I'm in the kitchen and just heard on CNN that Merkel is...

[TreasonousBastard]

objecting to European cars being considered a security threat to the US.

WTF!

I suppose I'll hear more about this later.

[octoberlib]

1. Trump wants to put tariffs on German cars. He's been using the national security threat

for all his tariffs. German auto companies employ a lot of people in this country, primarily in the south.

[TreasonousBastard]

5. Yeah. I know about the tariffs. It's the security angle tha gets me.

[Dennis Donovan]

2. Yeah, Dotard said something stupid again.

Meanwhile, MORE BMW's are built in SC than in Germany.

[Maru Kitteh]

3. Did you not know Dump had declared this as part of his war on Russia's adversaries?

[TreasonousBastard]

6. A-Ha! So German cars are a threat, but not Korean.

[FM123]

4. I think it is about the comments she made the other day

about how can you call them a security threat when they are built in the U.S. (she mentioned that the largest BMW plant in the world is actually in South Carolina)

[riversedge]

8. Yes, you are right. Merkel made that comment at the Conference

[Ilsa]

7. And she wasn't reading from a teleprompter.

Merkel was speaking impromptu. Ivanka was there, and the air was thick with snark about her and daddy not knowing what they were doing.

[peggysue2]

9. And Ivanka reportedly had a sad

Miffed at Merkel's comments, she removed her earphones for the continued translation.

The Trump family just can't get any respect.

Because they deserve none.