The large Trump-Blatter comparison
The talk round at Frank Plasberg analyzed Donald Trumps's latest tweets - and compared the designated president with prominent athletes.
Cem Özdemir (B'90 / Greens, Federal President)
Carolin Roth (financial journalist, reports for the US station CNBC from London)
Julian Reichelt (chief editor of Bild.de)
Don Jordan (American journalist)
The topic:
Trump is elected, but after the election campaign does not really sound quieter. He recently tweaked the alleged "election fraud". The uncertainty surrounding the future president also inspired the title of the show: "The leap into the dark: what brings the era Trump?"
And "Is the end of free trade, free speech?" It was analyzed diligently - based on the current statements of Trumps and the election of Michael Flynn as a security adviser as well as Steve Bannon as the chief strategist. Flynn had publicly compared Islam with a cancer, while Bannon was counted as a controversial "alt-right" movement. Their followers also show the Hitlergruß as a single player.
Jordan also worried a bit - about the debt. "There are forecasts that it will rise from $ 20,000 billion to $ 25,000 billion." Jordan and Kauder unanimously demanded the German rearmament, the military expenditures to the long-standing NATO norm, which was maintained by a few states
- two percent of the gross domestic product. Özdemir did not oppose this directly but urged a solution within the EU.
When Reichelt understood the designated security officer Flynn, the discussion threatened to degenerate into a debate on Islam. Reichelt saw the problem less in the "not particularly nuanced" speech, but in Obama: He had refused "to put the word Islamism in the mouth" and therefore Trump a steep presentation in the election campaign given. Islamic terrorism is a real danger. Özdemir saw this quite differently: words like the cancer-ulcer comparison Flynns were best advertising, "if I wanted to recruit newcomers for Islamism". Kauder also urged moderation: "There is absolutely no justification for putting a world religion aside altogether."
And the "alt-right" movement? For Jordan are the "Randerscheinungen". "I do not believe Trump is so stupid that he will give these people a really big voice." The journalist thought the Europeans the mirror: Trump was "a mixture of leaves, winter grain, Zumwinkel, Beckenbauer and as they all are called". American democracy had correctives that would greatly restrict Trumps travel.
Reichelt struck in the same notch, and saw also moderation at Trump: Bannon, whom he called "disgusting," had not become his staff, although he had been placed in the election campaign because of his activity. Özdemir was not so optimistic: Trump had "enormous power" due to the majority of the Republicans in the Senate. He also owes nothing to the Republican establishment.
The government urgently wants to get rid of billions, but no one wants them? That sounded badly after cheap excuse. For example, to increase the Hartz IV rate and thus stimulate demand, there is no need for any planners or construction workers.
The guests:
Volker Kauder (CDU, Chairman of the Union of Unions in the German Bundestag)Cem Özdemir (B'90 / Greens, Federal President)
Carolin Roth (financial journalist, reports for the US station CNBC from London)
Julian Reichelt (chief editor of Bild.de)
Don Jordan (American journalist)
The topic:
Trump is elected, but after the election campaign does not really sound quieter. He recently tweaked the alleged "election fraud". The uncertainty surrounding the future president also inspired the title of the show: "The leap into the dark: what brings the era Trump?"
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| Concern for the German economy and the climate: Volker Kauder and Cem Özdemir at "Hart but fair". |
The front run:
It quickly became clear: everyone in the round is concerned. Özdemir mainly around the climate, Kauder and Roth around the German economy. The American in the round tried to slow down: "We have to wait for his kick-off," Jordan repeated. Why is the big panic left after the election in the markets? Roth pointed this out to the big economic stimulus announced by Trump: "Trump is very good for the domestic economy."Jordan also worried a bit - about the debt. "There are forecasts that it will rise from $ 20,000 billion to $ 25,000 billion." Jordan and Kauder unanimously demanded the German rearmament, the military expenditures to the long-standing NATO norm, which was maintained by a few states
- two percent of the gross domestic product. Özdemir did not oppose this directly but urged a solution within the EU.
When Reichelt understood the designated security officer Flynn, the discussion threatened to degenerate into a debate on Islam. Reichelt saw the problem less in the "not particularly nuanced" speech, but in Obama: He had refused "to put the word Islamism in the mouth" and therefore Trump a steep presentation in the election campaign given. Islamic terrorism is a real danger. Özdemir saw this quite differently: words like the cancer-ulcer comparison Flynns were best advertising, "if I wanted to recruit newcomers for Islamism". Kauder also urged moderation: "There is absolutely no justification for putting a world religion aside altogether."
The transatlantic conflict:
How far German politics and the US seem to be at a time apart, a subsequent sentence of Kauders revealed: "It is not as if we were untrained in dealing with regimes that do not share our human rights." People should speak openly at diplomatic meetings. Reichelt put this on the palm of his hand: "One should be careful to call the US a regime."And the "alt-right" movement? For Jordan are the "Randerscheinungen". "I do not believe Trump is so stupid that he will give these people a really big voice." The journalist thought the Europeans the mirror: Trump was "a mixture of leaves, winter grain, Zumwinkel, Beckenbauer and as they all are called". American democracy had correctives that would greatly restrict Trumps travel.
Reichelt struck in the same notch, and saw also moderation at Trump: Bannon, whom he called "disgusting," had not become his staff, although he had been placed in the election campaign because of his activity. Özdemir was not so optimistic: Trump had "enormous power" due to the majority of the Republicans in the Senate. He also owes nothing to the Republican establishment.
The issue of the investment program:
Trump invests a trillion dollars in ten years - an enormous sum. Left-politicians Sahra Wagenknecht had recently publicly welcomed this, which brought her a lot of scolding. Financial journalist Roth came to the aid: "I think she is quite right there." The savings policy of the Germans could not understand them. "I spoke with the President of the German Institute for Economic Research, and he said there was an investment gap of 100 billion euros every year." Kauder defended himself: infrastructure is already doing a lot, for example with more money for schools. Often one could not even "bring the money to the man, because the plans are still not so far".The government urgently wants to get rid of billions, but no one wants them? That sounded badly after cheap excuse. For example, to increase the Hartz IV rate and thus stimulate demand, there is no need for any planners or construction workers.
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