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Friedrich Merz struggles to get word in as US president focuses on record of former German leader who left office in 2021

The German chancellor expressed his country’s support for Ukraine and pushed Trump to apply more pressure on Russia.

President Donald Trump has resurrected a hallmark policy of his first term, announcing that citizens of 12 countries would be banned from visiting the United States and those from seven others would face restrictions

Germany’s new leader is meeting President Donald Trump in Washington 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

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