Germany Struggles to Figure Out How to Get Trump to Back Off
- Secret White House meeting raised German hopes of breakthrough
- Then Trump threatened sanctions over gas pipeline to Russia
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Germany is struggling to figure out what it needs to do to get Donald Trump to back off.
Trump ramped up his threats against Berlin on Wednesday, floating the possibility of sanctions against a new gas pipeline to Russia and a withdrawal of some U.S. troops. Then there’s still the prospect of U.S. tariffs on its auto exports, and issues over U.S. access to Europe’s gas market.