Trump to ask Merkel for advice on Putin, Ukraine: U.S. officials

nhboy

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President Donald Trump will ask Chancellor Angela Merkel for advice on how to deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin, U.S. officials said on Friday, as the U.S. and German leaders meet next week after sometimes pointed disagreements in recent months.

Merkel will visit the White House on Tuesday for talks with Trump and a joint news conference in what will be their first face-to-face meeting since the new U.S. president took power on Jan. 20.

They are expected to discuss Germany's level of defense spending for the NATO alliance, the Ukraine conflict, Syrian refugees, the European Union and a host of other issues, said three senior Trump administration officials who briefed reporters.

During the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, Trump regularly criticized Merkel for her open-door refugee policy, contrasting it with what he promised would be tighter controls in the United States if he won office. Merkel has been a leading critic of Trump's effort to ban travelers temporarily from seven Muslim-majority nations, a list that has since been pared back to six.

"My expectation is that they'll have a very positive, cordial meeting," said one of the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Trump has long expressed desire for warmer U.S. relations with Russia but some of his top Cabinet officials are skeptical.

“The president will be very interested in hearing the chancellor’s views on her experience interacting with Putin," said another official. "He's going to be very interested in hearing her insights on what it’s like to deal with the Russians."

Trump will also ask for Merkel's advice on what role the United States can most helpfully play in ongoing diplomatic efforts to resolve the conflict in eastern Ukraine, which has pitted Ukrainian forces against Russian-backed separatists. "

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-merkel-idUSKBN16H22T?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=Social
 

tommyjo

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I hesitate to ask - but - why is this bad?

Doesn't say its "bad"...but it does beg a lot of questions:

1. Donald Trump portrays himself as the ONLY person in the whole wide world who know how to do anything.

2. Donald Trump portrays himself as the ONLY person in the whole world who knows how to make a deal.

3. Donald Trump proclaims that Mr. Putin is one of his bestest buddies....or someone he's never met--depending on the day and scandal swarming around the White House.

So...why does Donald Trump--with his supreme intellect and God Like negotiating skills need to ask anyone (let alone a woman for Christs sake!!!!) for help and advice???
 

This_person

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1. Donald Trump portrays himself as the ONLY person in the whole wide world who know how to do anything.

2. Donald Trump portrays himself as the ONLY person in the whole world who knows how to make a deal.
Absolutely false. Trump claimed he was the only one running in the 2016 presidential election who could solve America's issues, if they can be solved. Very different from what you posted.

3. Donald Trump proclaims that Mr. Putin is one of his bestest buddies....or someone he's never met--depending on the day and scandal swarming around the White House.

Bald-faced lie. :shrug: Show your source for the two next to each other to prove me wrong.

So...why does Donald Trump--with his supreme intellect and God Like negotiating skills need to ask anyone (let alone a woman for Christs sake!!!!) for help and advice???

Why do you have such a low opinion of women? Certainly Trump does not - his campaign manager was a woman. However, you built the strawman to strike it down with this (unnumbered) question - no point in discussion a question based on demonstrably false premises.
 

Hijinx

Well-Known Member
Any smart person is willing to learn, to take advice and constructive criticism.

Only an idiot could find fault in a man willing to accept good advice.

Doesn't mean he has to follow that advice, but Trump can pick and choose the things he learns from Merkel.
 

stgislander

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PREMO Member
Of course on the flip side, they'd be bitching if he didn't get advice from the other foreign leaders.
 

GURPS

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1. Donald Trump portrays himself as the ONLY person in the whole wide world who know how to do anything.

2. Donald Trump portrays himself as the ONLY person in the whole world who knows how to make a deal.



Apparently not sugar tits
 
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