Angela Merkel, leader of the free western world, told supporters and reporters in München-Trudering yesterday, „Die Zeiten, in denen wir uns auf andere völlig verlassen konnten, die sind ein Stück vorbei. Das habe ich in den letzten Tagen erlebt. Wir Europäer müssen unser Schicksal wirklich in die eigene Hand nehmen.“
At the G-7 meeting Merkel warned "Der neue US-Präsident setzt nicht auf internationale Kooperation, sondern auf Isolationismus und das vermeintliche Recht des Stärkeren."
Merkel's comments made surprisingly littel impact on the American representatives at the G-7 because none of them speak German and the Trump administration has left the key positions of protocol and translation in the State Department unfilled.
Germany's opposition parties, the Left and the Green, are in line with the government and Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, is also now pushing for more independence and a more united Europe now that America is mired in an internal collapse of self-inflicted damage.
We've run out of other people's Social Security taxes needed to subsidize our low income tax rates.
