'Kiss of death': Obama gets help deciding if what he said in Germany 'hurts or helps' Angela Merkel

President Obama is in Germany on a leg of his final foreign trip as president. German Chancellor Angela Merkel might run for re-election next year, and Obama offered these words if she does run:

.@POTUS: "If I were here, and I were German, and I had a vote, I might support [Merkel]. I don't know if that hurts or helps." pic.twitter.com/p3AbUe9TFd

— Fox News (@FoxNews) November 17, 2016

https://twitter.com/marinafang/status/799295136572252160

Obama on Merkel: "If I were here, and I were German…I'd vote, I'd support her, but I don't know whether that hurts or helps"

— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) November 17, 2016

Obama is currently endorsing, without explicitly endorsing, Merkel for re-election in Germany's elections next year

— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) November 17, 2016

Obama’s question about whether his support might “hurt or help” might answer itself:

https://twitter.com/liars_never_win/status/799296094043836421

Sure could be:

If I were Merkel I'd tell him too be quiet It didn't work for Hillary or Brexit

— Adrian Casellas (@abie70) November 17, 2016

Good luck with that semi-endorsement, Chancellor Merkel!

https://twitter.com/ByLynnDavidson/status/799295493021044736

https://twitter.com/speechman71/status/799294593602899969
https://twitter.com/fultona12/status/799295778191572992

https://twitter.com/JeremyAEllis/status/799295541796552704

Editor’s note: This post has been updated to correct a typo.