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The Moment Merkel Realized Trump Changes Everything for Germany
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Jun 02, 2019 09:26pm |
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| Category | General |
| Author | Patrick Donahue |
| News Date | Thursday, May 30, 2019 04:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | For Angela Merkel, the wakeup call came in the middle of the night.
The German chancellor was asleep in her government plane somewhere over the Atlantic in June last year when Donald Trump scuttled the fragile settlement she’d built with other Group of Seven leaders in Canada, according to a person familiar with the events.
Before turning in for the night, she’d been in a buoyant mood due to the concessions she secured from the U.S. president for a common statement on trade. When he went back on his word, she was stunned.
Merkel has faced a barrage of attacks since Trump took office -- over German luxury cars, defense spending, Iran, Russian gas, and doing business with China’s Huawei Technologies Co. But it was the rupture after last June’s G-7 meeting that made up her mind: Trump is not a partner that Germany can rely on. |
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