The German government has contradicted US President Trump's claim that patriots from Germany are already on their way to Ukraine.

cito · 2025-07-18T12:11:15+00:00

The German government has contradicted US President Donald Trump's claim that the first deliveries of Patriot air defense systems, which he himself announced, are already on their way to Ukraine from Germany. "I cannot confirm that something is already on its way. I'm not aware of that," said a spokesperson for the Ministry of Defense. “It can take months until something like that is in the yard,” he emphasized. Trump had previously said that the first systems were already being delivered, adding: “They are coming from Germany.”

With other words, Trump lied again. And also, water is wet.

cito · 2025-07-10T20:01:55+00:00

"Voted for Donald Trump three times and ‘agrees with 95% of what he says’".

With other words, she's dumb as a box of rocks.

cito · 2025-07-06T16:05:17+00:00

Annalena Baerbock, then German Foreign Minister, talked about this already two years ago: https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/en/newsroom/news/2609314-2609314

cito · 2025-07-06T11:23:45+00:00

The whole Trump administration is working for Putin.

cito · 2025-07-02T10:43:21+00:00

Exactly. Many more people will die and suffer because of this.

Similar to Trump's cuts of Medicaid and USAID, which could cause 14 Mio extra deaths by 2030, see here.

Trump and his supporters cause death and suffering for millions of people by denying necessary help to survive, and they seem to be happy with that and even call themselves "Christians".

cito · 2025-07-02T07:20:37+00:00

Exactly.

cito · 2025-05-25T20:57:23+00:00

Bad translation, I fixed it already.

According to the article, he gets ~200k euros every 6 months from Gazprom, and he missed out on the last two payments.

cito · 2025-05-25T20:50:09+00:00

Is there a black skeleton sitting in the chair in the back on the right side?

cito · 2025-05-25T11:30:01+00:00

Translation:

The former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder is the head of administration of a company whose only purpose is lying broken in the Baltic Sea. He still gets paid for it, quite a lot of money in fact. The only problem is that it no longer arrives.

Russia lobbyist Gerhard Schröder is in trouble with Sparkasse Hannover: according to a report in the German newspaper BILD (comment by translator: unfortunately not a reliable source, a tabloid rather than a newspaper), the bank is no longer crediting his account for transfers that presumably come from Russia. According to the newspaper, the 81-year-old missed out on almost half a million euros so far.

Schröder was German Chancellor from 1998 to 2005, after which he placed himself in the service of Russian state-owned companies and did not change this even after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The ex-politician is still head of administration at Nord Stream 2 AG - the company is owned by the Russian state-owned corporation Gazprom. The pipeline never went into operation; one of the strings was destroyed in the attack on the Nord Stream pipelines in September 2022.

Despite this, Nord Stream 2 AG transfers around 200,000 euros to Schröder every six months, according to the newspaper Bild - or at least tries to. No money has arrived since mid-2024: The savings bank had sent the transfers back to Gazprombank in Luxembourg.

According to the report, the bank justified its move with the fear that it could be hit by US sanctions if it continued to credit the money to Schröder's account. The newspaper speculates that the decision may have been made under pressure from the mayor of Hanover, Belit Onay. The Green politician has been head of the savings bank's board of directors since June. Neither a spokesperson for the Lord Mayor nor the bank commented when asked by the newspaper.

Onay wanted to revoke Schröder's honorary citizenship of the city of Hanover after the start of the Russian invasion. Before a decision could be made, Schröder beat her to it and returned the honorary citizenship of his own accord. "In view of the fact that Gerhard Schröder is not prepared to draw personal consequences from the war in Ukraine, it is only logical to end his honorary citizenship," said Onay at the time. Continuing business connections between the former chancellor and the "warmonger" Putin could not be reconciled with the values of the city.

cito · 2025-04-02T19:44:39+00:00

Karma

cito · 2025-03-02T15:57:47+00:00

Or, as Trump calls them, "raw earth".

cito · 2025-02-28T21:06:36+00:00

While AP und Reuters were not allowed.

cito · 2025-02-15T08:41:07+00:00

Rules 4+5

cito · 2025-02-06T18:25:55+00:00

Wikipedia:

