As US
President Donald Trump vows to put "America first," a video from the
Netherlands last week pleaded him to put their country second. Now, satirists
from across Europe are making their own pitches to Washington.
Deutsche Welle, 3 February 2017
In a
casting show style they may hope appeals to the TV star turned US president,
several European countries have broadcast videos attempting to persuade Donald
Trump to give them second billing after "America First."
It started
last week with a viral video from the Netherlands: "We totally understand
it's going to be America first. But can we just say: The Netherlands
second?" After all, the Netherlands' "orange" history and lax
tax rules make it the ideal candidate, according to the comedian behind the
video, Arjen Lubach.
In the
space of a week, the video gathered more than 17 million views.
Now
broadcasters from across Europe are sending out their own satirical videos
messages to Trump and collecting them online at everysecondcounts.eu.
German
comedian Jan Böhmermann broadcast Germany's satirical appeal to Trump on
Thursday, where the video tried to impress the US president with by touting the
fact Germany hosted "the best world wars" and building a "great
German wall" and making the Russians pay for it then crying when it was
torn down by David Hasselhof.
Böhmermann made headlines last year - and prompted an international incident - after he
read a lewd poem about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
This Swiss,
meanwhile, promoted their "big, fat mountains," while the Portuguese
talked up their "huge, enormous beaches."
Other
contributions so far include Denmark, Belgium and Lithuania.
Every
Second Counts announced on its Twitter feed that Luxembourg and Slovakia will
be the next countries to post their pitches to the president.
dm/sms (AP,
Every Second Counts)
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