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U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross’s video address to German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s political party’s business conference in Berlin was cut off on Tuesday after Ross went over his time limit, prompting conference attendees to laugh and cheer.

Ross’s video feed at the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) conference was faded out after roughly 20 minutes for going over his time limit, according to Bloomberg.

Attendees then began to applaud and laugh at the move.

“That was the U.S. secretary of commerce, who had promised us a 10-minute statement,” the head of CDU Economic Council Werner Bahlsen said.
“As you saw, he spoke a bit slowly, so it took a bit longer. Now we look forward to the chancellor’s speech,” he continued.

The episode comes as tensions have grown between the U.S. and Germany, especially on the issue of trade.

The commerce secretary echoed President Trump’s criticism of Germany’s trade surplus with the U.S.

However, Ross sided with Merkel in saying the U.S. and the European Union should restart Transatlantic Trade an Investment Partnership (TTIP).

“We, as major trading partners of each other, should have a free-trade agreement,” he said.

Ross’s address comes one week before the Merkel and Trump will meet with their international counterparts at the G-20 summit in Hamburg.

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qman said:

I really never understood this obsession from the Left about caring so much about what non-Americans think about the US political system.

My main concern is about the US, not what others think about the US.

Russia and other nations thought having a black man like Obama representing US interests was a big fucking joke, they had no respect for a puppet like that at all, should I be concerned about that fact?  NO.

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Tmethyl said:

My daughter was putting together more complete and intelligent sentences than Trump when she was 4yrs old, he is a living joke.
Everyone should be laughing, how could any sane person take him seriously?

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Any person who cares about trade and defense of their pansy nation.

Tmethyl said:

My daughter was putting together more complete and intelligent sentences than Trump when she was 4yrs old, he is a living joke.
Everyone should be laughing, how could any sane person take him seriously?

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Remember when Obama would sometimes speak all "ghetto" at his political rallies?  I guess he got a free pass because???

qman said:

Tmethyl said:

My daughter was putting together more complete and intelligent sentences than Trump when she was 4yrs old, he is a living joke.
Everyone should be laughing, how could any sane person take him seriously?

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Remember when Obama would sometimes speak all "ghetto" at his political rallies?  I guess he got a free pass because???

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qman said:

I really never understood this obsession from the Left about caring so much about what non-Americans think about the US political system.

My main concern is about the US, not what others think about the US.

Russia and other nations thought having a black man like Obama representing US interests was a big fucking joke, they had no respect for a puppet like that at all, should I be concerned about that fact?  NO.

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Enlil said:

He never spoke ghetto.  Only someone who has never been to the ghetto would even think that.

Having said that, Obama, on his worst day, sounded way smarter than anything Trump has said since 2015.

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"He never spoke ghetto"

I believe you know exactly what I'm referring to with my statement, it had been noted by many people, obviously the MSM would never touch this subject with a ten foot pole.

5150 said:

How many hedonistic vacation s does Obama need to take,guy is obnoxious

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Kryptos said:

5150 said:

How many hedonistic vacation s does Obama need to take,guy is obnoxious

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I don't know, but I'm pretty sure it's less than the number of times Trump has to go golfing!

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Can't we all admit with honesty that both Trump and Obama were and are equally failures in every aspect.
I don't see a need to argue about which one was a bigger fuckoff, that takes our attention away from what really matters.
The real problem is, as perfectly stated by Terence McKenna, "we are led by the least among us.".

That simple statement really sums up the current situation, the least noble, the least visionary, the least intelligent people, are running shit.
How the fuck did this happen? Maybe qman knows.

Tmethyl said:

Can't we all admit with honesty that both Trump and Obama were and are equally failures in every aspect.

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Obama failed because the Republicans blocked him at every turn. Trump fails because the has Congress, both Houses and the Supreme Court, and America is failing with it.

You had to go from #1 to #2, it could either be a graceful transition with damage control, or by either the donkey or the elephant crapping out a turd and electing it president.
You chose Trump.

Asante said:

Tmethyl said:

Can't we all admit with honesty that both Trump and Obama were and are equally failures in every aspect.

