History never ceases to surprise but do we ever listen?
Yesterday, newly elected German Chancellor Friedrich Merz visited US President Donald Trump and all seemed to go swimmingly well
Merz thanked Trump for the invitation and the support that the US has always given Germany. Trump complimented Merz on his good knowledge of English, asking him if English was his mother tongue.
Merz stressed all sensitive issues would be discussed away from the cameras.
It so happens that on the same date in June 78 years earlier, June 5, 1947 United States Secretary of State George Marshall, in a speech at Harvard University, called for economic aid to help Europe rebuild. And the irony that it was announced in Harvard.
When the German chancellor reminded Donald Trump that today June 6 was liberation day for Europe thanks to the US, Trump reply was astonishing. He obviously had no idea what Merz was talking about.
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