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[Tovarisc]

Left out the best part:

According to a report from the "Süddeutsche Zeitung", the EU side was horrified at the extent of the Americans' lack of awareness of trade policy. Apparently, it was unclear to the guests that the EU countries concluded trade agreements only jointly. Trumps economic consultant Gary Cohn is said there are different tariffs between Germany and the US compared to the US and Belgium

This whole administration is full off idiots

Didn't GAF some time ago joke that Trump most likely don't know this?

 

[PdotMichael]

And I thought you guys voted a businessman to get some economy knowhow into the office.

 

[Sweeney Tom]

How about we wait for credible news sources to pick this up?

ITT we have literal news agencies being told they're not credible just because they're not your language

 

[MisterHero]

They're evil because they sell cars?

 

[Xando]

According to Lexi Alexander, a German filmmaker:

Evil and Bad have literally the same meaning in german (böse). There's no real difference between the two in german language.

Didn't GAF some time ago joke that Trump most likely don't know this?

Merkel had to explain it to him 11 times apparently.
http://www.businessinsider.de/trump-trade-merkel-germany-eu-2017-4?r=US&IR=T
Turns out he still didn't understand it

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

Please rise for the German national anthem.

 

[Eggiem]

 

[UpDownLeftRight]

nah only Duterte gets to go the the white house.

I was just thinking what that says about him. Dictators are welcome but fuck the sane leaders.

 

[Lord Fagan]

Oh, for fuck's sake.

On behalf of all sane and polite Americans, please excuse and ignore this product of nepotistic coddling and corporate pampering gone horribly, horribly wrong. He is a bitterly felt embarrassment angling to curse his entire family line with historical scorn.

 

[harriet the spy]

What's happening here ?

 

[PSqueak]

Some, he assumes, are good people.

 

[kess]

Mercedes owns a plant in Alabama, it would be very bad if something was to happen to it!

 

[GAMEPROFF]

How about we wait for credible news sources to pick this up?

Must be shocking for you, but non-english-speaking countries have good journalism, too.

 

[KillLaCam]

"Germans had that leader Hitler, theyre very evil people" .

I feel like his reasoning is something dumb like this

 

[Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!]

So since I'm assuming Trump doesn't speak German this is something he said in english, that was translated to german, and then translated back to english?

 

[Muffin1611]

Evil and Bad have literally the same meaning in german (böse). There's no real difference between the two in german language.

Yep, the difference in translation really wouldn't change anything

 

[bounchfx]

trump is the master of projection as we know it

so basically he's just blatantly telling us he's very evil
look at everything else he's said - it's always the opposite.
damn son

 

[Speevy]

They're evil because they sell cars?

eeevil cars

*Austin Powers sound cue*

 

[PnCIa]

I am from Germany. Der Spiegel is a very credible source, even though they apparently got this info second-hand as well.

Unfortunately they dont write whatever the supposed original wording was, because "böse" (their headline in german) can be interpreted as "evil" or as "bad" as well.

 

[Guy.brush]

 

[JonnyDBrit]

...Lemme get this straight, Germany are bad/evil for... successfully doing business in the United States? What?

 

[Peccavi]

What year is it?

 

[azyless]

Hahaha, this man is truly exactly as dumb as he seems. I pity the European leaders who will have to deal with him for the next 4 years, I feel like I'd have a more intelligent conversation with an oyster than with this guy.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

Honestly, calling them evil or bad would both be newsworthy.

 

[Sweeney Tom]

What's happening here ?

He shit-talked NATO on stage, and to the side of the stage NATO officials were smiling and laughing at him

 

[sangreal]

Left out the best part:



This whole administration is full off idiots

I thought Metkel was supposed to have taught Trump about that a few months ago

 

[Vandiger]

I must say I love German cars though. Fuck 45.

 

[sflufan]

Mercedes owns a plant in Alabama, it would be very bad if something was to happen to it!

Oh, I forgot about that one!

