German Spat

         Dotty Donald has now picked a fight with Angela Merkel

She has not Bent the Knee,Kissed the Ring,Brown Nosed or sufficiently Abased herself.

Perhaps Theresa May will give her some tips.

In an interview with the London Times:

• Donald Trump says Merkel made 'catastrophic mistake' by admitting more than 1m migrants
• The EU: "It's basically a vehicle for Germany" and 
• You look at the European Union and it's Germany. Basically a vehicle for Germany. That's why I thought the UK was so smart in getting out."
• "other countries will also leave because of anger over immigration ".   http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38632485.

An interview with  Der Bildt:

• Why, the president-elect asked  do so many well-heeled drivers in New York drive a Mercedes-Benz,while Germans buy so few Chevrolets? he asked. 
• "for every car that comes to the USA, you will pay 35 percent tax,"    

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/16/business/trump-germany-bmw-mercedes.html

He tweeted in reference to BMW:

•     “Car companies and others, if they want to do business in our country, have to start making things here again. WIN!,” Sunday's Tweet.                                         http://www.marketwatch.com/story/trump-singles-out-bmw-mercedes-benz-2017-01-16

Trumpf is unaware[of course]that German companies make cars and engines in Tennessee,Alabama etc.--all in Trumpf voting states.

• Daimler's Mercedes-Benz and BMW have factories in the US making SUVs for export to Asia and Europe.
• They build  850,000 units,over half of which are exported.
• That is more than the TOTAL number of units exported by so called US companies--including Fiat -Chrysler---yes that Fiat.
• Around 65 percent of BMW's production from its factory in Spartanburg,South Carolina, is exported. 
• Mercedes vehicles built in Mexico have engines manufactured in Tennessee .
• German car makers employ about 33,000 workers in the United States and German automotive suppliers about 77,000 more.
• These 110,000 are over 150 times the number of "Carrier" jobs Trumpf,dishonestly, claims to have saved.

Doubtless he also is ignorant of the fact that the Opel and Vauxhall factories in Germany are subsidiaries of General Motors of Detroit.
German's do not buy GM Chevies cos GM sells them Opal's and Vauxhaul's.

                              His ignorance is staggering AND dangerous.


Trumpf himself drives  a Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren:

                                                                                                                   
Ivanka has a BMW ; Son Eric a Porche ; Son in-law Jared has both a Porche and the family BMW .

Donald Jr. a Mercedes [and of course a Tesla-he's very green !]

Difficult to know exactly but it seems the immediate family plus ex-wives own 8-10 high end German cars.
                                   
                   Sorry kids got to give them all  to charity 

Trumpf's tweets on this seem a bit odd [well there's a redundant sentence King Cyclops].He after all has a proud German heritage emanating from his grand father of whom he has spoken proudly.They hail [how does one spell that]from Kallstadt in Prussia.

The URL below is really worth viewing.Trumpf  bangs on about his "hugely successful"grandfather and about his own German blood and heritage --that's the heritage which replaced the Swedish one he claimed in"The Art of the Deal"
                                         http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/22/politics/trump-grandfather-germany-friedrich/

 Ah maybe that's  the clue !       Trumpf is famously vengeful.

As stated in the King's blog "Dear Old Dad"on 26 July 2016:

 In 1904 the Prussian state deported his blessed Grand Papa for draft evasion and tax dodging.

Apple and Tree come to mind?

                                          A Tariff on German Cars is Payback!