But Trump also took every opportunity to insult, demean and dismiss this nation’s most trusted allies even as he cozied up to autocrats like the king of Saudi Arabia and the president of Egypt.
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After the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and G7 summits, Merkel said at an election rally in southern Germany that “the times in which we could completely depend on others are on the way out”.
Those comments, which sent shock waves through Washington, vented Europe’s frustration with Trump on climate policy in particular. And while German politicians sided with Merkel, FM Gabriel signaled that it was time for cooler heads to prevail. “This means working in friendship with the USA, the United Kingdom, and neighbourly relations with Russian Federation and other partners”, Spicer said.
She warned German voters that her experience in dealing with Trump at North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and the G7 had convinced her that the times when Europe could rely on Washington and London “are coming to an end”. Although the possibility of a Schulz chancellery has become less and less likely after poor showings by the Social Democrats in recent regional elections, the center-left’s animosity toward Trump is broadly shared by many German voters.
Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni welcomes Donald Trump at the weekend’s G7 meet.
Despite the sometimes heated rhetoric, Washington is “open” to resuming talks with the European Union on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said late Tuesday.
“No, no, no”, Wittig told CNN “New Day” co-anchor Alisyn Camerota, when she asked him if it was “fair” to characterize their relationship as a feud. “We don’t want to build a Europe against America, but America is forcing Europe to unify”. “And I regard that, far from being good for peace, actually as being very unsafe”. A spokesman said the president’s remarks referred to the millions of German cars being sold in the U.S.Some economists argue that the surplus cash generated by a given country through trade often comes back to the U.S in the form of capital investment.
The White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer, while addressing the reporters, said that Trump and Merkel get along “very well” and that their “bond” is growing which they had established during their talks at G7 Summit. “He has a lot respect for her”.
“It’s not a change in policy”.
The eurozone’s big three economies, Germany, France and Italy, are sharply at odds with the United States over climate change, the future of worldwide trade and the management of mass migration.
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“They met in Washington very extensively, they met now in Europe, they are on the phone frequently”, Witting told Camerota.
