President Donald Trump addresses U.S. military troops and their families at the Sigonella Naval Air Station, in Sigonella, Italy, Saturday, May 27, 2017. Credit: AP Photo/Luca Bruno
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other G-7 leaders did all they could to convince Trump to remain part of the Paris Agreement. But he didn’t listen. Instead, he evoked deep-seated nationalism and plunged the West into a conflict deeper than any since World War II. By SPIEGEL Staff
Until the very end, they tried behind closed doors to get him to change his mind. For the umpteenth time, they presented all the arguments — the humanitarian ones, the geopolitical ones and, of course, the economic ones. They listed the advantages for the economy and for American companies. They explained how limited the hardships would be.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel was the last one to speak, according to the secret minutes taken last Friday afternoon in the luxurious conference hotel in the Sicilian town of Taormina — meeting notes that DER SPIEGEL has been given access to. Leaders […]
Comparing this to WW2 is just one more example of people losing their minds. The left will never return to power if they continue this bizarre behavior.
shovland–
I can’t tell if you lack basic reading comprehension skills, or if you (ironically) are exhibiting “bizarre behavior” that you have assessed the “left” is engaging in.
The entire article makes one single sentence/mention of WWII, that being:
–Trump’s speech provided only the most recent proof that discord between the U.S. and Europe is deeper now than at any time since the end of World War II.–
No ‘comparison’ is being made anywhere, at all, in any way TO WWII; it simply states a level of discord and disagreement in world policy SINCE that time.
You are correct in one sense: a mind is being lost, but I posit it is much closer to home than you are objective enough to come to terms with.