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Trump's ambassador to Germany wants to empower right wing parties in Europe!! TPM front page
Lead story today at Talking Points Memo webpage.
He criticizes Merkel's immigration policy, praises Austria's RW prime mister and invites him to US Berlin embassy while the pm is on state visit.
Kurt Waldheim, anybody?!?!
Praises rise of right wing parties/sentiment in Eutope!?!?
73 years from VE day to this abomination!
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Politicians accuse Richard Grenell of breaching protocol over interview with Breitbart
German politicians have criticised Donald Trump’s new ambassador to Germany after he said he wanted to “empower” anti-establishment rightwing forces throughout Europe.
In an interview with the far-right news outlet Breitbart over the weekend, Richard Grenell, who has been in office for less than a month, said: “I absolutely want to empower other conservatives throughout Europe, other leaders.
“I think there is a groundswell of conservative policies that are taking hold because of the failed policies of the left.”
In Berlin, the foreign ministry asked him to clarify the comments and politicians criticised him for a perceived breach of diplomatic protocol.
More: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/04/new-us-ambassador-to-germany-under-fire-for-rightwing-support
Richard Grenell has angered German politicians by saying he wants to empower conservatives. Photograph: Alamy
German politicians have criticised Donald Trump’s new ambassador to Germany after he said he wanted to “empower” anti-establishment rightwing forces throughout Europe.
In an interview with the far-right news outlet Breitbart over the weekend, Richard Grenell, who has been in office for less than a month, said: “I absolutely want to empower other conservatives throughout Europe, other leaders.
“I think there is a groundswell of conservative policies that are taking hold because of the failed policies of the left.”
In Berlin, the foreign ministry asked him to clarify the comments and politicians criticised him for a perceived breach of diplomatic protocol.
More: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/04/new-us-ambassador-to-germany-under-fire-for-rightwing-support
Richard Grenell has angered German politicians by saying he wants to empower conservatives. Photograph: Alamy
