http://www.express.co.uk/news/world...gela-Merkel-Canada-Germany-EU-trade-deal-CETA
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Trudeau Meets Merkel in Berlin, Calls Germany 'True Friend'
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http://www.express.co.uk/news/world...gela-Merkel-Canada-Germany-EU-trade-deal-CETA
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FullMetaltech
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Couldn't of said it any better. They seem to be the only sane ones around here.
It's so sad that UK isn't a part of this any more, even worse, up the ass of Trump's administration, world embarrassment and terrible for UK citizens.Trump is making it easier for other allies to become even tighter. We need voices of reason in this ordeal of chaos.
Orbis Tabula
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Friendship ended with USA
Now GERMANY is my best friend
Now GERMANY is my best friend
Royal_Phalanx
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Too bad we in the UK can't be an example to the world, if anything it shows why you shouldn't retreat inwards with petty nationalism, the country I live in is a disgrace
Any Questions
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Nice. At last some good news
Dictator93
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lol
But honestly, I am happy to see such words exchanged in times when the U.S. president makes an ass of himself all the time, speaking out agianst common decency and human rights.
You mean he's making it easier for enemies of the state to become more visible and easier to destroy. Everyone knows that the only real allies are the Axis Of Freedom consisting of the Russia, the United States and United Kingdom. Everyone else is a dirty, illegal, job stealing, terrorist brown person that needs to be stopped.
Dude Abides
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Disappointed this took 7 posts.
The POTUS will be that for the next 30 years even if China surpasses the US economically. But it is crazy how the US is turning away its best allies who are instead uniting. Imagine if the US becomes so ostracized that they have lost all respect of their allies. The US President not invited to speak before UK Parliament. Trump will receive zero honorary titles aside from probably Russia who will give him one.
I agree though, increasingly uncomfortable at the cult of personality being developed for Trudeau.
Generalpsyduck
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don't leave us we love you!
No, Trump is not the leader of the free world. How can you call someone who is trying to remove freedom from people the leader of the free world?
Neuromancer
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That's pretty good.
I blame this at least partially on him being photogenic. Female friends I have in other countries who never gave a damn about Canadian politics in all the time I've known them suddenly follow stories about our Prime Minister. It's a little disturbing, actually.
andythinkpad
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What does this even mean, a cult of personality?
I need this in MS Paint form!
SoundsOfScience
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To be fair, a good chunk of it is probably people in America wishing we had a competent, well-spoken leader and not that turd we currently have. We didn't need Justin when we had Barry.
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Yes Canada, get closer. We will let you enjoy our big, massive, growing single market.
Just make sure you use consumer protection. You cant be too careful.
Just make sure you use consumer protection. You cant be too careful.
TimeEffect
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Only reason I opened this thread
Mister_Bubbles
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It means literally one of the only prominent world leaders at the moment people can look at and not feel repulsed.
entremet
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He's horrible, but the fact he's so vilified is because the POTUS is so damn important globally.
It matter greatly as we've been noticing.
Is this concerning because there are not more of them or because he is one?
The POTUS is as much of a leader as Kim Jong-Un is. Sorry, the US stepped down by declaring themselves to be the most important nation on earth and by dropping shit on everybody who is handling the stuff the US initially botched, like Syria.
Trump has nothing presidential on him and his team is not pushing him to get any better. Instead, they all lost their spines and just agree with anything he does or says.
Can't be leader of the free world if you deport legal residents without due process. That's the definition of unfree.
Costa Kid
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Trump is against freedom. Trump is against freedom of the press. He's against the courts. Hes opening anti-immigration and against refugees. He's anti-globalist and anti-multiculturalism. He's against so many different freedoms.
Say what you want, he may be leader of the United States but he is not the leader of the free world. That is without a doubt Angela Merkel ever since Trump took office (if such a title is to be given).
Handsome white guy. There are others like him in international politics but... handsome white guy and everything he does is so amazing, so there you go. Crazy amounts of unearned attention every time he farts compared to his peers.
SlimySnake
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Friendship ended with Trump.
Merkel Is my True Friend.
Merkel Is my True Friend.
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Lmao. He is only America's leader. Lost the freeworld suffix several weeks ago.
Mass_Pincup
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The POTUS has never been the leader of the free world anyways.
It's just a title you guys gave him to feel like your superior to the rest of the world and a beacon of hope.
Just great marketing.
No, but he was meeting with her.
did u know he's a boxer and he can fall down stairs
Spider from Mars
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America needs to be put in timeout in regards to global politics for a bit.
The US isn't a free country anymore, so no, Drumpf is not the leader of the free world.
entremet
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The POTUS is massively influential as we are finding out now. Doesn't make the US is utopia, the US has tons of problems, but it's tentacles of influence extend widely, culturally, financially, militarily.
Eh, I'm not giving up so quickly. We'll persevere.
Sumio Mondo
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NinjaCoachZ
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I'm not seeing what makes all the Trudeau love so different from the Obama love when he was elected. They're photogenetic, lead with natural charisma and speaking skill, and have a strong appeal to young voters. What's hard to get about it?
Thing is now Obama is gone and there's obviously the whole situation in the US messing with its international reputation, so Trudeau and Canada pretty much step up as the most prominent political figures of that ilk, along with being their counterparts in many respects.
EDIT: Speaking anecdotally from my experience, everyone I know who loves Trudeau also loved Obama. Obama was generally very well-liked here.
Thing is now Obama is gone and there's obviously the whole situation in the US messing with its international reputation, so Trudeau and Canada pretty much step up as the most prominent political figures of that ilk, along with being their counterparts in many respects.
EDIT: Speaking anecdotally from my experience, everyone I know who loves Trudeau also loved Obama. Obama was generally very well-liked here.
we gave up the leader of the free world belt with dubya probably. what would even be the argument now, for a person who basically leads a psychotic reality-disconnected base of a <100m people in the central us and who's a laughingstock to everyone else? that he could theoretically blow the world up? several are capable of that
RPGCrazied
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I wish he was our President. Him standing next to Trump speaking so eloquently(in french too!)made Trump look like a babbling buffoon.
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entremet
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You must misunderstand. I'm talking about the office, not the man.
Frankfurter
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I very much welcome this new, even closer partnership with Canada. Trudeau seems to be a really good guy, atleast as far as I know (mostly foreign relationship-related). He is among those leaders in the world that embrace globalism, friendship, and cooperation. Good good good.
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