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pampango

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Wed Dec 9, 2015, 05:46 PM Dec 2015

Trump: TIME's Person of the Year (Angela Merkel) 'ruining Germany'

A rejected Donald Trump on Wednesday said he had been the favorite to be TIME magazine's Person of the Year and ripped winner Angela Merkel for "ruining Germany."

"I told you @TIME Magazine would never pick me as person of the year despite being the big favorite. They picked person who is ruining Germany," he tweeted.

Last month, Trump slammed Merkel, the German chancellor, for allowing a wave of Syrian refugees into Germany, saying she should "be ashamed of herself." Trump said he had respected her but added, "She blew it, when she allowed this to happen, this migration."

Trump was a finalist along with Black Lives Matter activists, ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, transgender reality star Caitlyn Jenner and Uber CEO Travis Kalanick.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/09/politics/donald-trump-time-magazine-person-of-the-year/

Well, Merkel certainly is doing the opposite of banning all Muslims from entering the country. She is the anti-Trump in that respect.

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Trump: TIME's Person of the Year (Angela Merkel) 'ruining Germany' (Original Post) pampango Dec 2015 OP
Fine, Donald, we'll let you be Person of the Year. Tommy_Carcetti Dec 2015 #1
Lying coward just like his followers. Kingofalldems Dec 2015 #2
Trump wants to make Germany great again GusBob Dec 2015 #3
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