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Originally Posted by Skybird
Considering that Trump needed the money he wanted to save in Obamacare to cross-finance his tax "reform" as well, these 30 men probably have done and acchieved some little bit more than just stopping the dismantling of Obamacare for the coming 4 years minimum. They maybe already have sunk the tax reform as well.
So far only decrees signed, no laws passed. Donald alone at home.
But he called Merkel on phone to congratulate her personally for her splendid victory she scored in the Saarland elections on Sunday.  Only that Merkel did not candidate and did not win there, but Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer. |
He was talking about Merkles party, which I suspect you knew:
According to the Trump Hostile Clinton News Network:
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Monday's phone call was added to Trump's schedule after Merkel's Christian Democrats won a regional election in a tiny western state over the weekend. In an official readout of the phone conversation, the White House said Trump spoke with Merkel "to congratulate her on the outcome of the Saarland state election on March 26."
But the statement also added that the two leaders "used the occasion to reflect on the Chancellor's March 17 visit to the White House."
Trump employed a less aggressive tone and did not repeat his claim that Germany owed the US money, said US officials familiar with the call. He instead used the local elections as a way to flatter Merkel.
Sunday's vote in Saarland state -- Germany's smallest -- isn't expected to have a major impact on the balance of power in Germany, and the Christian Democrats have held power in the area for the better part of two decades.
But the election was seen as a bellwether for a series of upcoming votes in Germany, ending in the federal elections on September 24.
Merkel's party performed better than expected. The center-right Christian Democrats won 40.7% of Sunday's vote, a solid 5.5% increase over four years ago and a convincing win over the center-left Social Democrat Party, which only took 29.6%, according to CNN affiliate ARD
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http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/28/politi...a-merkel-call/
Kinda different than how you told it eh?