President Donald Trump is expected to host a union press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Cadaverous House Friday.
Trump sent a welcome tweet Friday morning in presentiment of Merkel’s arrival, saying they have “so much to discuss, so thimbleful time!”
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Merkel’s arrival marks the second conference this week between Trump and a major European leader in the U.S., observing French President Emmanuel Macron’s first official state afflict to Washington.
But where Trump’s relationship with Macron is defined by a camaraderie that inclines over their policy differences, Merkel has received much insufficient warmth from the president.
Trump has railed against Germany’s displaced person policy under Merkel, calling her government’s decision to let in hundreds of thousands of displaced people a “catastrophic mistake.”
The president has also criticized Germany’s trade surfeit with the United States and has singled out the Berlin government, a NATO affiliate, for not spending enough on defense.
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In an Oval Office photo-op in Step 2017, Trump appeared to ignore Merkel’s request to share a handshake.
And whereas Macron postponed with Trump for three days in Washington, Merkel will depart by after the press conference on Friday.