BERLIN: President Donald Trump launched a salvo against Germany and its car sales in the United States at a meeting Thursday with European Union leaders, German weekly Der Spiegel reported. “The Germans are bad, very bad,” he said during a meeting with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, EU Council head Donald Tusk and other senior officals in Brussels, the news magazine’s online edition said. Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are scheduled to meet Friday at the G7 summit in Taormina, Italy. Trump, even before his election, had attacked Germany and Merkel. For her part, Merkel had called on Trump after his election to uphold the values of Western democracy following a divisive presidential campaign.

Source: Manila Times May 26, 2017 01:52 UTC