AND UNDERSTATEMENT OF THE YEAR GOES TO…

❝ “I would not advise my children today to go to the US, get educated there or work there, simply because a͟ c͟e͟r͟t͟a͟i͟n͟ s͟o͟c͟i͟a͟l͟ c͟l͟i͟m͟a͟t͟e͟ has suddenly developed there.”
― Friedrich Merz, Chancellor of #Germany

“ German leader Merz says he ‘would not advise my children to go’ to US ” theguardian.com/world/2026/may…

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German leader Merz says he ‘would not advise my children to go’ to US

Chancellor says he no longer views US as land of opportunity amid ‘deeply polarising’ social climate

^{Deborah Cole (The Guardian)}