Donald Trump (centre) with European Council President Donald Tusk and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker (far right). This a translation problem," he said in Italy at a G7 summit attended by Trump, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other leaders. "He (Trump) said: 'I don't have a problem with Germany, I have a problem with German trade'," Cohn insisted. Trump further complained in the same interview that more German cars could be seen on the streets of New York than US cars on German streets. That leak also went to German media and prompted Tusk to warn a lack of privacy would make the Brexit talks impossible.

Source: The Local May 26, 2017 12:22 UTC