For anyone who hasn’t heard the term, a ‘hot mic’ moment is when someone is done speaking on a microphone, but them makes an offhanded comment to themselves or someone, intended to be private, that is picked up by the mic and heard by everyone
For anyone who hasn’t heard the term, a ‘hot mic’ moment is when someone is done speaking on a microphone, but them makes an offhanded comment to themselves or someone, intended to be private, that is picked up by the mic and heard by everyone
Well, the Berlin Wall opening was caused by the press speaker of the GDR government accidentally claiming that the border was to be opened immediately. Also, the man (Günter Schabowski) was one of the “Wendehälse”: people who opportunistically condemned the GDR, socialism and all its aspects to gain the praise of liberals after the government fell in spite of having been in high political positions as early as 1978.
Alright this might be the winner here right off the bat
"Das tritt nach meiner Kenntnis… ist das sofort, unverzüglich
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