Skeptisch
Hermann doesn’t give Merkel much of a chance. He’s skeptisch (skeptical). Why should he be the only one that isn’t, right? The normal native psychological make-up doesn’t usually allow for this, I said, giving politicians “of another color” a chance, I mean. He disagreed, of course, but then promptly painted himself into a corner. We wrestled with words back and forth for a few minutes and then he eventually had to admit that he didn’t trust her. When I asked him why he didn’t trust her he said that it had to do with her empty phrases. When I asked him what these empty phrases might be he couldn’t tell me. And then he said she claims to want to move the country forward, but that he doesn’t trust her real intentions. He couldn’t tell me what these were, either, of course, and this suddenly reminded me of Iraq. The natives don’t trust our real intentions, regardless of what we say. And then it struck me that it doesn’t really matter what you say or even do if nobody trusts you. And most natives, I believe, have trouble enough trusting their own countrymen, their own elected leaders, much less the intentions of, say, some mythical President in some mythical country far away they really know nothing about – no, not really. And it all gets down to the fact that people in general, but here in particular, have trouble believing that others are capable of doing things that they themselves are incapable of doing.
Referring to Angela: up to now she's doing a good job, high compliments. But Herman was right. Her image was poor and pale because she successfully refused to state clear positions. Instead she always repeated what we called political "Allgemeinplätze", or with other words "Balloons".
Referring to real US-intentions: serious issue, for more people in the world than just for some notoriously "skeptisch" Germans. Are they all just too "skeptisch"?
Referring to your current President: Please, help me to recall. What was it that transformed that man from a spoiled, drinking, whoring, drugs taking, money wasting (led 3 companies into bankrupt) son of a rich white dynasty with best contacts to the Bin Laden-clan into a man that I could trust for more than a penny? What are the real intentions of his fellows Cheney and Rumsfeld, former chairmen of major companies that now took benefit and profit on the Iraq war like no others, that I shall follow in your opinion?
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