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President Donald Trump points to the press when he welcomed the German Friedrich Merzcz.
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The meeting of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz with US President Donald Trump was sharply closed by the US leader flex With Elon Musk. But it was still regarded as a victory for the measure.
“It is not always bad back to the side,” said Karsten Brzeska, head of world macro in Ing. “In fact, this may have even helped Merza, because the distraction of the musk also rejected attention from more contradictory topics.
It was a trip with a high fate for a meter that just a few weeks in their chanceller, especially given treatment In recent months, other leaders have fallen from Trump in an oval office.
Thus, the dead is unlikely to be disappointed with the result – especially given the potential shortcomings.
“Avoiding escalation in the oval office these days is already achieving,” Brzesk added.
Full agenda
Merz arrived in the District of Colombia with a complete agenda that ranged from strengthening relations between the US and Germany, to tariffs – which could significantly affect key German industries – as well as support for Ukraine in the war with Russia and the higher NATO protection costs.
Although we do not know what was discussed behind closed doors, Merz seemed to contact most of these points with Trump, on Friday, political strategist Julius van de Laar told “Squawk Box Europe” CNBC.
“I think Friedrich Merz survived that he hoped that the US president will continue to support Ukraine,” he said, noting that the issue had recruited recently, giving some significant attacks. Merz was able to pick up this and draw links to the anniversary of D-Day a day after their meeting.
“And he said that the United States played a big role in … the release of Europe from the Nazi regime then, and so he hopes Donald Trump will … say we will again enlist and help Europe to break free from the dictatorship,” Van de Laar said.
According to Jackson Jane, a senior resident of the German Marshal Foundation, a Merz dealing with this item, was important in the context of US-German relations. Speaking in front of “Squawk Box Europe” CNBC, he also noted that Merz was filed with Trump about his grandfather’s birth, “given” you have a relationship with Germany in his family. “
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz represents US President Donald Trump with the fact that Merz said the birth certificate of Trump’s grandfather, born in 1869, during a bilateral meeting in the White House Owl in Washington, Colombia, June 5, 2025.
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Jones also noted that the Mertz, which emphasizes German plans to increase the cost of defense, would have noted a positive note in the discussion.
Recently, Germany has changed its financial rules to provide higher defense costs, and the Merza government seems to make it a priority. The Chancellor promised a financial impetus to increase German troops, and the country’s foreign minister offered to support Trump’s proposal to spend 5% of their gross domestic defense.
Meanwhile, the sensitive topic of the far -right German party, the alternative Fuer Deutschland seemed to avoid. In recent weeks, officials of Trump administration go out in support After the German intelligence services, the party classes it as a “proven right extremist organization”.
This has led to clapping From German politicians, Merz himself warned the US not to participate. Currently, AFD classification is against the background of the legal task.
“Home Mileage” for Merz
In general, the Merz’s visit to the DC was perceived as a “home run or a hole in one,” said Van de Laar.
Brzeski ing also suggested that the trip laid good bases between the leaders. “It seems between Trump and Merza, there seems to be some common causes that can become seeds for a more constructive relationship,” he said.
Merz even found himself to get some compliments from Trump, and the president evaluated him for his English skills and said that while the “complex” German leader was “a very good person to fight.”
After the meeting Merz appeared pleased by saying in social media pillar that the atmosphere was “really good” and that they have a lot in common. “I go back with the feeling that we can talk on the phone at any time,” he said, according to CNBC translation.
But even a personal reunion may not be too far away: Trump’s trip to Berlin is already planned media.
