Donald Trump and Angela Merkel: The odd couple

Merkel and Trump held a listening session with both American and German business leaders before their press conference.

‘As far as wiretapping, I guess – by this past administration – at least we have something in common, perhaps, ‘ Trump said during Friday’s presser. (Trump won the honor in 2016, after winning the presidency.) This January, Trump even blamed an attack in a Berlin Christmas market by a Tunisian on Merkel’s acceptance of “all these illegals”.

Attending for the administration were Trump adviser – and Ivanka Trump’s husband – Jared Kushner, White House economic adviser Gary Cohn, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, chief of staff Reince Priebus and Dina Powell, who is expected to soon be named deputy national security adviser for strategy.

“On Fox News on March 14th, Judge Andrew Napolitano made the following statement”, Spicer said at his daily press briefing.

Merkel had no illusion of the differences between her globally oriented view of geopolitics and the “America First” dictum with which Trump has unsettled traditional US partners. “We’ve been dreaming of this since I’ve been around – since you and I were drinking at a keg”.

The British government said the White House has promised it won’t repeat the allegation.

WASHINGTON-U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he has “strong support” for North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and declared he is not an “isolationist” on free trade.

At several points during the press conference, Trump contended that America has always been treated “unfairly” by other countries on matters of trade.

Trump ignored the first, who pressed him in German about ‘things that in the end can not be proven, like the fact that you were wiretapped by Mr. Obama’.

“We have a close relationship with the White House and that allows us to raise concerns as and when they arise as was true in this case”. That prompted GCHQ to break years of protocol and make a rare public comment, describing the claims as “utterly ridiculous”. Trump is a brash, outspoken businessman and Merkel a staid and reserved trained scientist.

Bannon who has championed trade protectionism and opposed the European Union and other multilateral institutions that underpin the world order.

The claim has been rejected by the leaders of the House and Senate intelligence committees, and earlier Friday a Republican lawmaker called on Trump to apologize.

A majority of BMW vehicles produced in SC are also shipped to markets outside the U.S. BMW says it exports 70% of its U.S. production, and the Department of Commerce estimates the annual value of those exports at almost $10 billion.