Any way that we can contribute to buy Angela Merkel a beer or a good bottle of wine? For

[Akamai]

having to put up with our "Whiner in Chief"?

Or maybe even a hotel resort somewhere for weekend so she can wash the taste of Trump from her memory.

I sure would contribute 50 bucks or so from PayPal to show that Americans can recognize grown-ups (even though Trump got elected) and we are sorry for the pain to her and to the rest of the world (including the United States) that Trump is visiting upon us.

Anyone want to take this project on? (This is not within my wheelhouse but I would be happy to contribute.)

[saidsimplesimon]

1. This woman does not

need money, imo. She needs to win her next election. If US dollars flow into her campaign, it could do more harm than good.

Anything we do with good conscience to help her win is in our best interests.

[Akamai]

3. you are right about the grand scheme of things--but if a group of Americans

donated some trivial amount to her--such as enough to purchase a small amount of wine or beer, or maybe a small dinner, etc.--I think it would be sending a very good message for the rest of the world, and to our country.

[bettyellen]

2. Find a candidate for congress or gov or voter rights org for that 50$. Merkel would want that.

[saidsimplesimon]

5. I agree bettyellen.

Not because that may be what Merkel wants, because her example is what we need to follow.

[Tanuki]

4. You could make a donation in her honor to the UNHCR

http://www.unhcr.org/en-us/news/stories/2016/10/57e92aa24/refugees-asylum-seekers-sign-offer-warm-welcome-germany.html

"Refugees and asylum-seekers sign up to offer warm welcome in Germany
A German program is encouraging refugees and asylum-seekers to volunteer their time and welcome fellow new arrivals.
.......
At the core of UNHCR’s efforts to strengthen refugee integration is the idea of community-based approaches,” says Katharina Lumpp, UNHCR Representative for Germany. “By working to identify community-driven solutions and implementing these together, the refugee community’s own enormous capacities and resilience are recognised and made use of.”
Volunteers, nicknamed ‘Bufdis’ in German, can choose how they want to help out. Some lend a hand as an interpreter, or support newly-arrived children in schools and kindergartens. Others, like Hassan, choose to volunteer as a youth worker.
......
Hassan also helps out by fixing up donated bikes at Ankommen, a project run by the Berlin-based Society for Sports and Youth Welfare (GSJ). For young asylum-seekers like him, volunteering can provide practical work experience, improve language skills and help with future access to the job market.
Once he’s finished his placement next year, Hassan hopes to start an apprenticeship as a shoemaker.
In the meantime, he has a full schedule. Once a week, Hassan helps Ankommen arrange football tournaments with teenagers living in the hangars of Berlin’s former Tempelhof airport. He then spends every other day visiting children in shelters all over the city, taking them swimming or to play table tennis, basketball, pool or table football.
“It’s great work,” he says. “These children come from war, they had a lot of problems in their own countries. Of course they need help. We let them have fun. That’s what we do, we let them be kids.”

[Akamai]

6. good idea! I just donated $50 through PayPal.any good way to get the message to her that I donated

on her behalf?

I would imagine many, many Americans are doing the same thing. Great suggestion!

[Tanuki]

9. You might send an e-mail to the German embassy or consulate.

I didn't see a way to do it on the UNHCR website. I think the gesture will be appreciated. The Germans are certainly doing their fair share and then some to help refugees.

[Akamai]

10. Good suggestion! I will send an email to the German Embassy to let them know that I donated $50

for her.

[Akamai]

11. I sent the following to the German Embassy in Germany, I believe.

I just donated $50 to donate.unhcr.org in support of Angela Merkel and her decency in reaction to how our current President treated her.

I am one of the majority of Americans who did not vote for him in the last election.

I would vastly prefer President Merkel to our current "President."

Thank you for being the caring grownup!

[dalton99a]

7. She has plenty of good beer

[Akamai]

8. Wow! I am trying to lose weight and am especially appreciative of the size of her mug!

but generally I've been trying to write more thank you notes lately in appreciation, and I think communicating to her that we appreciate what she is doing, that we are horrified that are bumbler in chief, etc., would be a good message for her to take away