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As U.S. President Barack Obama
arrived in Berlin for a farewell visit on Wednesday, German
policymakers were scrambling to develop a road map for dealing with the
presidency of his successor, Donald Trump. Last week, in a
congratulatory note to the president-elect, German Chancellor Angela
Merkel gently conditioned Germany's future cooperation with the United
States on both countries’ adherence to a set of shared values:
“democracy, freedom, [and] respect for the law and dignity of human
beings, independent of their origin, skin color, religion, gender,
sexual orientation or political beliefs.” It was a remarkable role
reversal, and one that may set the tone for the relationship between
Berlin and Washington in the years ahead: the leader of a country that
owes its democracy to U.S. intervention was compelled to remind a U.S.
president-elect of the fundamental principles of liberal government. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/germany/2016-11-16/germany-can-protect-liberal-order?cid=nlc-fatoday-20161117&sp_mid=52789994&sp_rid=cm1lYXl1QGNvbWNhc3QubmV0S0&spMailingID=52789994&spUserID=MjEwNDg3MDY3ODY4S0&spJobID=1045771085&spReportId=MTA0NTc3MTA4NQS2
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