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Search results for "German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said the United States is being 'humiliated' by Iran"

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Donald Trump stated on March 03, 2026 in remarks at the White House:
The 2015 Iran nuclear agreement “gave (Iran) the right to have top-of-the-line nuclear weapons.”
By Louis Jacobson• March 5, 2026
Alex Jones stated on May 11, 2025 in a post on X:
A video shows French President Emmanuel Macron, United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Freidrich Merz with a bag of cocaine after visiting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
By Maria Briceño, Madison Czopek• May 13, 2025
Donald Trump stated on April 02, 2019 in remarks to reporters:
Says his father, Fred Trump, was "born in a very wonderful place in Germany."
By Tom Kertscher• April 4, 2019
Alex Jones stated on May 11, 2025 in en una publicación en X:
Un vídeo muestra al presidente francés, Emmanuel Macron, al primer ministro del Reino Unido, Keir Starmer, y al canciller alemán, Friedrich Merz, con una bolsa de cocaína tras visitar al presidente ucraniano, Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
By Maria Briceño, Madison Czopek• May 16, 2025
Donald Trump stated on March 18, 2017 in a post on Twitter:
"Germany owes ... vast sums of money to NATO & the United States must be paid more for the powerful, and very expensive, defense it provides to Germany!"
By Allison Graves• March 19, 2017
Facebook posts stated on March 21, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Quotes Adolf Hitler as saying the best way to control a people is "to take a little of their freedom at a time."
By Samantha Putterman• April 1, 2019
Randy Bryce stated on January 10, 2018 in a campaign appearance:
Under "his own legislation," Donald Trump's "own family would not have been allowed into the country."  
By Tom Kertscher• January 19, 2018
Viral image stated on August 03, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says Angela Merkel is the daughter of Adolf Hitler, Justin Trudeau is the son of Fidel Castro and Barbara Bush is the daughter of Aleister Crowley.
By Ciara O'Rourke• August 6, 2020
Mitt Romney stated on September 22, 2011 in a debate in Orlando, Fla.:
President Obama "went around the world and apologized for America."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• September 23, 2011
Viral image stated on August 03, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Photo shows Angela Merkel, Theresa May and Dalia Grybauskaitė as teenagers.
By Ciara O'Rourke• August 5, 2020
Threads posts stated on January 12, 2025 in a Threads post:
“If they wanted to stop the fires they would make it rain.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• January 15, 2025
Mitt Romney stated on March 02, 2010 in his book "No Apology.":
Several times, Obama "has apologized for what he deems to be American arrogance, dismissiveness, and derision; for dictating solutions, for acting unilaterally ... ."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• March 15, 2010
Mitt Romney stated on June 02, 2011 in a speech announcing his presidential campaign:
"A few months into office, (President Barack Obama) traveled around the globe to apologize for America."
By Louis Jacobson• June 3, 2011
Viral image stated on August 25, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Red Bull contains bull sperm.
By Ciara O'Rourke• October 3, 2019
Paul Wolfowitz stated on September 11, 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"The Germans, the French, countries that opposed us in the (Iraq) war, all believed (Saddam Hussein) had weapons of mass destruction."  
By Allison Graves, Jon Greenberg• September 13, 2016
Instagram posts stated on June 14, 2020 in an image:
Nazi Germany’s Hermann Göring worked to "defund and eliminate the police departments so that they would not interfere with his Brown Shirts."
By Daniel Funke• June 18, 2020
Joe Biden stated on August 20, 2021 in a press conference:
There has been “no question of our credibility from our allies around the world” regarding how the U.S. is withdrawing from Afghanistan.
By Miriam Valverde• August 26, 2021
Ted Cruz stated on January 12, 2012 in a U.S. Senate debate hosted by Empower Texans and the Texas Public Policy Foundation:
Says Barack Obama "began his presidency going on a worldwide apology tour."
By W. Gardner Selby• January 20, 2012
Candace Owens stated on February 22, 2022 in a tweet:
“NATO (under direction from the United States) is violating previous agreements and expanding eastward.”
By Bill McCarthy• February 28, 2022
Threads posts stated on August 04, 2024 in a post:
Image shows Hitler in similar scene as Trump.
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• August 9, 2024

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