Angela Merkel to meet Donald Trump in Washington this month
ANGELA MERKEL will make an official to Washington this month to meet Donald Trump for the first time since the new US President took to the White House.
By REBECCA PERRING
Express.co.uk
Fri, Mar 3, 2017
The pair haven’t got off to the best start after President Trump blasted the beleaguered German leader for “ruining” Germany over her open door refugee policy.
They will meet on March 14, according to US officials.
It remains unknown whether Angela Merkel will respond to the strong criticism she has recieved from the American leader now that he has taken office.
Donald Trump has previously blamed Mrs Merkel for damaging her own country beyond repair, adding Germans thought it was the “greatest place on Earth” two years ago but is now a “sad, sad shame”.
But Mrs Merkel was quick to snub the President, saying she would not respond to his comments about her open-door migration policy until he took office.
However, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, a key ally of the Chancellor, did say Germany would work together with the USA – despite their obvious hostility towards him.
A US official announced the visit, which comes shortly before a meeting in Germany of the finance ministers of the G20 industrialised countries and will help lay the groundwork for Trump’s visit to Germany in July for a meeting of G20 leaders.
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