In his eight days around the world, Barack Obama learned a lot.
His meeting with Angela Merkel taught him a whole new expression.
“When we were talking about Iran,” he told me, “it turns out that carrots and sticks in German is sweetbread and whips, which I thought was a little more evocative.”
No shit! 'Carrots and sticks' invokes a visual of trying to coax a recalcitrant donkey into doing what you want. 'Sweetbread and whips' brings up a vision of a large blond scantily leather-clad lady tapping her palm with a riding crop whilst trying to talk me into something!
No wonder Fixer likes Germany.
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