kind of politically cohesive to stand up to dictatorships like russia. with trump you don t get that sense. and i think that that tension is probably at the heart of it. it also doesn t help that donald trump was extraordinarily uncharitable toward angela merkel last year when she took in a million refugees from mostly syria and she was starting to hemorrhage in popularity, trump did something he often does, kicked her when she was down. he used to say very nice things about merkel when she was popular, and then he said she s ruining germany, she s a disaster. i mean, this is her lowest moment in her tenure as chancellor. she s not going to forget that. and you would think that if you re running for president you would realize it. well, some of theses things, if i actually do make it to that high esteemed office this is going to come back to haunt me. but apparently it didn t matter to him. give us the back story to the reference, the joke he made.
has created institutions of liberty and democracy and kind of politically cohesive stand up to dictatorships like russia. with trump you don t get that sense. i think that tension is probably at the heart of it. also doesn t help that donald trump was extraordinarily uncharitable toward angela merkel last year when she took in a million refugees from mostly syria and she was starting to hemorrhage in popularity, trump did something he often does, kicked her when she was down. used to say nice things about her when she was popular. now she s ruining germany, a disaster. lowest moment in tenure as chancellor. she s not going to forget that. and think if running for president, if i do make to high office, going to come back to haunt me, apparently didn t