GERMANY, CDU Plots MERZ Removal, Merkel Lurks in the Shadows
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🗓️ 31 May 2026
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GERMANY, CDU Plots MERZ Removal, Merkel Lurks in the Shadows
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| 0:00.0 | All right, Alexander, let's talk about the scheming and the plotting in the CDU directed |
| 0:07.7 | towards Black Rock Mertz. |
| 0:10.8 | Not a coup, not anything like that going on. |
| 0:14.6 | I think Bill, which broke this article, this story, this exclusive. |
| 0:19.5 | They wanted to make sure that this is not some sort of |
| 0:22.0 | some sort of coup or any type of insurrection, anything like that going on. It's just a |
| 0:25.9 | discussion, Alexander, discussion among certain members of Mertz's party, saying that, look, |
| 0:32.4 | Merz is not really performing well. He's not getting any of the reforms done. He kind of has a low approval |
| 0:39.1 | rating. Maybe we should replace him. And we can do it pretty easily without having to do an election. |
| 0:44.4 | We can just have a no confidence vote. And we can swap Mertz out for and swap someone in who, |
| 0:51.8 | I don't know the names. And do you know the names of the people |
| 0:56.9 | that they're that they're talking about uh well I I I see you know these people because I've seen |
| 1:02.7 | the same report I mean one is Hedric Wust who is the minister president of North Rhineville |
| 1:08.9 | which is the biggest most most popular state in Germany |
| 1:14.0 | and one of the richest. And he's said to be the most popular CDU politician in Germany at the |
| 1:22.0 | moment. And the other is Michael Kershmer, who is Minister President of Saxony. |
| 1:28.0 | I'm going to say straight away, I know absolutely nothing about either of these people. |
| 1:32.6 | I mean, I don't know their backgrounds or their political views or anything else. |
| 1:38.5 | But let's not focus too much on them. |
| 1:40.8 | Let's talk about Mr. Mouths, because it's very interesting that Bill is saying that this is the coup. These are only discussions. Let's talk about Mr. Mouth's because it's very interesting that Bill |
| 1:45.1 | is saying that this is the coup. These are only discussions. There's rumors. There's ideas |
| 1:50.2 | circulating. To me, this looks exactly like the first preparations for a coup. |
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