This blog will allow me to blow of steam from my frustrations about the current economic, political and social environment in America. Having recently retired, I now have more time to both read about and comment on "current events".
Monday, August 7, 2017
Comment on "Germany Joins the Resistance"
Ref.: "Germany Joins the Resistance" by Anna Sauerbrey
As someone who immigrated to the US from Germany many many years ago, and has lived and worked in Germany in the interim, I generally enjoy Ms. Sauerbrey's columns for their German/European perspective.
This column, however, seems like a disjointed mishmash, intent on saying something "cool". I follow German news fairly closely, reading two to three of their daily papers every day, and watching "Heute" on ZDF more or less every day. And while there is quite a bit of coverage of Trump - who can blame them, the coverage here in the US on Cable is literally all day, with almost nothing else - the news in Germany does focus on issues relevant to Germany.
"Cool" is not something one would ever associate with Germany, especially not with German politicians, and to suggest that Merkel and Schultz are trying to be "cool" is just silly. Lindner is a different story, his Party, the FDP is fighting for relevance after disappearing from national politics for several years, and he will try anything.
Ms Merkel, in her very un-cool way, was absolutely right in warning that Europe and "The West" could not relay on Donald Trump, and that Europeans must concentrate on being masters of their own fate. That is not gratuitous Trump bashing, that is the unfortunate reality of a crazy person in the US White House. When Trump is gone, hopefully sooner than later, Europe/Germany and the US, and Germans and American will find back to their mutual trust and respect.
This column, however, seems like a disjointed mishmash, intent on saying something "cool". I follow German news fairly closely, reading two to three of their daily papers every day, and watching "Heute" on ZDF more or less every day. And while there is quite a bit of coverage of Trump - who can blame them, the coverage here in the US on Cable is literally all day, with almost nothing else - the news in Germany does focus on issues relevant to Germany.
"Cool" is not something one would ever associate with Germany, especially not with German politicians, and to suggest that Merkel and Schultz are trying to be "cool" is just silly. Lindner is a different story, his Party, the FDP is fighting for relevance after disappearing from national politics for several years, and he will try anything.
Ms Merkel, in her very un-cool way, was absolutely right in warning that Europe and "The West" could not relay on Donald Trump, and that Europeans must concentrate on being masters of their own fate. That is not gratuitous Trump bashing, that is the unfortunate reality of a crazy person in the US White House. When Trump is gone, hopefully sooner than later, Europe/Germany and the US, and Germans and American will find back to their mutual trust and respect.