50 Years After JFK, Obama Not 'ein Berliner'

50 Years After JFK, Obama Not 'ein Berliner'

Nowhere is the chasm between Obama and Germany more apparent than in his icy relationship with Chancellor Angela Merkel. The two have always held each other at arm’s length, and they have also traded barbs on Europe’s handling of the Eurozone crisis. By contrast, despite disagreeing on policy, George W. Bush had a warm relationship with Merkel, famously (and awkwardly) rubbing her back at a 2006 G8 meeting.

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