"That weakens America", Hardt continued", and irritates its partners".
Modi noted that the Indo-German Managers Training Programme had led to increased investments and creation of joint ventures by companies from both countries.
"The Germans are bad, very bad", Trump allegedly said, according to German news magazine Der Spiegel, citing sources who were in the room. "They continue to grow the bond they had during their talks from the G-7".
Expounding her answer in Berlin on Tuesday, Merkel continued by saying that USA relations would retain the utmost importance irrespective of the Indo-German and German-Chinese talks which, she added, began a long time ago.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday said that failing to act on climate change would be "morally criminal" and voiced strong support for the "vision" of German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Mr Dubke oversaw the White House communications office, which ran press and other outreach efforts. Spicer later told German magazine Der Spiegel that Trump did not hear the question.
During a speech Monday in Berlin, Merkel did not specifically mention Trump but quoted a 1963 speech by former President John F. Kennedy in Frankfurt, where he told the audience "those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future".
But other leaders, such as Romania's President Klaus Iohannis, rebuked Merkel and insisted that the relationship with the United States remains vital. Macron later disclosed that the intensity of the ritual was no accident.
"But 23 of the 28 member nations are still not paying what they should be paying and what they're supposed to be paying for their defence".
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As if anticipating Trump's response to her declaration on Sunday, Merkel also offered him a few carefully chosen words of warning. "I refuse to do that".
The decades-old US-Germany relationship appears to have taken a dip under Trump administration.
"She is using the Trump moment to articulate a more pro-European policy", one German official said.
Trump's Chief Economic Adviser Gary Cohn partially confirmed the report later when he clarified that the president wasn't referring to the German people, but rather exclusively its trade deals. "He said, 'I don't have a problem Germany, I have a problem with German trade'". "He said his dad is from Germany".
US President Donald Trump's insistence that North Atlantic Treaty Organisation members should spend 2 percent of their GDP on defense is meant to "call their bluff" on their commitment to the alliance, says a political analyst.
By making clear that Germany may have to distance itself from Trump, she is protecting her domestic flank and reframing the defense spending issue: no longer is it about fulfilling Trump's wishes, but about building a European defense capacity independent of the United States.
Clearly frustrated by Trump's openly mercurial behaviour during the G7 meetings last week, Merkel chose to give voice to her irritation during a rally in Munich.
Trump took to Twitter early in the day in the United States to attack Germany, a day after Chancellor Angela Merkel ramped up her doubts about the reliability of Washington as an ally.
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