Angela Merkel first said 'Wir schaffen das' at a press conference on 31 August 2015 during the European refugee crisis, and the phrase became one of the most quoted political lines in modern Germany. Klaus Kinski's side of the clip comes from the infamous Fitzcarraldo set recordings, where the actor's volcanic rants at the crew became internet legend. Editors began pairing the two voices to turn political confidence into comic chaos, and the mashup now circulates in meme edits alongside other political sounds like the Wide Putin meme.