Well, this is embarrassing and humiliating, at least to those of us who care about living in a civilized and peaceful world. Angela Merkel issued a pointed warning during an election rally today about the trustworthiness of the United States and Great Britain. AFP reports that Merkel warned that Europe must take its fate into its own hands given that Great Britain is wrestling with Brexit and the United States now has an orange buffoon as its president. At the rally, she was blunt and specific.