I have three empty coffee cans, two with prizes and one with a slip of paper that says Zonk.

These are the things that separate a date from a fiancee, a shawty from a wife, a one-night stand from a lifetime commitment.

“We consider this to be an act of modern piracy. This is no way to treat transatlantic partners. Even in times of global crisis, we shouldn’t resort to the tactics of the wild west,” said Andreas Geisel, a leading Berlin politician. Significantly, Merkel has refused to give Trump the benefit of the doubt.

Many people fled the country as war loomed.