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Title: ‘F*** you!’ Donald Trump blasted in German media after pulling out of Paris climate deal
Source:
express
URL Source: http://www.express.co.uk/news/world ... -angela-merkel-emmanuel-macron
Published: Jun 2, 2017
Author: Sofia Petkar
Post Date: 2017-06-02 20:13:33 by cranky
Keywords: None
Views: 3622
Comments: 11
DONALD Trump's decision to pull out of the Paris climate deal has not gone down well in Germany, if this tabloid’s choice of words is anything to go by. Local newspaper Berliner Kurier use the powerful, if not vulgar, headline: “Earth to Trump: F*** you!” on its front page, in response to the US president backing out of the climate change deal. The front page was published on Thursday ahead of the official announcement, but was widely circulated online after Donald Trump’s speech yesterday. One Twitter user, who was apparently from the US, wrote: “We completely agree with you Germany. Our deepest, deepest apologies.” Another tweeted: “Bravo. I couldn’t have said it any better.” The Berlin tabloid is notorious for targeting politicians and doesn’t hold back in its attacks. In March, the paper published an article about Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu, labelling him as one of the world’s most insane leaders, using the word “Führer” — a term typically reserved for Adolf Hitler — to describe him. The headline “The seven looniest leaders of the world” drew immediate and strong criticism from the Israeli Embassy, who blasted the report as antisemitic. The newspaper's headline reads: 'Earth to Trump: F*** you!' German chancellor Angela Merkel was joined by French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni in condemning President Trump’s decision to back out of the climate agreement, which is made up of nearly 200 countries. The trio issued a statement shortly after Mr Trump’s announcement saying: “We deem the momentum generated in Paris in December 2015 irreversible and we firmly believe that the Paris Agreement cannot be renegotiated, since it is a vital instrument for our planet, societies and economies.” German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel also blasted the president’s announcement on Thursday, saying the move threatened economic growth and technical progress. Several members of Merkel’s Cabinet took aim at Mr Trump, and issued a seething joint statement saying: “The United States is harming itself, us Europeans and all other people in the world.” Mr Trump’s decision to abandon the agreement for environmental action signed by 195 nations is a remarkable rebuke to heads of state, climate activists, corporate executives and members of the president’s own staff, who all failed to change his mind with an intense, last-minute lobbying blitz. The Paris agreement was intended to bind the world community into battling rising temperatures in concert, and the departure of the Earth’s second-largest polluter is a major blow. The decision was, however, a victory for Stephen Bannon, President Trump’s chief strategist, and Scott Pruitt, the Environmental Protection Agency administrator, who both spent months quietly making their case to the president about the dangers of the agreement. 
GETTY•BERLINER KURIERGerman newspaper blasts Donald Trump following his shocking annoucement
GETTYGreen lights projected at the Angel of Independence monument in Mexico City
GETTYOne World Trade Center is illuminated with green light in support in the Paris Climate Agreement
GETTYParis City Hall is illuminated in green to mark the disapproval of the French government
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#1. To: cranky (#0)
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any agreement that is good for Germany is bad for the rest of us, Merkel demonstrated an absolute disregard for the interests of the people of Europe by inviting in one million asylum seekers and economic migrants without consultation with anyone else and now the Germans think the rest of the world should toe their line. I don't agree with Dump in much he does, but pulling back from this illogical idea that economies should be destroyed to placate the nervous nellies of the AGW brigade is the correct direction. The US will achieve the climate objectives without Europe looking over its shoulder and all nations should be placed on an equal footing with equal responsibilities Zieg Heil Merkel
Adult responsibilities and consideration of consequences are not something we talk about or concern ourslves about in national or international politics today. The process is one of getting behind an abstract high-sounding slogan without specific content and repeating it. The greater and more flowery the abstraction, the more distant from consideration of concrete consequences it becomes. Give yokels flowery rhetoric and speeches and they will obliviously try to march up a grizzley bear's behind repeating it.
#3. To: rlk (#2)
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It is a shame you have taken the cynical road and dissed your countrymen. Obviously a very large number of people wanted change and they voted for someone who offered change. Obviously too there was a lot of the impossible dream and tilting at windmills in the rhetoric but then there were a lot of windmills to tilt at. Dump may yet prove to be a knight in rusty armour, he certainly plays the harlequin well.. Don't blame the people
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#2. To: paraclete (#1)
The US will achieve the climate objectives without Europe looking over its shoulder and all nations should be placed on an equal footing with equal responsibilities
Replies to Comment # 2. Give yokels flowery rhetoric and speeches and they will obliviously try to march up a grizzley bear's behind repeating it.
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