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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

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

Instagram posts stated on November 28, 2023 in an Instagram post:

“In Germany, you must be fully vaxxed before your death by assisted suicide.”

By Loreben Tuquero• December 1, 2023

JD Vance stated on August 24, 2025 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

"If you go back to World War II, if you go back to World War I, if you go back to every major conflict in human history, they all end with some kind of negotiation."

By Louis Jacobson• August 26, 2025

Donald Trump stated on May 11, 2020 in comments in the Rose Garden:

“Germany and the United States are the two best in deaths per 100,000 people, which, frankly, to me, that's perhaps the most important number there is.”

By Shefali Luthra• May 13, 2020

Facebook posts stated on December 06, 2021 in a video:

"COVID-19 vaccines do not stop transmission of COVID, but instead increase it.”

By Jeff Cercone• December 9, 2021

Facebook posts stated on December 08, 2020 in a Facebook post:

People in Germany saw this electoral map that shows Trump beating Biden with 410 electoral votes before Dominion’s servers were seized.

By Samantha Putterman• December 8, 2020

Facebook posts stated on April 29, 2022 in a post:

Germany imposes a 19% tax on feminine hygiene products but a 7% tax on books, so one company is packaging tampons as books.

By Monique Curet• March 31, 2022

Donald Trump stated on June 18, 2018 in a tweet:

"Crime in Germany is way up."

By Jon Greenberg• June 18, 2018

Bloggers stated on August 27, 2021 in a blog post:

“Germany halts all Covid-19 vaccines, says they are unsafe and no longer recommended!!”

By Ciara O'Rourke• September 9, 2021

Frank Lautenberg stated on January 11, 2011 in an interview on MSNBC:

"When we look at the number of murders in the United States (in) 2009, we had 9,500 people murdered. When we look around the world, we see ... large countries, the U.K., Germany, Japan had 200 or less killed in a year."

By Louis Jacobson• January 13, 2011

Donald Trump stated on May 04, 2016 in an interview with NBC News:

Germany "is crime-riddled right now" because of migration to Europe.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• May 11, 2016

Ted Cruz stated on September 24, 2013 in speech advocating repeal of Obamacare law:

"Neville Chamberlain told the British people: ‘Accept the Nazis. Yes, they will dominate the continent of Europe, but that is not our problem. Let's appease them. Why? Because it can't be done. We cannot possibly stand against them.’"

By W. Gardner Selby• October 16, 2013

Viral image stated on December 14, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Video shows man mocking police in Germany.

By Ciara O'Rourke• March 11, 2022

YouTube videos stated on November 14, 2020 in a YouTube video:

The U.S. military seized servers in Germany tied to Dominion Election Systems.

By Samantha Putterman• November 17, 2020

Louie Gohmert stated on April 07, 2020 in an interview:

Says a powder has been developed that, when mixed with water, “is being used in Germany as a mist. Health care workers go through a misting tent going into the hospital and it kills the coronavirus completely dead not only right then, but any time in the next 14 days that the virus touches anything that’s been sprayed, it is killed.”

By Madlin Mekelburg• April 9, 2020

Michael Knowles stated on April 06, 2022 in a video:

“German perverts open bestiality brothels.”

By Monique Curet• April 8, 2022

Viral image stated on December 03, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Photo shows “the jabbed and the unjabbed … separated with a fence in a supermarket” in Germany.

By Ciara O'Rourke• December 17, 2021

Viral image stated on April 01, 2019 in a Facebook post:

By Samantha Putterman• April 8, 2019

Kayleigh McEnany stated on February 08, 2022 in a Facebook post:

“President Trump sanctioned Russia. President Biden gave them a pipeline.”

By Louis Jacobson• February 9, 2022

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