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Obama failed because the Republicans blocked him at every turn. Trump fails because the has Congress, both Houses and the Supreme Court, and America is failing with it.

You had to go from #1 to #2, it could either be a graceful transition with damage control, or by either the donkey or the elephant crapping out a turd and electing it president.
You chose Trump.

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Kryptos said:

Asante said:

Tmethyl said:

Can't we all admit with honesty that both Trump and Obama were and are equally failures in every aspect.

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Obama failed because the Republicans blocked him at every turn. Trump fails because the has Congress, both Houses and the Supreme Court, and America is failing with it.

You had to go from #1 to #2, it could either be a graceful transition with damage control, or by either the donkey or the elephant crapping out a turd and electing it president.
You chose Trump.

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Asante is right. Obama failed because he was a democrat with a republican congress. Trump can't get a Republican bill through a Republican Congress with the backing of the Republican executive branch and a freshly Republican Supreme court. Last week was what, third try?

Oh, and Obama *did* end up succeeding. We did, after all, have Obamacare for a bit.

What this tells me is that Obama is capable of getting shit done in a bipartisan climate, while Trump is having trouble during team practice the day before the big game. Probably why he's still holding campaign rallies.

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You both don't get it, the Republicans hate Trump because he's not part of The Establishment.  The Republicans are owned by the same interests that put Obama into office, behind the scenes they're BOTH on the same team.

"Obama...end up succeeding"

For the corporate interests that wrote the legislation, it fucked over US citizens. 

"Obama is capable of getting shit done"

He was capable of taking orders from corporate interests like a good little boy, why would you think that's some sort of accomplishment? 

starfire_xes said:

Is this a political post?  Maybe and start your only forum:

'I laughed and hate people' could make a good post forum. 


Really good, stimulating ideas to debate.

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wow, relax.

qman said:

"He never spoke ghetto"

I believe you know exactly what I'm referring to with my statement

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akira_akuma said:

starfire_xes said:

Is this a political post?  Maybe and start your only forum:

'I laughed and hate people' could make a good post forum. 


Really good, stimulating ideas to debate.

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wow, relax.

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you can post two words that are coherent. 

Stonehenge said:

How many terror attacks has poland had in the last few weeks? In the last few years? I wonder why that is? Anybody got a guess?

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Enlil said:

qman said:

"He never spoke ghetto"

I believe you know exactly what I'm referring to with my statement

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I have no idea.  I'm not really familiar with the alt-right racist code words.  Please explain what you're talking about.

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Asante said:

Stonehenge said:

How many terror attacks has poland had in the last few weeks? In the last few years? I wonder why that is? Anybody got a guess?

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Maybe look into how many neonazi attacks oin all things foregn there are in Poland. For the country where the bulk of the concentration camps were in operation, it is guaranteed to blow your mind. Look into whats happening in Polish politics, they are ready to roll out the barbed wire and fire up the ovens again. Worse than Germany. Are they your friends because they are anti Muslim?

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Kryptos said:

Asante said:

Tmethyl said:

Can't we all admit with honesty that both Trump and Obama were and are equally failures in every aspect.

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Obama failed because the Republicans blocked him at every turn. Trump fails because the has Congress, both Houses and the Supreme Court, and America is failing with it.

You had to go from #1 to #2, it could either be a graceful transition with damage control, or by either the donkey or the elephant crapping out a turd and electing it president.
You chose Trump.

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Asante is right. Obama failed because he was a democrat with a republican congress. Trump can't get a Republican bill through a Republican Congress with the backing of the Republican executive branch and a freshly Republican Supreme court. Last week was what, third try?

Oh, and Obama *did* end up succeeding. We did, after all, have Obamacare for a bit.

What this tells me is that Obama is capable of getting shit done in a bipartisan climate, while Trump is having trouble during team practice the day before the big game. Probably why he's still holding campaign rallies.

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Enlil said:

Trump bowed to the Saudi king.  I guess he's a "beta cuck".

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The Ecstatic said:

Yep, but Obama never called his predecessor a terrorist-enabling globalist weakling for doing so.


