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In reply to the discussion: How would the world and the press have reacted if Angela Merkel was male? [View all]L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)11. Good league versus bad league. Polar opposites.
Trump is in league with authoritarian Russian mobsters, Merkel is in league with democracy.
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How would the world and the press have reacted if Angela Merkel was male? [View all]
smirkymonkey
Mar 2017
OP
She had lectured him like a little school boy and he, of course, needed to pout for a while.
L. Coyote
Mar 2017
#5
Life would be less bearable without the twitter feed highlighting these gems.
L. Coyote
Mar 2017
#10
MAN-oh-MAN I do NOT want to be anywhere nearby when that evil, selfish, mean-spirited
calimary
Mar 2017
#65
We all know the answer to that... it would have been widely reported and condemned.
demmiblue
Mar 2017
#3
He hates being seen as inferior to anyone, much less a woman. She is out of his league.
L. Coyote
Mar 2017
#4
Even more telling, she is from East Germany, so such a wall idea would feel like
tblue37
Mar 2017
#37
Holy shit. No offense, Ivanka, but that photo alone is humiliating for the United States
lostnfound
Mar 2017
#15
She has a PhD in physical chemistry. He can't spell a 3 letter word correctly.
rurallib
Mar 2017
#19
Well, maybe the little ladies might want to go powder their noses together....
LakeArenal
Mar 2017
#44
My honest take? Because the entire Trump clan knows she is the only one of them with a brain
stevenleser
Mar 2017
#69
Wait until we have 25% unemployment and generl economic collapse. We haven't
KingCharlemagne
Mar 2017
#26
I believe Sen. Diane Fienstien was spot on a few days ago when she said that Trump will take
riversedge
Mar 2017
#22
I know. The only value Trump sees in women is their looks & how they make HIM look next to him.
CousinIT
Mar 2017
#38
I don't know if you saw the presser w/ Merkel yesterday, but the look on Trump's
smirkymonkey
Mar 2017
#40
Ditto that. Zero respect for Trump. His behavior is consistently disgusting. n/t
CousinIT
Mar 2017
#67
Others are saying his is such a child, so maybe he's the jerk child, or childish jerk, or needs his
L. Coyote
Mar 2017
#36
I do not think this was a trivial matter. The heads of state of two of the most
smirkymonkey
Mar 2017
#45
I agree with you that the media would be on fire if he'd behaved that way
BlancheSplanchnik
Mar 2017
#50
Haa!! Yeah that's about all I can do anymore...describe him ....and Eddie Munster,
BlancheSplanchnik
Mar 2017
#63
Last night they were comparing her reaction to Trump's inappropriate nonsense
Rhiannon12866
Mar 2017
#72