Tommy Vitor

Because I was like, why the fuck are they all together?

God, I hope.

God, I hope.

God, I hope.

I mean, like... We have a clip of that.

I mean, like... We have a clip of that.

I mean, like... We have a clip of that.

Yeah, so just to set it up a little bit, Mertz is an interesting character. He has been in and out of politics for decades. He was in the European Parliament, served in the Bundestag for about 15 years, and left politics in 2009 to go make a shit ton of money in corporate law and business.

Yeah, so just to set it up a little bit, Mertz is an interesting character. He has been in and out of politics for decades. He was in the European Parliament, served in the Bundestag for about 15 years, and left politics in 2009 to go make a shit ton of money in corporate law and business.

Yeah, so just to set it up a little bit, Mertz is an interesting character. He has been in and out of politics for decades. He was in the European Parliament, served in the Bundestag for about 15 years, and left politics in 2009 to go make a shit ton of money in corporate law and business.

He and Merkel, Angela Merkel, the former chancellor, were political rivals, which for a very long time was not a good thing for him because she was like, you know, all consuming political figure. He describes himself as socially conservative, economically liberal.

He and Merkel, Angela Merkel, the former chancellor, were political rivals, which for a very long time was not a good thing for him because she was like, you know, all consuming political figure. He describes himself as socially conservative, economically liberal.

He and Merkel, Angela Merkel, the former chancellor, were political rivals, which for a very long time was not a good thing for him because she was like, you know, all consuming political figure. He describes himself as socially conservative, economically liberal.

He's a big supporter of the transatlantic alliance with the U.S., which is what made these election night comments by Merck's so surprising. Here's a clip.

He's a big supporter of the transatlantic alliance with the U.S., which is what made these election night comments by Merck's so surprising. Here's a clip.

He's a big supporter of the transatlantic alliance with the U.S., which is what made these election night comments by Merck's so surprising. Here's a clip.

But yeah, in the first term, Trump's first term, I think Europe took kind of like a wait and see approach. I don't know if that's because they were just, you know, biding their time or because, you know, like the Committee to Save America, the Jim Mattis's of the world were kind of whispering reassurances to them at the sidelines of the conference. Now they are just moving on.

But yeah, in the first term, Trump's first term, I think Europe took kind of like a wait and see approach. I don't know if that's because they were just, you know, biding their time or because, you know, like the Committee to Save America, the Jim Mattis's of the world were kind of whispering reassurances to them at the sidelines of the conference. Now they are just moving on.

But yeah, in the first term, Trump's first term, I think Europe took kind of like a wait and see approach. I don't know if that's because they were just, you know, biding their time or because, you know, like the Committee to Save America, the Jim Mattis's of the world were kind of whispering reassurances to them at the sidelines of the conference. Now they are just moving on.

No.