Germany
Reports
Matteo Garavoglia
Nonresident Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe
Constanze Stelzenmüller
Robert Bosch Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe
For Putin, humbling Merkel would be a victory for him across Europe, and the West.
The Germans are as bemused as everybody else is, in attempting to navigate how this White House manages its official relationships...It seems obvious that you would engage Ivanka Trump. Merkel is saying, ‘This is the hand I’ve been dealt, and this looks promising.'