This is what you redcaps dont seem to understand: trump  if he himself wasnt railing against it for years.



Its the hypocrisy thats infuriating more so than the act itself.

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The Ecstatic said:

Yep, but Obama never called his predecessor a terrorist-enabling globalist weakling for doing so.


This is what you redcaps dont seem to understand: trump wouldnt be scrutinized for half this shit if he himself wasnt railing against it for years.



Its the hypocrisy thats infuriating more so than the act itself.

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Enlil said:

He never spoke ghetto.  Only someone who has never been to the ghetto would even think that.

Having said that, Obama, on his worst day, sounded way smarter than anything Trump has said since 2015.

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Please furnish us with a video of Obama talking ghetto. Otherwise, I might just have to call you a jive ass turkey, Qman.

I love how you (qman) want to sit there and pretend you don't give a fuck about your country looking so god damn foolish the world over. It actually does fucking matter, by the way. It matter when you want to trade with these people. It matter when you want to have bases in their countries. Foreign relations DO matter. It is foolish to think otherwise.

Obama made America look polished and sophisticated. Trump makes us look like a bunch of uneducated silly assholes who've gone blind from playing with ourselves too much.

We used to have respect in the world. We used to be seen as leaders. Republicans, such as G W Bush, and Mr Trump have ruined our good name. Obama did not do that.

starfire_xes said:

The Ecstatic said:

Yep, but Obama never called his predecessor a terrorist-enabling globalist weakling for doing so.


This is what you redcaps dont seem to understand: trump  if he himself wasnt railing against it for years.



Its the hypocrisy thats infuriating more so than the act itself.

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"wouldnt be scrutinized for half this shit"

Doing what?  Thrills us with your particular acumen of the political areas.

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SirTripAlot said:

The Ecstatic said:

Yep, but Obama never called his predecessor a terrorist-enabling globalist weakling for doing so.


This is what you redcaps dont seem to understand: trump wouldnt be scrutinized for half this shit if he himself wasnt railing against it for years.



Its the hypocrisy thats infuriating more so than the act itself.

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Every candidate for president does this.....the diference is; there never has been a log of written records (tweets) to draw from. Sure there are campaign speechs for cannon fodder but direct quotations recorded in tweets makes it easy pickens

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Bigbadwooof said:

Enlil said:

He never spoke ghetto.  Only someone who has never been to the ghetto would even think that.

Having said that, Obama, on his worst day, sounded way smarter than anything Trump has said since 2015.

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Please furnish us with a video of Obama talking ghetto. Otherwise, I might just have to call you a jive ass turkey, Qman.

I love how you (qman) want to sit there and pretend you don't give a fuck about your country looking so god damn foolish the world over. It actually does fucking matter, by the way. It matter when you want to trade with these people. It matter when you want to have bases in their countries. Foreign relations DO matter. It is foolish to think otherwise.

Obama made America look polished and sophisticated. Trump makes us look like a bunch of uneducated silly assholes who've gone blind from playing with ourselves too much.

We used to have respect in the world. We used to be seen as leaders. Republicans, such as G W Bush, and Mr Trump have ruined our good name. Obama did not do that.

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"furnish us with a video of Obama talking ghetto"

I already did.

"Obama made America look polished and sophisticated"

Yeah, I'm sure invading Libya for no reason, adding more troops to Afghanistan and using drone strikes all over the globe really made the US look "polished".  

"Republican... have ruined our good name"

Not true, the people in power ruined it a long time ago.

"Obama did not do that"

Obama never had the respect from other world leaders, they knew he was a puppet black man being paraded around the world for political reasons. The elite abused the hell out of this so called man for the disadvantaged people, they used him to create the largest wealth and income inequality in over 80 years. 

The Ecstatic said:

SirTripAlot said:

The Ecstatic said:

Yep, but Obama never called his predecessor a terrorist-enabling globalist weakling for doing so.


This is what you redcaps dont seem to understand: trump wouldnt be scrutinized for half this shit if he himself wasnt railing against it for years.



