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“Whether we like it or not, we will remain dependent on the United States of America for a long time,” Merz said at a business conference in Berlin.

In the end, the 45-minute-long meeting belonged to the “peaceful” category. Trump told Merz, “I’m friends with you”, and they appeared to bond over a shared dislike of Angela Merkel, the former chancellor and Merz’s political rival.