reply #8)

Mon Dec 3, 2018, 10:45 AM

Dec 2018

"Hmmm....the apple really doesn't fall too far from the tree."

WinstonSmith4740

(3,055 posts)

17. Fall from the tree?

Reply to llmart (Reply #9)

Mon Dec 3, 2018, 09:31 PM

Dec 2018

That apple never fell from the tree in the first place. She's a younger, female version of her father.

Oldtimeralso

(1,935 posts)

22. In This Case

Reply to llmart (Reply #9)

Mon Dec 3, 2018, 10:58 PM

Dec 2018

The modern day equivalent applies.
The Turd does not fall to far from the a..hole!!!

dalton99a

(81,391 posts)

13. +1. BTW The Princess doesn't design anything

Reply to catbyte (Reply #8)

Mon Dec 3, 2018, 11:04 AM

Dec 2018

The design work is done by contractors

libdem4life

(13,877 posts)

15. Like her Daddy, she just signs things/uses the branding...

Reply to dalton99a (Reply #13)

Mon Dec 3, 2018, 04:14 PM

Dec 2018

which is going way south, BTW. Won't be long until it becomes a curse. A jail sentence here, a couple of indictments there...

WinstonSmith4740

(3,055 posts)

18. And what they don't design...

Reply to dalton99a (Reply #13)

Mon Dec 3, 2018, 09:40 PM

Dec 2018

She just steals.
https://www.cosmopolitan.com/style-beauty/news/a61757/ivanka-trump-copying-shoe-designs/

And it happened more than once.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ivanka-trump-derek-lam-copied-shoe-sandal-design-276145

tblue37

(65,217 posts)

26. She thinks she's her equal, not her contemporary. nt

Reply to catbyte (Reply #8)

Tue Dec 4, 2018, 01:46 AM

Dec 2018

sarge43

(28,940 posts)

10. "I'm getting too old for this shit." n/t

Reply to hlthe2b (Original post)

Mon Dec 3, 2018, 10:48 AM

Dec 2018

unblock

(52,116 posts)

12. there's a phrase from asterix and obelix, a comic book popular in europe, that comes to mind:

Reply to hlthe2b (Original post)

Mon Dec 3, 2018, 10:59 AM

Dec 2018

in german, i think it would be: "Sie sind verrückt diese Amerikaner"

OldEurope

(1,273 posts)

25. That would be: Die spinnen, die Amis!

Reply to unblock (Reply #12)

Tue Dec 4, 2018, 01:43 AM

Dec 2018

unblock

(52,116 posts)

27. Thanks!

Reply to OldEurope (Reply #25)

Tue Dec 4, 2018, 03:07 AM

Dec 2018

So many different ways to say crazy in German

"Amis" is interesting -- it means Americans in german and friends in French

aggiesal

(8,907 posts)

14. She wore orange to ...

Reply to hlthe2b (Original post)

Mon Dec 3, 2018, 11:36 AM

Dec 2018

blend in, hoping her constituents wouldn't notice that she had to meet with IQ45.
She even slouched to be more stealthy.

Or maybe she wore orange on purpose, to see if the orange orangutan could figure it out.

rurallib

(62,377 posts)

16. "who paints himself the color of 1970s appliances.'

Reply to hlthe2b (Original post)

Mon Dec 3, 2018, 09:11 PM

Dec 2018

got to find someplace to use that line.

Ruby the Liberal

(26,219 posts)

19. I wonder if she chose that jacket

Reply to hlthe2b (Original post)

Mon Dec 3, 2018, 09:46 PM

Dec 2018

knowing the camera would pick up the tone of trump's skin.

Nah, I'm just going to go with it.

betsuni

(25,374 posts)

20. Poor Angela!

Reply to hlthe2b (Original post)

Mon Dec 3, 2018, 09:59 PM

Dec 2018

UTUSN

(70,642 posts)

21. K&R

Reply to hlthe2b (Original post)

Mon Dec 3, 2018, 10:28 PM

Dec 2018

Beacool

(30,247 posts)

23. 1970s appliances....

Reply to hlthe2b (Original post)

Mon Dec 3, 2018, 11:36 PM

Dec 2018

Yeah, poor Angels. Trump is a dimwit.

nolabear

(41,932 posts)

24. She's coming to GHWB's funeral, you know.

Reply to hlthe2b (Original post)

Mon Dec 3, 2018, 11:39 PM

Dec 2018

So she'll get to be around some real presidents. I hope they all close the circle and leave Individual 1 on the outside.

Maru Kitteh

(28,313 posts)

28. Ha! K&R.

Reply to hlthe2b (Original post)

Tue Dec 4, 2018, 12:15 PM

Dec 2018

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