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Merz to meet Trump in Washington on June 5

Merz to meet Trump in Washington on June 5

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will travel to Washington on June 5 to meet with United States President Donald Trump for the first time since taking office earlier this month.

The leaders will meet at the White House on Thursday and are expected to discuss the war in Ukraine, the Middle East and trade policy, German government spokesman Stefan Kornelius said in an emailed statement.

The new German chancellor has publicly clashed with members of the Trump administration over their interference in German politics.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance attacked Berlin for the German intelligence agency's labeling of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) as a "proven right-wing extremist organization."

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