Germany’s Migrant Policy: Why Trump Was Right

Sunday, June 24, 2018
By Paul Martin

by Vijeta Uniyal via The Gatestone Institute
ZeroHedge.com
Sun, 06/24/2018

US President Donald Trump attacked German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s migrant policy this week. The people of Germany are turning against their leadership as migration is rocking the already tenuous Berlin coalition,” he tweeted on June 18. “Crime in Germany is way up. Big mistake made all over Europe in allowing millions of people in who have so strongly and violently changed their culture!” he added.

President Trump’s comments come at a time when Merkel is facing the biggest crisis of her career. She is struggling to hold her government together, with the Bavarian Catholic party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), threatening to leave the governing coalition over immigration. The CSU wants the police to have the authority to turn away illegal migrants at the border, a move bitterly opposed by Merkel.

While Trump slammed Merkel’s handling of the migrant crisis during his presidential campaign, until now, he has refrained from publicly criticizing her over the issue.

US President Donald Trump attacked German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s migrant policy on June 18, writing, “Crime in Germany is way up. Big mistake made all over Europe in allowing millions of people in who have so strongly and violently changed their culture!” Pictured: Trump and Merkel meet in Washington, DC, on April 27, 2018. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Predictably, the mainstream media were quick to criticize President Trump for his remarks.

“Trump falsely claimed that crime in Germany is on the rise,” wrote The New York Times.

The Washington Post ran a “fact-checking” story entitled, “Trump says crime in Germany is way up. German statistics show the opposite.”

“Statistics contradict Trump’s remarks,” German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle reported.

“Trump’s comments are certain to irk German ministers, especially as Europe’s largest economy recently reported the lowest crime figures in more than 25 years. The number of crimes fell almost 10 percent in 2017 over the previous year.”

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