Source: The Local
To say that Chancellor Angela Merkel is unlikely to be personally enamoured by US President Donald Trump is something of an understatement.
His blustering, boasting personality is completely at odds with her own no-frills leadership style. She is also well-known to have little time for statesmen too eager to prove how tough they are.
If that were not enough, Trump has personally insulted Merkel on several occasions. Employing his keen eye for detail, he has accused the Chancellor – under whom Germany has reached record unemployment – of “ruining Germany.”
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But if there is one attribute that marks Merkel above all else, it is not letting the personal get in the way of the political.
She knows that this is one of the most important diplomatic missions she has been on in a long time, and she knows she has to get it right.
So it was revealing to read in Spiegel on Friday that Merkel is bringing along a couple of buddies on her trip to Washington this week.
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