Trump, Merkel try to sidestep differences in first meeting

US President Donald Trump unleashed a diatribe against Germany on Saturday, saying Berlin owes North Atlantic Treaty Organisation “vast sums of money” and must pay the United States more for security.

On Thursday, spokesman Sean Spicer turned to a Fox News analyst’s contention that GCHQ, the British electronic intelligence agency, had helped Mr Obama wiretap Mr Trump.

“Based on the information available to us, we see no indications that Trump Tower was the subject of surveillance by any element of the United States government either before or after Election Day 2016”, the panel’s chair, Republican Sen.

The world leaders are expected to discuss matters such as North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, the European Union, Russian President Vladimir Putin and trade, BBC News reported.

On the basis of these values, I offer the future president of the United States, Donald Trump, close cooperation.

Merkel called Obama in October 2013 and demanded he explain the reports that the NSA had been intercepting her calls, and Germany launched an investigation into the matter.

Pressed on what course of action he would take if the answer were no, Trump said: “Well, I’m not saying if not”, he said.

California waiter refused to serve 4 Latina women until he saw “proof of residency” How much is Donald Trump’s travel and protection costing? . His latest with Chancellor Merkel will call for a heavy dose of bygones. And as the Washington Post noted last month, Trump has a habit of aggressively yanking the hand – and person – he’s engaged in a handshake toward him, making it seem as if he’s playing a game of tug-of-war rather than carrying out a common ritual of greeting of agreement. Trump has accepted Merkel’s invitation to the G-20 Summit, which will be held in Germany this summer.

Trump backed Britain’s departure from the European Union and has expressed skepticism of multilateral trade agreements.

Merkel, who takes a cautious, analytical approach to politics, was also one of the few world leaders who appeared to forge a deep connection with Obama, with whom she was something of a kindred spirit.

“We have to protect our external borders”, she added.

“Me must work together towards fair and reciprocal trade policies that benefit both of our peoples”, Trump said during his opening remarks.

“There is no debt account at Nato”, Von der Leyen said in a statement, adding that it was wrong to link the alliance’s target for members to spend 2% of their economic output on defence by 2024 exclusively to Nato.

“I said a long time ago that North Atlantic Treaty Organisation had problems”, he said. The president has been deeply critical of foreign trade and national security agreements but suggested he was only trying to revise trade deals to better serve USA interests, rather than pull back from the world entirely.