 

[Violet_0]

of all evil our country has commited, I'd think that selling millions of cars to the U.S ranks rather low

 

[ThatStupidLion]

what the fuck - this guy is truly just trying to disrupt the world

 

[More_Badass]

Trump thinks he can stop German car sales because he thinks we have individual trade deals with EU member nations.

But we don't.

Our own President doesn't know what our fucking trade deals are and how they operate.

We have elected a fucking moron and will pay the price in the years to come...


(on top of that, I believe most if not all German cars sold in the US are assembled here so he would also be destroying thousands of US jobs)

Isn't this literally what he asked Merkel 11 times about, back in April?
http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-trade-merkel-germany-eu-2017-4

"Ten times Trump asked [German chancellor Angela Merkel] if he could negotiate a trade deal with Germany. Every time she replied, 'You can’t do a trade deal with Germany, only the EU,'" the official said.

They continued: "On the eleventh refusal, Trump finally got the message, 'Oh, we’ll do a deal with Europe then.'"

 

[Speevy]

of all evil our country has commited, I'd think that selling millions of cars to the U.S ranks rather low

And will rank even lower after Trump is done with the world.

 

[GAMEPROFF]

Gonna wait, what http://www.spiegel.de/international/ is going to post regarding the translations.
Unless then, I dont care what completly unrelated people post about possible translations on twitter.

 

[BlastProcessing]

He refused to lecture Saudi Arabia but it's open season on Germany because they sell us cars...

 

[mf.luder]

They're evil because they sell cars?

They do because American-made cars are pieces of shit.

 

[MikeHattsu]

Yep, the difference in translation really wouldn't change anything

Pretty sure Trump wouldn't be able to speak any German though or anything else other than a limited form of English.

 

[Xando]

Mercedes owns a plant in Alabama, it would be very bad if something was to happen to it!

Mercedes make cars in Alabama, Volkswagen has a factory in Tenesse and BMW has a factory with 9k workers in South Carolina.

Guess they gonna get closed soon

Pretty sure Trump wouldn't be able to speak any German though or anything else other than a limited form of English.

It's all semantics though. There is no difference between bad or evil really in english or in german.

 

[Htown]

New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman notes that depending on the translation, Trump may have been calling the Germans merely "very bad" and not "very evil."

Yeah, "very bad" actually sounds way more like something Trump would say.

 

[Link]

No one who speaks German could be an evil man

That's just German for "The Trump, the."

 

[BocoDragon]

So they're not all smiles und sunshine?

 

[Abstrusity]

Can someone just drag him off to his retirement home, already? For fuck's sake, put him out of his misery -- and ours. #invokethe25th

 

[Ac30]

Yeah, "very bad" actually sounds way more like something Trump would say.

Still terribad.

Amazing that he can't go a single day without saying something dumb.

 

[NullPointer]

Un-fucking-real.

Dude, please never come back to America.

I think we need to completely shut down his ability to re-enter the US.

At least until we can find out what the hell is going on.

 

[sangreal]

Evil and Bad have literally the same meaning in german (böse). There's no real difference between the two in german language.

Yes but as far as we know Trump doesn't speak German, so there is a difference. The difference is just lost when you translate to German and back

 

[Pandora012]

Hear that Weteha? You're evil. So says my Prez.

 

[Fantastapotamus]

I already knew that.

 

[IrishNinja]

Trump did not extend an invitation for EU leaders to visit the White

well, sure
that'd cut into our time with great men like duterte

merkel knows a fuckboi when she sees him

He refused to lecture Saudi Arabia but it's open season on Germany because they sell us cars...

exactly this

 

[CadetMahoney]

Feels like shes gonna John Carpenters Thing-out and shit.

 

[TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared]

There really is a simpsons gif for everything.

 

[harriet the spy]

He shit-talked NATO on stage, and to the side of the stage NATO officials were smiling and laughing at him

I just wanted to confirm that they were making fun of him. I don't know if it makes me sad or happy