The long-serving German chancellor sought counsel on how to tackle the US president-elect’s “property developer mentality”.
Angela Merkel sought advice from the Pope on dealing with Donald Trump when he was first elected US president, hoping to find ways of convincing a man she saw as having a property developer’s winner-or-loser mentality not to quit the Paris climate accords.on Wednesday , the long-serving German chancellor detailed her difficulties in dealing with Trump, who, she said, appeared to be fascinated by Russian President Vladimir Putin and other authoritarian leaders.
Pope Francis, when Merkel asked him in general terms for advice on dealing with people “with fundamentally different views”, immediately understood she was referring to Trump and his desire to quit the climate accords, she wrote.“Bend, bend, bend, but make sure it doesn’t break,” he told Merkel, according to her account.
As much of the world fretted over Trump’s presidency, Merkel’s unruffled demeanour and her frequent invocations of values such as freedom and human rights led to some dubbing her the true “leader of the free world” – a moniker traditionally reserved for US presidents. Merkel has expressed no regret about her Russia policies and kept a low profile since leaving office.
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