Reliable relations between Europe and Trump’s US are over, says Angela Merkel
German Chancellor Angela Merkel gave her strongest indication yet that Europe and the US under President Donald Trump were drifting apart, saying reliable relationships forged since the end of the Second World War "are to some extent over." Merkel’s comments at a campaign rally signal that last week’s Group of Seven (G-7) and Nato summits will reinforce her effort to unite the EU behind a global agenda that clashes with Trump’s in key areas. She is receiving Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, hosts his Chinese counterpart, Li Keqiang, on Thursday, and is looking for a fresh start in German-French ties with newly elected President Emmanuel Macron. The leader of Europe’s biggest economy offered a glimpse of her world view after Trump concluded a nine-day foreign trip during which he hectored Nato allies for allegedly not spending enough on defence, called Germany’s trade surplus "very bad" and brought the US to the brink of exiting the global Paris climate accord. "The tim...
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