Following Donald Trump's reversal of his earlier statements during Helsinki's summit with Russia's Vladimir Putin, that Moscow hadn't meddled in the 2016 US presidential Election, the German Foreign Minister demanded a “minimum degree of reliability” from the POTUS. He lambasted Trump for the “24 hour life span” of his position.
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has criticized the US President for his hasty backtracking after Donald Trump told reporters, that he had misspoken when he answered the question about the alleged Russian interference in US policy, saying “I don't see any reason why it would be.” According to Trump, he said the word “would” instead of “wouldn't” by mistake.
“It is, quite simply, extremely difficult to craft policies when the information or facts have a 24 hour life span. This will not work,” Maas told the reporters, commenting on Trump's claims.
He also insisted that a “minimum degree of reliability” is needed from the US President.
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In his interview with the local broadcaster RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland, the German official called the reversal “an apparent attempt at damage control,” which doesn't seem “particularly convincing.”
Maas also took aim at Trump's European tourney and his listing of the EU as the US economic “foe” along with China and Russia, regretting the US President didn't reverse his claims…
