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Sun Jan 29, 2017, 01:54 PM

elmac (4,642 posts)

Merkel 'explains' Geneva refugee convention to Trump in phone call

Source: The Guardian

Donald Trump’s executive order to halt travel from seven Muslim-majority countries – Iraq, Syria, Iran, Yemen, Sudan, Libya and Somalia – has provoked a wave of concern and condemnation from international leaders and politicians.

A spokesman for Angela Merkel said the German chancellor regretted Trump’s decision to ban citizens of certain countries from entering the US, adding that she had “explained” the obligations of the Geneva refugee convention to the new president in a phone call on Saturday.

“The chancellor regrets the US government’s entry ban against refugees and the citizens of certain countries,” Merkel’s spokesman Steffen Seibert said in a statement.“She is convinced that the necessary, decisive battle against terrorism does not justify a general suspicion against people of a certain origin or a certain religion.

“The Geneva refugee convention requires the international community to take in war refugees on humanitarian grounds. All signatory states are obligated to do. The German government explained this policy in their call yesterday.”

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/29/merkel-explains-geneva-refugee-convention-to-trump-in-phone-call?CMP=share_btn_tw

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21 replies	Author	Time	Post
Merkel 'explains' Geneva refugee convention to Trump in phone call (Original post)	elmac	Jan 2017	OP
Trump: "I don't want any refugee conventions in my hotels!"	dalton99a	Jan 2017	#1
LOL!	Vinnie From Indy	Jan 2017	#2
No. Trump: "What is a Geneva?"	randome	Jan 2017	#13
She is the new leader of the Free World.	marybourg	Jan 2017	#3
Pretty much.	area51	Jan 2017	#8
Just keeping my fingers crossed	True Dough	Jan 2017	#16
Yes she is.	elleng	Jan 2017	#20
+1	Blue_Tires	Jan 2017	#21
Angela, we love you	bucolic_frolic	Jan 2017	#4
A waste of her breath.	Blue Idaho	Jan 2017	#5
Tend to agree.	Wellstone ruled	Jan 2017	#6
Trump is handing over the mantle of	Blue Idaho	Jan 2017	#7
Remember,the GOP has always wanted	Wellstone ruled	Jan 2017	#9
That assumes America can exist in a bubble	Blue Idaho	Jan 2017	#10
Not everone knows the true	Wellstone ruled	Jan 2017	#11
I think you're right...	Blue Idaho	Jan 2017	#12
This is not going to end well.	Wellstone ruled	Jan 2017	#14
Sad but true...	Blue Idaho	Jan 2017	#17
Yep. Rand collected Social Security checks when the going got rough. Just like millions of seniors.	Eyeball_Kid	Jan 2017	#19
We passed embarrassing when Trump got elected now we are heading into	cstanleytech	Jan 2017	#15
"Convention? If it wasn't held in one of my hotels, it doesn't matter!"	cab67	Jan 2017	#18

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Sun Jan 29, 2017, 01:57 PM

dalton99a (58,035 posts)

1. Trump: "I don't want any refugee conventions in my hotels!"

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Sun Jan 29, 2017, 01:59 PM

Vinnie From Indy (10,737 posts)

2. LOL!

Well played!

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Sun Jan 29, 2017, 03:02 PM

randome (34,845 posts)

13. No. Trump: "What is a Geneva?"

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Sun Jan 29, 2017, 01:59 PM

marybourg (9,643 posts)

3. She is the new leader of the Free World.

We blew it.

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Sun Jan 29, 2017, 02:32 PM

area51 (9,083 posts)

8. Pretty much.

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Sun Jan 29, 2017, 03:18 PM

True Dough (11,393 posts)

16. Just keeping my fingers crossed

that Merkel prevails in the German elections later this year. Another right-wing government being installed in Europe, particularly in the most powerful and economically robust nation in the union, would be a real setback.

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Sun Jan 29, 2017, 05:37 PM

elleng (103,538 posts)

20. Yes she is.

I predicted it just after the 'election.'

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Mon Jan 30, 2017, 01:43 AM

Blue_Tires (55,412 posts)

21. +1

At least until the Russians topple her and install their own reactionary stooge...

