Ambassador to Germany Richard Allen Grenell on May 8. (Michael Sohn/AP)BERLIN — For the past year, German officials have been urging their U.S. counterparts to send a new ambassador to Berlin. Within hours of assuming his new post Tuesday, Richard Grenell triggered harsh criticism in this Trump-weary country after appearing to threaten one of the U.S. president’s frequent targets: German businesses. Ambassador Richard Grenell presented his credentials to German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier at Bellevue Palace. (Felipe Trueba/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)If responses to Grenell’s Twitter defense Wednesday offer any indication, the new U.S. ambassador to Germany will face a difficult task in Berlin.

Source: Washington Post May 09, 2018 11:39 UTC