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Germany’s Armin Laschet is ready to be China’s puppet

By Tom Rogan
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Germany’s Armin Laschet is ready to be China’s puppet

In late September, Germans will elect a new parliament and government.

Polls show a tight race between Annalena Baerbock’s center-left Green Party and Chancellor Angela Merkel’s center-right CDU-CSU alliance. After nearly 16 years in power, Merkel is retiring and making way for Armin Laschet. Unfortunately, Laschet is likely to be even worse for U.S. interests than Merkel has been.

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