Merz said that, in their meeting, he “thought he succeeded” in impressing on Trump how German-owned car plants based in the US export as many cars to the rest of the world as BMW, Volkswagen ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz met US President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday afternoon. But did Merz get everything he wanted from the talks? Having been elected Germany's ...

Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany spoke rarely but reverently, and found a warm reception in the Oval Office. Now he hopes to turn rapport into policy wins.

German Chancellor Merz is doing the rounds of US media after his talks with President Trump.. In his interviews, he's been pushing the message that tariffs are bad for Germany, the US and others ...

In his first U.S. visit as chancellor, Friedrich Merz will discuss tariffs and defense concerns with President Trump as he looks to bolster relations while maintaining Germany's position.

1:50 Germany pledges to help Ukraine develop its own long-range missiles German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Friday, a day after meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House, that he ...

President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz papered over their differences, especially concerning the war in Ukraine, during their first face-to-face meeting in the Oval Office on ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has called on the US to apply more pressure on Russia to end its three-year-old war on Ukraine. “You know that we gave support to Ukraine and that we are looking ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz had one main ask of President Trump during his Oval Office visit on Thursday: that the American president stand with Europe in pressuring Moscow to back down from ...

06/04/2025 June 4, 2025. Will German Chancellor Friedrich Merz convince US President Donald Trump to be a reliable partner to Europe? Expectations are high for Merz's first visit to Washington.

Merz’s government has made a concerted effort to win over Trump — who repeatedly attacked Germany as “delinquent” on defense spending during his first term, threatening to pull out the 12,000 U.S.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Tuesday that a court ruling against the expulsion by border police of three Somali asylum seekers could restrict his government's migration crackdown but ...