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Cicada

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2. I respect Merkel as an awesome pol, but Germany aint perfect

Reply to CousinIT (Original post)

Sun Nov 19, 2017, 01:43 AM

Nov 2017

Putin is right that she’s trying to damage Russia, probably a good idea but she is not sincere about what she is doing. And then Germany shoves unemployment onto other nations by refusing to permit sufficient domestic consumption. A kind of trade cheating.

I prefer the Scandinavian countries.

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Thanks to Trump, Germany supplants US as the country with the best global reputation [View all] CousinIT Nov 2017 OP

Whatever DT says, whatevet DT has ever said, defacto7 Nov 2017 #1

I respect Merkel as an awesome pol, but Germany aint perfect Cicada Nov 2017 #2

I tend to agree. defacto7 Nov 2017 #3

Agreed that Germany is far from perfect DFW Nov 2017 #6

So Donnie, how's that MAGA thing working out for you? lpbk2713 Nov 2017 #4

I told a Repug that US reputation is in tatters, Doodley Nov 2017 #5