Obama, Merkel issue joint rebuttal to the coming era of Donald Trump
By Anthony Faiola November 17 at 7:53 AM
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On his last overseas trip as president, Obama is currently meeting with Merkel, a centrist leader who observers see as the heir apparent to his legacy as the leading global advocate of liberal democracy. Ahead of a joint appearance later Thursday, the two penned an op-ed piece recognizing the painful side of freer trade along with a sober reality check. “The future is upon us, and we will never return to a pre-globalization economy,” they wrote.
The two leaders never mention Trump by name. But their statements appeared to serve as a point-by-point refutation of some of the president-elect’s most contentious foreign policy pledges.
They defended aid for refugees “because we know it is our treatment of those most vulnerable that determines the true strength of our values.” They hailed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization — which Trump has threatened to pull back from — as a cornerstone of peace. They presented the German-U. S. relationship as a symbol of shared progressive Western values.
“Our countries share a joint responsibility to protect and preserve our way of life,” the two leaders wrote in the German weekly Wirtschaftwoche. “It is in this spirit that we are working hard to ensure that international law and norms are respected around the globe — which remains a prerequisite for stability and prosperity.”
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