Economics

Merkel Braces for the Backlash as Trump Re-Election Bid Wobbles

  • Trump has hit Germany with a series of curveballs this month
  • Chancellor tells EU leaders U.S. election campaign poses risk
Donald Trump shakes hands with Angela Merkel, left, during a news conference in Washington, D.C. in 2018.Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
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Between a global pandemic, the deepest economic collapse since World War II and the U.K.’s departure from the European Union, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has had a difficult 2020.

And she’s preparing for things to get a lot worse.