Biden wanted his first call to a foreign leader to be to Angela Merkel, but she blew him off to spend time at her country house: report
* President Biden wanted his first call to a foreign leader to go to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, but she turned him down to spend the weekend away
* Biden's second option was UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who accepted his first foreign phone call
* The chancellor's advisors reportedly warned her that the US president would have to call several other leaders ahead of her, but she said she found the symbolism irrelevant
* Merkel, a member of the conservative party, is stepping down from her chancellorship in the coming months after 16 years in charge
In a show of traditional trans-Atlantic diplomacy, President Biden wanted his first call to a foreign leader to go to German chancellor Angela Merkel, but she turned him down to spend more time at her country home.
Biden's second option was UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who accepted his first foreign phone call.
Merkel declined Biden's call to spend more time at her country home outside Berlin, where she spends some weekends tending to her vegetable garden and taking walks by the lake, those close to her told the Wall Street Journal.
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Update: Biden wanted his first call to a foreign leader to be to Angela Merkel, but she blew him off to spend time at her country house: report (Business Insider)
WNU Editor: Traditionally the first leader that a newly elected US President called was the Canadian Prime Minister. I guess that tradition is now dead.
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Germany is leaving the shambles of WWII behind it. The nation was almost a vassal of the USA from 1945-1991. Since this it has been findings its way to becoming traditional Germany, with strong ties east and west.
Merkel has decisively decided against coupling its natural gas supplies from the USA, instead Merkel very decisively wants Russian gas.
Merkel has decisively rejected US importuning to reject Chinese Huawai telecommunication technology for its 5G network.
Merkel wants to position Germany as the king maker in Europe. She also wants Germany independent among USA and China, profiting from both, independent of both. New Germany. Why then is the USA in NATO?
Obama met Trudeau for the first time officially in Nov 19, 2015. Apparently, Obama was not impressed with the perfumed prince. Trudeau has done nothing in the past 6 years except wreck Canada. No wonder in her 3rd term, Obama wants nothing to do with PM Blackface.
Everyone knows that Resident Biden has no clothes. Also Merkel is out the door in 3 months. Between being a lame duck and getting on in age, she did not want to listen to President Adderall slobber over the phone or ramble and lose 5 precious minutes of her time.
Well...maybe joe forgot about traditions of the past. Or perhaps he's still linked with the glory days of obamma.
Lol!
During that time, she has overseen the country pursue interests other than the once-airtight alliance with the US, as Germany has bolstered economic ties to China and pursued a sweeping energy deal with Russia in a sign of waning support for the decades-old Trans-Atlantic partnership.
Biden has set out to repair that alliance after President Trump frequently called out Germany for not paying its fair share to NATO for the defense of Europe. The former president laid out a plan in June 2020 to pull 12,000 of the over 34,000 troops out of Germany, calling the country 'delinquent.'
'Germany's not paying for it. We don't want to be the suckers anymore,' Trump told reporters at the time. 'So we're reducing the force because they're not paying their bills. It's very simple, they're delinquent.'
Biden halted that plan in February.
Trump also imposed punitive tariffs on the European Union for allegedly threatening national security.
Canada and Canadians don't matter to anyone anymore, except to the black and brown 3rd world hordes beckoned and welcomed to the free everything and streets lined with tax-payers gold and benefits. Canadians weep, on the streets and in the hostels.
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