Germany After Trump Calls EU A ‘Foe’: ‘We Can No Longer Completely Rely On The WH’

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas listens to a speaker during the 45th Plenary Session of Bundestag German Lower House of Parliament in Berlin, Germany on July 4, 2018. (Photo by Emmanuele Contini/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Germany’s foreign minister told the German Funke newspaper group on Monday that his country can no longer “completely rely” on President Donald Trump’s White House following his characterization of the European Union as a “foe” on trade, Reuters reported.

“We can no longer completely rely on the White House,” Heiko Maas told the newspaper group. “To maintain our partnership with the USA we must readjust it. The first clear consequence can only be that we need to align ourselves even more closely in Europe. Europe must not let itself be divided however sharp the verbal attacks and absurd the tweets may be.”

In an interview broadcast on CBS’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday, Trump listed the EU as one of his biggest global foes and said the EU was “very difficult.”

Well, I think we have a lot of foes,” Trump said. “I think the European Union is a foe, what they do to us in trade. Now, you wouldn’t think of the European Union, but they’re a foe.”

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  1. We’ve been trying to tell the world that since mid-January, 2017…

  2. We can no longer completely rely on the White House,” Heiko Maas told the newspaper group. “To maintain our partnership with the USA we must readjust it. The first clear consequence can only be that we need to align ourselves even more closely in Europe. Europe must not let itself be divided however sharp the verbal attacks and absurd the tweets may be.”

    (2017)

  3. I look for Trump’s “Enemy of the people” meme to expand to Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Cory Booker, Kirsten Gillibrand, Deval Patrick, Chris Murphy and Joe Biden soon. They’re all terrible people. Everyone says so.

  4. …and Vlad smiles then gives Trump a Russian tea cake.

  5. “We can no longer completely rely on the White House”, says everyone other than Vladimir Putin.

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