A reporter for the German TV channel Phoenix was caught on a hot mic expressing his frustration during live coverage of Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday.
You’re right. If a German politician, yet alone the chancellor, would say something like “we’re not doing the wind thing” (roughly: Das Windding machen wir nicht") I would be highly irritated.
But, there are phrases similar that would be acceptable although they would be kind of unprofessional like “Den Windunfug gehen wir nicht mit”
That being said some stupid neo Nazi afd politician just said “Wir werden diese Windmühlen der Schande niederreißen” (We’re going to tear down those windmills of shame/disgrace")
Maybe we’ve already arrived at trump’s language level.
You’re right. If a German politician, yet alone the chancellor, would say something like “we’re not doing the wind thing” (roughly: Das Windding machen wir nicht") I would be highly irritated.
But, there are phrases similar that would be acceptable although they would be kind of unprofessional like “Den Windunfug gehen wir nicht mit”
That being said some stupid neo Nazi afd politician just said “Wir werden diese Windmühlen der Schande niederreißen” (We’re going to tear down those windmills of shame/disgrace")
Maybe we’ve already arrived at trump’s language level.