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Sun Jan 29, 2017, 02:00 PM

bucolic_frolic (22,312 posts)

4. Angela, we love you

You may not always agree with her, I recall a lot of protest over
German Central Bank policies re: southern Europe in lending, but
she has always stood for middle of the road stability and common sense
government. This is no exception.

She's been a rock, and now perhaps among the last pillars of freedom.

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Sun Jan 29, 2017, 02:06 PM

Blue Idaho (4,825 posts)

5. A waste of her breath.

The baby in the WH lacks the intelligence, empathy, and compassion needed to understand the complexities of international policies and politics.

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Sun Jan 29, 2017, 02:19 PM

Wellstone ruled (34,397 posts)

6. Tend to agree.

Merkel is the only one holding the EU together at this Point. Trump has zero understanding of anything complex. He has through his life used his Lawyers and accountants to do his bidding. Now that he has to operate outside of his little bubble,he has exposed his multitudes of deficiencies. Only personal skill set he has is his bulling of people until he gets his way. As far as Negotiating skills,his trump card is and has always been his Lawyer's threat of suit.

On the world stage,he will flop like a big beached whale. And that will cause our Nation to fail as the Leader for Freedom and Human Rights.

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Sun Jan 29, 2017, 02:24 PM

Blue Idaho (4,825 posts)

7. Trump is handing over the mantle of

"Leader of the Free World" to the EU or more likely Germany. Before he's done he'll turn America into a third world nation. So much for "Making America Great..."

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Sun Jan 29, 2017, 02:34 PM

Wellstone ruled (34,397 posts)

9. Remember,the GOP has always wanted

our Nation to be the Utopian Nation of Ayn Rand. They have achieved step one and that is purging their party of any true Republicans only to be replaced with Ultra Conservative People in the mold of Ezra Taft Benson. Step two is control of all three branches of Government,well that they just did. Step three is to restrict the populace voting rights,rights of free assembly(protest),financial and monetary controls,elimination of all and any Governmental entitlements except for Business and Industry. All human needs to be met by States and Counties.

Bet the farm on this.

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Sun Jan 29, 2017, 02:49 PM

Blue Idaho (4,825 posts)

10. That assumes America can exist in a bubble

Uneffected by world trade and world events. More likely - given human faults and frailties - is a massive recession or depression then will put this nation far behind Europe and Asia.

The Ayn Rand fantasies are great but it's important to remember than in reality her little bad of merry makers collapsed and she ended her life destitute and alone. The problem with most utopian fantasies is they fail to recognize the defects that lie inside us all.

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Sun Jan 29, 2017, 02:55 PM

Wellstone ruled (34,397 posts)

11. Not everone knows the true

ending story. Ironic how she needed Governmental help to survive in her later years of life.

The key is the Media,or as some call the Paid Propaganda Organ,are they going to give up their Fourth Estate privilege or are their joining in with the Cabal.

Yes,Germany will and is the Economic Glue that binds Eourpe. That is not going to change anytime soon.

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Sun Jan 29, 2017, 02:58 PM

Blue Idaho (4,825 posts)

12. I think you're right...

If the press decides to join the cabal - the people will suffer. Luckily - this WH seems to be heading down the path of the Nixon WH. I hope that trend continues!

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Sun Jan 29, 2017, 03:06 PM

Wellstone ruled (34,397 posts)

14. This is not going to end well.

The only winners will be the 1%ers who could give a shit less,they have enough reserves to ride out the storm,it's the suffering of the bottom 40+ percentile that will pay the ultimate price.

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Sun Jan 29, 2017, 03:35 PM

Blue Idaho (4,825 posts)

17. Sad but true...

The rich keep getting richer - the rest of us just keep getting older...

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Sun Jan 29, 2017, 04:46 PM

Eyeball_Kid (5,644 posts)

19. Yep. Rand collected Social Security checks when the going got rough. Just like millions of seniors.

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Sun Jan 29, 2017, 03:08 PM

cstanleytech (21,894 posts)

15. We passed embarrassing when Trump got elected now we are heading into

extreme humiliation.

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Sun Jan 29, 2017, 04:13 PM

cab67 (1,668 posts)

18. "Convention? If it wasn't held in one of my hotels, it doesn't matter!"

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