Angela Merkel

A Russian-German thaw? Merkel heads for Moscow

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, facing a possibly difficult election in Germany later this year, is travelling to Moscow on 2nd May 2017.
Merkel has been a regular visitor to Moscow, and speaks with Russian President Putin on the telephone more often than any other EU leader.  However their relationship hit rock bottom when the Ukrainian crisis exploded in 2014, and has been fraught ever since.

Turkish newspaper blasts Merkel on front page, depicts German Chancellor as “#Frau Hitler”

The diplomatic row between Germany and Turkey, Erdogan and Merkel, sees no sign of letting up.
In what started as a rift over the Germany’s cancellation of Turkish political rallies aimed at gaining support for Erdogan among the 1.5 million Turks living in Germany, has turned into a full blown game of chicken, complete with Hitler references and a pending migrant flood.

Turkey plays nuclear card, warns EU it will flood Europe with millions of refugees

Angela Merkel’s fragile deal to keep migrants (displaced by US/EU wars) contained within Turkey’s borders is about to fall apart, and with it so too goes what is left of the European Union.
What is playing out could have been predicted back when the incompetent Merkel rushed off to Ankara to make a deal with Erdogan to stem the migrant flow.
Erdogan complied with Merkel’s wishes, but the Turkish President had expected concessions for his compliance, and when Erdogan came calling, to campaign to the millions of Turks living in Germany, Merkel reneged.

Rhodes Is Wrong And Trump Could Have The Last Laugh

21st Century Wire says…
Yesterday, President Donald J. Trump accused his predecessor, Barack Obama, of ordering a ‘wire tap’ at Trump Tower prior to the Presidential Election. Yes, a ‘wire tap’. Sounds pretty unsophisticated in this day and age as a means of SIGINT in the post Snowden revelation era where there are numerous more ‘covert’ methods available to agencies.