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BumRushDaShow

(172,109 posts)
Sat May 16, 2026, 04:30 AM 7 hrs ago

German Chancellor Won't Advise His Own Children To Come To America For School Or Work

Source: Huff Post

May 15, 2026, 05:00 PM EDT | Updated 11 hours ago


German Chancellor Friedrich Merz had some harsh commentary for the United States amid President Donald Trump’s second term on Friday, stating that he wouldn’t recommend his own children to travel to the U.S.

“I would not advise my children today to go to the U.S., get educated there or work there, simply because a certain social climate has suddenly developed there,” Merz said during a discussion at a Catholic gathering in Würzburg, The Guardian reports. Merz’s criticism comes a month after Trump blasted him for claiming that Iran’s leadership was humiliating the U.S. during negotiations over the war.

The U.S. president responded to the German leader at the time on Truth Social, saying that Merz “doesn’t know what he’s talking about!”. “No wonder Germany is doing so poorly, both Economically, and otherwise!” Trump wrote in April.

Merz told the crowd in Würzburg a month later, “I am a great admirer of America. At the moment my admiration is not growing.” He noted, “Today, even the best-educated people in America are finding it very hard to get a job,” Merz said.

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/friedrich-merz-donald-trump-not-advise-social-climate_n_6a077528e4b098065be9e5ea?origin=home-latest-news-unit

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German Chancellor Won't Advise His Own Children To Come To America For School Or Work (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 7 hrs ago OP
To be honest RandySF 7 hrs ago #1
I'm impressed by Merz honesty fujiyamasan 6 hrs ago #2
Well yeah, who would? Except Cha 5 hrs ago #3
Good advice. Hope22 4 hrs ago #4
Can't blame him. There is a reckoning coming because of the bum sitting in the People's House. Joinfortmill 4 hrs ago #5
The advice I give to my granddaughters mountain grammy 2 hrs ago #6
It's called, "Fascism." n/t Safe as Milk 45 min ago #7

fujiyamasan

(2,007 posts)
2. I'm impressed by Merz honesty
Sat May 16, 2026, 05:00 AM
6 hrs ago

I mean he is German, so being direct is to be expected I guess.

Hopefully we’ll see more of this. The iran war is leaving European economies reeling due to gas prices, so they have no reason to hold back. The UK however will isolate itself further, because in many ways it seems to like to out stupid us it seems.

Cha

(320,480 posts)
3. Well yeah, who would? Except
Sat May 16, 2026, 06:27 AM
5 hrs ago

The Homicidal Minaical War Criminal Putin? And whatever other Fascists want their kids exposed to, a Nazi regime now in charge of America.

Joinfortmill

(21,652 posts)
5. Can't blame him. There is a reckoning coming because of the bum sitting in the People's House.
Sat May 16, 2026, 06:48 AM
4 hrs ago
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