In what will be the first ever in-person meeting between the two world leaders, President Donald Trump will hold a meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the White House the following year.
On Thursday, June 5, Merz and Trump are scheduled to meet in Washington, D.C., to explore industry, the Middle East, and the Russia-Ukraine war. A meal and press conference did follow the meeting.
Following some tense events in Germany’s election cycle, the Trump administration and European leaders, including Merz, are scheduled for the conference following week.
Elon Musk, who angered some European leaders with his support for AfD, has been a major force in European politics since Trump’s administration took office in the middle of January.
Vice President JD Vance and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio have spoken out more just about the domestic spy agency, German spy agency, and German government. They label AfD as an “extremist” class, a tactic Rubio described as “tyranny in illusion.”
Merz responded to the criticism from the general public by suggesting that the Trump administration should avoid engaging in European elections.
” We have mostly stayed out of the British election campaign in recent years, and that includes me personally. We haven’t taken sides against either member. And I ask that you give in, too,” the German president said.
The meeting will go far beyond political elections, though, but it will also be held next year.
Both Merz and Trump have pushed for a peace in the Ukraine, a demand that has only grown as Russian President Vladimir Putin launches military assaults on Russian cities.
Trump has lately been vocalizing his anger with Putin, saying that he is “playing with fire” on Tuesday.
Merz has also appeared alongside Zelensky in recent months, including a conference on Wednesday that saw a determination from Germany to support Ukraine’s production of long-range arms. Following a summit in Kyiv in mid-May, Merz and other Western leaders met to discuss a phone call with Trump, which was described as “positive and concrete.”
Trade is also at the vanguard. Trump’s business plan may have encountered a momentary hiccup with the U.S. Court of International Trade’s earlier ruling earlier this week, which has since been postponed. However, the European Union continues to be subject to higher taxes, including a steel levy that Trump increased to 50 % on Friday.
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Following Trump’s choice, which the EU lamented as simply adding “further uncertainty to the world economy,” the EU has pledged to “impose countermeasures” in response.
Merz himself has even spoken to Trump about his trade policies shortly after taking office as president, when he declared to the president that” the best option may be  ,’down to zero ‘ , for everything and for all.”
