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Trump Post BACKFIRES In His Face After German Chancellor Smackdown
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6:04Now PlayingDonald Trump makes a fool of himself as he makes the German election all about himself in a post trying to save face after he and Elon Musk chose to back the controversial far-right party over the conservative party before getting shredded publicly by the incoming German chancellor, Friedrich Merz. John Iadarola and Yasmin Kahn break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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Trump congratulates Germany’s election winners and himself
"BERLIN — Donald Trump clearly likes to keep his opponents on their toes.
After spending the past two weeks trashing European politicians and ripping up America’s commitments to the continent’s security, the president of the United States offered warm congratulations to Germany’s election winners on Sunday.
And somehow, he also managed to claim some credit for himself.
The results from Germany’s most consequential election in a generation are still coming in, but Friedrich Merz’s conservative CDU/CSU is projected to win the biggest share of the vote and the most seats in the new Bundestag.
In a post on social media — written entirely in capital letters — Trump did not mention either Merz or his party by name, referring to “THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY IN GERMANY,” but argued that the country’s swing to the right was part of a political shift that Germany shared with the U.S."
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