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Merkel fires back at Trump: Germany makes ‘independent decisions’
BRUSSELS, July 11, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday
said Germany makes “independent decisions”, firing back at US President
Donald Trump after he accused Berlin of being a “captive” of Russia.
“I myself have also experienced a part of Germany being occupied by the
Soviet Union,” Merkel, who grew up in communist East Germany, said as she
arrived at a tense NATO summit.
“I am very glad that we are united today in freedom as the Federal
Republic of Germany and that we can therefore also make our own independent
policies and make our own independent decisions.”
BSS/AFP/FI/ 1724 hrs