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Merz is a pathological liar (even more so than the usual politicians), he also has categorically denied cooperating with the AfD and even threatened anyone in the CDU to do so with expulsion from the party, only a few weeks before cooperating with them himself.
If he tells you that the sun is shining outside, better bring an umbrella and a flashlight, because most likely you'll actually find pitch black night and pouring rain.
If he keeps flipping like that we can hook him up to a turbine and use him as a renewable energy source.
But what should we do with the toxic byproducts of this kind of energy production?
Probably shut down all their generating capacity and then hope Sweden can solve the mess they've created for them. Ideally at a point in time when they'd create a massive strategic weakness for Europe.
As the saying goes: listen not to what politicians say, but watch what they do.
By his own previous public proclamation anyone cooperating with the extremist AfD is to be expelled from his party. If he had decency he would now self-expel.
If he had decency he would now self-expel.
Mentioning Merz and Decency in the same sentence is such grave violation of all laws of logic and human decency that it makes me want to violently expel my stomach's contents.
Where's the news? Krah (top AfD politician) said that nine month ago (starting at 20:22 Interview is in German): https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BuMZzfDUOf8