WARSAW, Poland (AP) — President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet immediately after he arrives in Germany to attend an international summit.
The White House says Trump and Merkel are to meet privately Thursday night at a hotel in Hamburg before members of their delegations join the talks.
Merkel remains disappointed in Trump’s decision last month to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement. She has called it “extraordinarily regrettable” and has noted that numerous U.S. states and cities want to continue participating.
Trump says he withdrew because the pact was unfair to the United States.
Merkel also said this week that she stands by her suggestion that Europe can no longer entirely rely on the U.S. She said Germany and China can work together to help calm world troubles.
Why? I am pretty sure she is sick and tired of hearing Trump brag about his electoral college victory.
There’s speculation that Merkel is trying to trick Donnie into some agreement on environmental issues by not using the words ‘climate change’ and simply talking until he grows bored and nods his head to whatever she and the other G20 heads are saying.
Honestly? Not a bad strategy.
I think she’s just going to try to explain basic economics to Donnie so that he will have some background knowledge before spewing nonsense.
Maybe to call him out as an embarrassment to America and the entire world? One can only hope.
With graphs and pictures? Maybe even some animation? Better make it take no more than a few minutes, Donnie bores easily.