Ich bin ein Münchner: Merkel’s beer tent breakup

‘We thought that after meeting with the U.S. president, she would need a pause to recover,’ said the Bavarian premier. You can say that again.
'The times in which we could completely depend on others are, to a certain extent, over,' German Chancellor Angela Merkel, pictured in 2015, said this week.
“I believe we are at a critical juncture in human history and the U.S. needs to overhaul its relations with the international community.” Those words were uttered not by the current president of the United States or anyone in his cabinet. They were spoken Sunday night (in a prescient repeat) ...

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