Germany Isn’t Exactly Eager For Trump’s Inauguration

After President-elect Donald Trump suggested that the United States might abandon NATO, several international representatives came forward to call the idea reckless. However, no one sounded nearly as determined as German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who reminded her constituents, “We Europeans have our fate in our own hands.” Yet, tensions were mounting elsewhere in Germany. Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier reported on the general uneasiness among NATO foreign ministers since Trump’s comment, while other German officials sought their own #MicDrop moment against The Donald. When Trump criticized Merkel’s handling of the refugee crisis, calling it an “utterly catastrophic mistake by letting all these illegals into the country,” Deputy Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel clapped back and reminded the public that the increase in the number of people fleeing the Middle East had partially been a result of US-led wars destabilizing the region.