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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.