Without saying the president by name, German Chancellor Angela Merkel slammed the policies and worldview of Donald Trump's presidency.
BOSTON — German Chancellor Angela Merkel rejected President Donald Trump's brand of politics and worldview in a commencement speech Thursday at Harvard University, calling for global, not national, thinking and working together, not in isolation.
Merkel, the chancellor of Germany since 2005, never mentioned the president by name, but he was a clear target with her central theme being breaking down"walls." One of Trump's defining policy proposals is a border wall between the U.S. and Mexico.Her rebuke was most pointed on foreign policy. Trump has challenged the traditional Western alliance that first emerged following World War II by questioning America's role in the North Atlantic Trade Organization.
Merkel slammed Trump's approach to trade as well, telling the crowd,"Protectionism and trade conflicts jeopardize free international trade and thus the very foundations of our prosperity.” Trump has engaged in trade wars by increasing tariffs on exports from China and threatening to do the same with Mexico. In other digs at Trump, the chancellor warned against acting on"first impulses" and to value honesty.
She continued:"Granted, that certainly takes courage," drawing some laughs among the audience. "Above all, it calls for truthfulness in our attitude toward others. And perhaps most importantly, it calls for us to be honest with ourselves."
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