Germany Fires Back at Trump’s Unfounded Energy, Pet-Eating Claims
- Social post defending energy policy a rare diplomatic rebuke
- ‘We don’t eat cats and dogs,’ ministry tweets at GOP candidate
Donald Trump speaks to members of the media in the spin room following the second presidential debate at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Sept. 10.
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Donald Trump’s attacks on Germany’s energy policy during Tuesday’s debate drew umbrage — and a sharp social media jab — from the country’s foreign ministry, underscoring the extent to which the Republican presidential nominee retains a raw diplomatic relationship with some of Europe’s leading powers.
The squabble originated in the closing moments of Trump’s face-to-face showdown with Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris, whom the former president was eager to cast as an opponent of fracking and fossil fuels and in favor of renewable energy.