Its the hypocrisy thats infuriating more so than the act itself.

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Every candidate for president does this.....the diference is; there never has been a log of written records (tweets) to draw from. Sure there are campaign speechs for cannon fodder but direct quotations recorded in tweets makes it easy pickens

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The ability to access previously made statements has nothing to do with it.

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starfire_xes said:

The Ecstatic said:

Yep, but Obama never called his predecessor a terrorist-enabling globalist weakling for doing so.


This is what you redcaps dont seem to understand: trump  if he himself wasnt railing against it for years.



Its the hypocrisy thats infuriating more so than the act itself.

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"wouldnt be scrutinized for half this shit"

Doing what?  Thrills us with your particular acumen of the political areas.

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Bigbadwooof said:

Let me get this straight, qman... you think Bush and Trump come remotely close to commanding a modicum of global respect that Obama had? Im sure I can find polling data relating to the subject, but I want to be sure Im understanding you correctly first.

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Kryptos said:

Bigbadwooof said:

Let me get this straight, qman... you think Bush and Trump come remotely close to commanding a modicum of global respect that Obama had? Im sure I can find polling data relating to the subject, but I want to be sure Im understanding you correctly first.

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Come on man, Bush definitely commanded a fair bit of global respect. I would say maybe not quite the way that Obama's charisma commands respect, but he at least was respected as a president and leader of the free world. Nobody cut off a Bush cabinet member mid-sentence to cheers and applause, mostly because Bush and his cabinet were respectful enough of others that it was not necessary.

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Bigbadwooof said:

Kryptos said:

Bigbadwooof said:

Let me get this straight, qman... you think Bush and Trump come remotely close to commanding a modicum of global respect that Obama had? Im sure I can find polling data relating to the subject, but I want to be sure Im understanding you correctly first.

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Come on man, Bush definitely commanded a fair bit of global respect. I would say maybe not quite the way that Obama's charisma commands respect, but he at least was respected as a president and leader of the free world. Nobody cut off a Bush cabinet member mid-sentence to cheers and applause, mostly because Bush and his cabinet were respectful enough of others that it was not necessary.

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Fair enough. At the time Bush commanded respect, much of which was residual respect from administrations that came before him. However, he has probably done more damage to Americas global reputation than all other presidents before him, and Trump will undoubtedly surpass his legacy by this measure.

For all of his talk of Obamas "ghetto-ness", he probably had more class, and presented a more sober and polished America to the world, than Bill Clinton, which is actually saying a lot, blowjobs aside.

You should look up some of the blooper reals of the bush administration. They are quite amusing.

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Bigbadwooof said:

Let me get this straight, qman... you think Bush and Trump come remotely close to commanding a modicum of global respect that Obama had? Im sure I can find polling data relating to the subject, but I want to be sure Im understanding you correctly first.

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Trump and Bush won't win any popularity contests on the global stage, but they both get respect.

Obama was a negro puppet from the most powerful nation on the globe, his position was based on charity and political correctness, that does not command true respect on the global level.

"polling data"

I'm sure you'll find that Obama gets all of the popularity wins in the polls, it was hard not to like Obama because he as such a nice personality. Trump is the complete opposite of Obama in those terms, he's rude, immature and a self entitled little brat. With that all being said, Trump has a presence that demands and receives respect on the domestic and global level.

qman said:

Bigbadwooof said:

Let me get this straight, qman... you think Bush and Trump come remotely close to commanding a modicum of global respect that Obama had? Im sure I can find polling data relating to the subject, but I want to be sure Im understanding you correctly first.

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Trump and Bush won't win any popularity contests on the global stage, but they both get respect.

Obama was a negro puppet from the most powerful nation on the globe, his position was based on charity and political correctness, that does not command true respect on the global level.

"polling data"

I'm sure you'll find that Obama gets all of the popularity wins in the polls, it was hard not to like Obama because he as such a nice personality. Trump is the complete opposite of Obama in those terms, he's rude, immature and a self entitled little brat. With that all being said, Trump has a presence that demands and receives respect on the domestic and global level.

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