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Exclusive-German ambassador cautions of Trump strategy to redefine constitutional order, file programs

Exclusive-German ambassador cautions of Trump strategy to redefine constitutional order, file programs

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By Sabine Siebold and Friederike HeineBERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's ambassador to the United States has actually cautioned that the inbound Trump administration will rob U.S. police and the media of their self-reliance and hand huge tech business "co-governing power", according to a private file seen by Reuters.The rundown file, dated Jan. 14 and signed by Ambassador Andreas Michaelis, explains Donald Trump's program for his 2nd White House term as one of "optimal disturbance" that will produce "a redefinition of the constitutional order - optimum concentration of power with the president at the cost of Congress and the federal states.""Basic democratic concepts and checks and balances will be mainly weakened, the legislature, police and media will be robbed of their self-reliance and misus...