Angela Merkel - If You Don’t Know, Now You Know | The Daily Show

She was not in power, she was in service. That makes all the difference.

She never disrespected another politician, had no scandals, is highly educated and found very often the right words......like when she said "Europe is now on its own", after she met Trump. She is and will be one of the most important and influencal women of all time.

Not having voted for her and her party once - I still have the highest respects for her and her calm, pragmatic, ethical and very intelligent political style. I think we are going to miss that.

Fun Fact: The tradition of the military ceremony, which was shown in the beginning, is literally older than the US.

One of the most influential individuals of our lives in Germany, I remember her visiting our school and taking the time to explain why democracy was so important and engaging and answering every question we had. She made it clear nothing was off the table and I remember after class walking home with my classmates we could not stop buzzing about how incredible she was! A legend without question 🇩🇪✊🏽

"Europe's designated driver" is probably the best most concise way to describe Merkel.

Angela was alive proof that women are often underestimated in their careers. She proved her competence several times more than most of politicians, she was a real inspiration for all women around the globe, and yet she was always underestimated by other leaders. Kudos to her and to all women trying to survive and achieve their goals.

Trevor you forgot to mention that she still lives in her own normal apartment and buy groceries from the shop near her house without fence security or dozens of cars or closing the road for her, She is also one of the most educated leaders in the world She is very humble and tolerance

What I find so remarkable about her is that she was able to talk both to US presidents as well the Russian president in their own languages.

They left out her joke when the dog came in. It was absolutely brilliant. Putin said something like: "are you afraid? Dont be, he does not bite" and she said to Putin: "as long as he does not eat journalists."