Obama Says Merkel on ‘Right Side of History’ on Refugees
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Obama Delivers Message of Unity to European Leaders
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President Barack Obama piled praise on Chancellor Angela Merkel for being “on the right side of history” with her open-door stance on refugees, bolstering the German leader whose popularity is weighed down at home because of the influx.
In effusive remarks on what may be his last trip to Germany as president, Obama lauded his “friend and partner” Merkel for her “remarkable endurance.” He singled out her refusal to close the border in response to Europe’s worst refugee crisis since World War II, which has come at a political price.