WASHINGTON (AP) — Germany’s new leader is meeting President Donald Trump in Washington on Thursday as he works to keep the U.S. on board with Western support for Ukraine, help defuse trade tensions that pose a risk to Europe’s biggest economy and further bolster his country’s long-criticized military spending.

Watch back as Donald Trump met German chancellor Friedrich Merz in the Oval Office on Thursday, 5 June. Though the pair have spoken by phone, it was Mr Merz’s first meeting with the US president since becoming leader of Europe's biggest economy.

President Donald Trump met with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the Oval Office for the first time since Merz’s election last month. The ongoing Russia-Ukraine war was a focal point of the conversation.