Merkel Hits Back After Trump Doubles Down on False German Crime Figures
- German crime statistics ‘speak for themselves:’ Merkel
- Trump targets Merkel on migration second straight day
Angela Merkel
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Chancellor Angela Merkel responded to President Donald Trump’s repeat assertions that crime has risen in Germany as a result of her liberal stance on migration, citing “encouraging” statistics that show the opposite to be true.
For the second straight day, the U.S. president waded into German domestic policy on Tuesday via his favored medium of Twitter. He asserted that crime in Germany has increased by more than 10 percent “since migrants were accepted,” saying that “officials do not want to report these crimes.”