Merkel And Trump Meeting Includes Some Strange Moments, But No Tangible Results
Handshakes and cheek kisses from the U.S. president surprised onlookers, but they were the only unanticipated events to happen during Friday's two-hour talk between the world leaders.
For Germans, Friday's working session between President Trump and Chancellor Angela Merkel at the White House proved unexpectedly cordial and, at times, odd.
The chancellor, who is usually reserved, looked surprised when Donald Trump greeted her with a kiss on each cheek, a move the president seemed to have picked up from the French during the first state visit by France's president, Emmanuel Macron, earlier this week.
It is not, however, a German tradition, and the pecks drew a flurry of German commentary, including from the daily tabloid giant , which to the intimate greeting as the "first surprise" of the Trump-Merkel meeting.
