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

[DonViejo]

Source: Reuters



By Steve Holland and Roberta Rampton | WASHINGTON

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.

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[MFM008]

1. hope he doesnt try

to grab her

[NastyRiffraff]

5. Like Bush did

when he startled her by grabbing her shoulders. I'm afraid Dump will try to grab something lower. If he does I hope she punches him in the nuts. Hard.

[BumRushDaShow]

6. .

[NastyRiffraff]

8. Yep that's it.

Bush II was an embarrassment; I cringed every time he met foreign leaders. But Dump is 10x worse. He isn't just an embarrassment; he's a danger.

[Sunlei]

16. Chancellor Angela Merkel will give trump very similar, the SAME advice as President Obama did/does.

trump will be on the phone out of grabbing range but he doesn't 'like' to touch older woman anyway. He feels most comfortable & more superiorspeaking to woman.

On the downside, NO ONE knows what the man does when he's on the phone alone. We can only imagine

[Charles Bukowski]

2. Headline should read:

Trump to ask leader of free world advice on Putin, Ukraine.

[RKP5637]

3. Exactly!!!!!!! n/t

[tanyev]

4. Why bother? It's not like he'll follow any of it.

[NCjack]

7. He just wants to compare his secret plan with hers.

[nikibatts]

9. Don't help him, Angela! Let him swing.

[Corgigal]

10. Again

People are meeting, or speaking with him. It's all bullshit, don't pick up the phone. He's trying to look reasonable and he will blame you for anything he can. I understand that Merkel probably does want to assist the U.S., because of her close ties with Obama. Just let the phone ring. Protect yourself, I'm sure Putin has another candidate he rather have running Germany.

I'm so tired to people looking like fools for this fool. His playbook isn't hard to figure out.

[JHB]

11. Shorter Angela Merkel:...

...Get his dick out of your mouth, you idiot! How is that not obvious?!?!?

[lark]

12. Hmm, I don't believe this for a second.

drumpf doesn't trust/like any leader except dictators like Putin. Wonder if he will try to bribe or threaten her to join with him in letting Russia invade and take over Ukraine? He certainly won't listen that they are a danger, he's too stupid and thinks he's so smart.

[Tanuki]

13. Maybe he'll ask for her advice so he can pass any secret plans she has along to

his puppet master Putin.

[lark]

15. By jove, I think you've got it!

Most logical guess I've heard yet.

[not fooled]

17. Theatrics

Trying to make it look like there's some space between dump & putin

when in reality putin has his hand up in the dump puppet.

[Sunlei]

14. Trumps AFRAID to ask Americas past Presidents and EXPERTS for help. Even Republicans won't help him.

[lark]

18. Oh, some Repugs are totally willling to give Russia whatever they want,

and will help drumpf accomplish this as long as they get to turn us into a dictatorship with them in power and they can implement the destruction of the working class for the enrichment of the 1%, which naturally includes them.