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As Merkel holds on precariously, Trump tweets Germans ‘are turning against their leadership’ on migration

2018-06-19 09:53:51       source:The Washington Post

June 18, 2018


BERLIN — After days of high-wire negotiation with rebellious allies, German Chancellor Angela Merkel took to a podium in Berlin on Monday to announce a compromise on migration that will hold her government back from the brink of collapse — at least for now.


Minutes later, President Trump took to Twitter to implicitly cheer for her fall. 


“The people of Germany are turning against their leadership as migration is rocking the already tenuous Berlin coalition,” Trump tweeted. “Crime in Germany is way up. Big mistake made all over Europe in allowing millions of people in who have so strongly and violently changed their culture!”


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