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On a wide range of geopolitical issues \u2014 from relations with China, Iran and Russia to anti-Semitism, climate change, defense spending (NATO), energy dependence (Nord Stream), globalism, Hezbollah, Huawei and mass migration \u2014 U.S. Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell embarrassed German leaders by showing that their words and actions do not match.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Germany: U.S. Ambassador Richard Grenell’s Legacy of Success<\/h3>\n

Soeren Kern | Gatestone Institute<\/a> | May 28, 2020<\/p>\n

Richard Grenell is stepping down<\/a> from his role as U.S. ambassador to Germany. The move ends one of the most effective American ambassadorships to Berlin in recent memory.<\/p>\n

Grenell arguably has done more than any other American official, with the possible exception of U.S. President Donald J. Trump, to call out the duplicity, hypocrisy and recklessness of Germany\u2019s foreign policymaking establishment.<\/p>\n

On a wide range of geopolitical issues \u2014 from relations with China, Iran and Russia to anti-Semitism, climate change, defense spending (NATO), energy dependence (Nord Stream), globalism, Hezbollah, Huawei and mass migration \u2014 Grenell embarrassed German leaders by showing that their words and actions do not match.<\/p>\n

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