You're safe. I don't think Opel is really sold in the US other then some re-branding. I think Buick re-brands an Opel model.
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Trump on trade: "The Germans are bad, very bad"
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You're safe. I don't think Opel is really sold in the US other then some re-branding. I think Buick re-brands an Opel model.
WhateverItTakes
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Sounds like a sensational tradition.
Muffin1611
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ClosingADoor
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Obama did rebuilt their reputation to some extend and create goodwill around the world again after Bush. And Trump has managed to undo all that within the year.
hydrophilic attack
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If the US loses so much on trade, isn't it the US that is very bad
Maybe its just a sign that US goods are shit and that the world doesnt wants them. I mean, Kudos for Apple creating the iPhone, but its assembled in China.
German foreign minister on Trumps threats earlier this year:
"If they want us to buy their cars, maybe they should manufacture better cars"
He says exactly the same as Macron but uses other words because of his limited vocabulary.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...ys-german-trade-surplus-harmful-to-eu-economy
PdotMichael
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The decline of the American industry is not just a result of other countries being cheaper (while doing all the shaddy things) but just the plain fact that American goods aren't competitive at all.
super-heated plasma
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Sure looks like Flynn maybe co-operating with the FBI. giddy giddy
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/25/politics/robert-mueller-capitol-hill/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/25/politics/robert-mueller-capitol-hill/index.html
It's so good we do it twice a year. On Fathers Day and on May 1st.
ISee
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German traditions are good, very good. You know, some would even say we have the best traditions. Like our trade deals, they are the best. The best trade deals are made in germany. Also walls, we have great walls. We even had one for several years. It was great!
Yeah Germany is actually quite böse when it comes to propping up their car industry (the whole VW emission swindle after all was helped by Germany pressuring the EU countries to have lax standards, and it's just one of very many cases where Germany has come off less than saintly), but it usually just impacts the rest of the EU. The American cars losing out because they look great but drive like crap is on them.
theignoramus
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Even Bush W. didnt have the Europeans laughing in the palms of their hands. Trump is a disaster for America's international image and credibility.
Putin must be grinning ear to ear right now.
trump played golf with shinzo tho.
PdotMichael
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After Trump visited Abe and Merkel - both made a statement together how important and crucial free trade is.
As expected of evil car producing countries.
Everyone knows about this imbalance, even Schäuble sees it as a problem.
The problem is how Trump still thinks he can make a trade deal with Germany alone. Or can force any EU country to do that.
I've been saying this since way before he was elected...he doesn't understand the legal framework of global trade, you could tell from many of his speeches. And apparently he still doesn't want to learn. This whole trip really just told everyone one thing: get used to the Trump we've seen for a few months now, make backup plans for everything he could detroy and move on.
Same with China and Germany.
Just me, but I would translate his childish use of 'bad' as "schlimm" in German.
Not that it changes the fact that the leader of the country that's profiting the most from free trade has zero understanding of even basic concepts of trading. The US has truly elected a toddler. Not a great argument for democracy there.
Not that it changes the fact that the leader of the country that's profiting the most from free trade has zero understanding of even basic concepts of trading. The US has truly elected a toddler. Not a great argument for democracy there.
Beer Monkey
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Says the guy who imports Chinese steel to build hotels.
SuperBowser
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For all of Trump's foolishness, there's actually been little retort from other countries as yet. It'll be interesting to see if and when USA start to publicly lose deals/information/influence and how it's reported.
This is a different matter as France is part of the EU. Yes it is a problem for the EU that Germany has such a big trade surplus. But that is not in general the fault of Germany.
Of course Germany wants their companies to do well. And you can't blame the state that there are companies that are succesfull.
Germany could divert more many to the EU to help the other countries because of the big trade surplus (I think even Schäuble suggested this). But this is an EU thing - the US is not part of the EU (and Trump doesn't want a trade deal which could regulate this).
This claim is ridiculous because US companies are dominating the digital world and those companies are not big employers like car manufacturers - they often don't pay taxes and run their whole EU biz via low tax countries and use every trick to not pay taxes at all. FB makes millions in germany alone - but they don't have a lot of employes here.
But in the end it is a free market. You can't blame the US for having companies that provide better digital services.
Lord Frieza
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The guy at the far end just looking over like, "Is this shit for real?" Not sure who he is, don't recognize him, but I know that feeling
guggnichso
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If he thinks we're bad now, just wait until we really start spending that 2% on our military 
Chaos2Frozen
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I would imagine that rather than get mad, other countries are scrambling to come up with ways to take advantage of an incompetent America.
BudokaiMR2
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So basically....
Trump: Hold my Diet Coke.
Trump: Hold my Diet Coke.
Silent Chief
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Lesson for multinationals; build your plants in swing states.
Sweeney Tom
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https://twitter.com/dabeard/status/867898242255777792
David Beard ✔ @dabeard
"Trump - Attack Against Germany" ... top headline in mass-circulation tabloid @BILD h/t @TomPepinsky @RayPride
David Beard ✔ @dabeard
"Trump - Attack Against Germany" ... top headline in mass-circulation tabloid @BILD h/t @TomPepinsky @RayPride
Herr Schwarz
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No one that speaks German could be an evil man!
Trump is literally the laughing stock of the world. If anything,his attacks on EU and Germany makes Europe more united.
F0rneus
Tears in the rain
Good. The world needs to know that the Orange Turd is a threat.
Byakuya769
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No. USA is richer, that means we should win period. If we don't, then others are cheating. #TrumpLogic
bu bu bu fox news told me Obama was a laughing stock and that Trump would fix this :'(
Original article in english now
http://m.spiegel.de/international/w...30.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
http://m.spiegel.de/international/w...30.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Non-US world already knew that tho
This is so great.
The one guy is doing the "oh you"-meme, lol.
Merkel being Merkel.
Donald you've finally made it,even Croatia's president is laughing at you.
Acidote
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Right behind Macron you can find the Spanish Prime Minister:
You don't have the only laughing stock out there. Not the first time he's all weird like that. And don't talk to him in English, he'll be extremely confused.
PdotMichael
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Time for Merkel to unlash the power of Realpolitik.
The "oh you"-meme guy is Charles Michel, Prime Minister of Belgium.
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