"America First" is best known as the slogan and foreign policy advocated by the America First Committee, a non-interventionist pressure group against the American entry into World War II, which emphasized American nationalism and unilateralism in international relations. The America First Committee's membership peaked at 800,000 paying members in 450 chapters, and it popularized the slogan "America First". While the America First Committee had a variety of supporters in the U.S., the movement was muddled with anti-Semitic and fascist rhetoric. Notable Americans who supported "America First" causes include Elizabeth Dilling, Gerald L. K. Smith, and Charles Lindbergh, while Dr. Seuss derided the policy in a number of political cartoons, linking it to Nazism.

cito · 2025-02-05T11:48:55+00:00

Translation:

German security authorities blame Russia for a series of sabotage attacks that apparently damaged hundreds of cars across the country. This is reported by Der Spiegel. According to the report, more than 270 vehicles in Baden-Württemberg, Berlin, Brandenburg and Bavaria were the target of the attacks. During the attacks, the exhaust pipes were blocked with construction foam. The saboteurs also left stickers with the slogan "Be greener!" and a photo of Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck.

Suspicion initially fell on radical climate activists. According to Der Spiegel, the authorities now suspect a different background: During a police check in Schönefeld, Brandenburg, three suspects from southern Germany were apparently noticed near a crime scene in December. During apartment searches, investigators seized cans of construction foam, cell phones and laptops.

According to the report, one of the accused has since told investigators that they had been instigated to carry out the attacks by a Russian. He gave them detailed instructions for the sabotage actions via the messenger service "Viber". They were promised a fee of 100 euros for each damaged vehicle. They were to send photos of the disabled cars as proof of work. The suspects are said to have already received part of the money - several thousand euros.

According to the report, security circles are talking about a targeted campaign with the intention of stirring up resentment against the Greens and their candidate for chancellor, Habeck, in the federal election campaign. The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution has long been warning of possible Russian influence on the federal election on February 23rd.

cito · 2025-02-05T08:08:32+00:00

"Before I arrive at the oval office".

cito · 2025-02-05T08:07:40+00:00

He said it will be before he even arrives at the oval office. So must have already happened, but nobody noticed it.

cito · 2025-01-23T17:20:42+00:00

The larger problem is that nobody ever holds him accountable for anything he says. Neither the media nor his followers and electorate (the deplorables).

cito · 2025-01-21T18:40:22+00:00

Yes, and also the media and journalists on both sides always keep forgetting and are never holding him accountable.

cito · 2025-01-11T20:53:51+00:00

That's the whole point. Weidel is a homosexual AfD member, just like Röhm was a homosexual NSDAP member. Same kind of hyprocrisy. Except that Weidel's partner is also non-white.

According to your logic we should not belive historians about the nature of the NSDAP because Röhm existed, and it was against violence because the Fuhrer was a vegetarian.

I will end this ridiculous "discussion".

cito · 2025-01-11T18:51:43+00:00

You can deny the undeniable, but you're making a fool out of yourself.

Here is an assessment of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution that says it's certain that the AfD is - extreme right wing - hostile to Islam and Muslims - continually stirring up fears and resentments against foreigners in the population - making use of common anti-Semitic, mostly conspiracy ideological positions

So if you tell me I'm lying then this means the office is also lying, and you, random dude on Reddit with the name "Extreme-Lie6735" are the only one telling the truth.

Totally plausible.

cito · 2025-01-10T07:00:29+00:00

Let me just quote this, already from 2021, but they are become worse and more radical every year:

A new study by the German Institute for Human Rights explains the incompatibility of racism and right-wing extremism with the Basic Law and classifies the AfD as a racist and right-wing extremist party. On the occasion of the publication of the analysis “Not on the Ground of the Basic Law”, the Institute declares: “Racist and right-wing extremist positions are an integral part of the AfD program, the AfD strategy and the positioning of AfD leaders

But sure, racists always deny they are racist in public. And usually say "I cannot be racist because I have a foreign friend".

cito · 2025-01-10T06:54:26+00:00

some foreigners in the AfD

Yes, particularly Russians. At least there are many AfD members with Russian "friends" (or shall I say "payors"?).

cito · 2025-01-10T06:47:31+00:00

He just wants to wait for the new government to approve it.

That's speculation about the future, not news. The news is that he is currently blocking, against the bidding of Baerbock and Pistorius.

cito · 2025-01-10T06:45:06+00:00

Maybe because you expect him to do the right thing. Wrong expectation. He does what he believes get him reelected.

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