Hours into his new job, Trump’s ambassador to Germany threatens German businesses (Iran, Obama)

[GABESTA535]

Hours into his new job, Trump’s ambassador to Germany threatens German businesses

“For the past year, German officials have been urging their U.S. counterparts to send a new ambassador to Berlin. But after finally receiving one, many may be having second thoughts.

Within hours of assuming his new post on Tuesday, Richard Grenell triggered harsh criticism in this Trump-weary country after appearing to threaten one of the American president’s frequent targets: German businesses.

In a tweet following President Trump’s announcement to leave the Iran nuclear deal, Grenell wrote that “German companies doing business in Iran should wind down operations immediately.” Germany, alongside France and Britain, wants to stick to the deal Trump is seeking to scrap. And while Grenell’s post may not deviate from the official White House stance on future European business dealings with Iran, the timing and tone struck some German politicians, journalists and business executives as offensive and inappropriate.
The remarks, which were widely perceived as a threat here, came only an hour after the U.S. Embassy in Berlin took to Twitter to announce that Grenell had officially arrived in the German capital.
While German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier may have kindly welcomed the new U.S. top diplomat in the German capital, business associations and leading European politicians immediately lashed out at him on his first day.”

Germany is one of Iran's largest trading partners, with German exports hitting some €2.6 billion in 2016, up 26 percent on the previous year, according to the Ministry of Finance in Berlin.

https://twitter.com/RichardGrenell/s...24107212394496

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.e448b571720d

Jean Asselborn zum Ausstieg der USA aus Iran-Deal: "Trumps Leichtfertigkeit macht mich sprachlos" - SPIEGEL ONLINE

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-i...KBN1I92YP?il=0

https://www.thelocal.de/20180509/us-...an-immediately

[Clarallel]

No wonder Trump likes him. That's Trump's mode, too - to swagger, to threaten, to bully.

[Dbones]

That's not a threat, it's a friendly warning letting them know what is about to happen.

[Tominftl]

More swamp creatures. Yes, trump has made the swamp much worse....

[Tall Traveler]

Originally Posted by GABESTA535

Hours into his new job, Trump’s ambassador to Germany threatens German businesses

“For the past year, German officials have been urging their U.S. counterparts to send a new ambassador to Berlin. But after finally receiving one, many may be having second thoughts.

Within hours of assuming his new post on Tuesday, Richard Grenell triggered harsh criticism in this Trump-weary country after appearing to threaten one of the American president’s frequent targets: German businesses.

In a tweet following President Trump’s announcement to leave the Iran nuclear deal, Grenell wrote that “German companies doing business in Iran should wind down operations immediately.” Germany, alongside France and Britain, wants to stick to the deal Trump is seeking to scrap. And while Grenell’s post may not deviate from the official White House stance on future European business dealings with Iran, the timing and tone struck some German politicians, journalists and business executives as offensive and inappropriate.
The remarks, which were widely perceived as a threat here, came only an hour after the U.S. Embassy in Berlin took to Twitter to announce that Grenell had officially arrived in the German capital.
While German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier may have kindly welcomed the new U.S. top diplomat in the German capital, business associations and leading European politicians immediately lashed out at him on his first day.”

Germany is one of Iran's largest trading partners, with German exports hitting some €2.6 billion in 2016, up 26 percent on the previous year, according to the Ministry of Finance in Berlin.

https://twitter.com/RichardGrenell/s...24107212394496

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.e448b571720d

Jean Asselborn zum Ausstieg der USA aus Iran-Deal: "Trumps Leichtfertigkeit macht mich sprachlos" - SPIEGEL ONLINE

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-i...KBN1I92YP?il=0

https://www.thelocal.de/20180509/us-...an-immediately

More Greatness now from Trump's Ambassador to Germany

If someone is pledging to kill you, you don't give them a gun (Obama) and you ask your so called friends to not sell them one or give them money to buy a gun.