German Chancellor Front-Runner Calls Trump ‘Very Predictable’
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Friedrich Merz in Berlin on Jan. 18.
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Friedrich Merz, front-runner to become Germany’s next chancellor, called incoming US President Donald Trump a “very predictable leader” with a clear agenda who’ll force Europe to carry out necessary reforms more quickly.
“He thinks what he says, and he does what he says,” the leader of the Christian Democrats said of Trump, who’ll be sworn in as US president for a second time on Monday.