6 years ago
Merkel’s Efforts to Teach Trump About Diplomacy Didn’t Go Well
A year ago, as many in the world awaited Donald Trump’s swearing-in with great anxiety, reports that President Obama planned to spend a bit more time tutoring his successor sparked fleeting hopes that the pair might forge an unlikely friendship. Months later, Trump was accusing Obama of wiretapping him, but it seems German chancellor Angela Merkel held out hope that America’s inexperienced new president would be receptive to an ally offering to guide him through the confusing world of international diplomacy. By all accounts, her efforts did not go well.
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