President Donald Trump and Germany’s new leader, Chancellor Friedrich Merz, are meeting at the White House, with a host of major issues — Ukraine, tariffs and defense spending — on the agenda ...

The White House press pool is much more aggressive than European or Asian prime ... This was evident on Thursday in the Oval Office when Trump welcomed German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.

Merz’s office said the new German leader, who took the helm of Europe’s biggest economy on May 6, will meet Trump at the White House on Thursday — the first in-person meeting between the two.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is set to meet President Trump at the White House, where they are expected to discuss issues including the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, as well as tariffs and trade.