For Trump, who is "the highest in the United States", there is nothing the United States can do about the huge trade with Germany. According to the data of the US government, the trade deficit between the US and Germany reached $65 billion last year.

As a result, during the election, automobile companies such as BMW, Daimler and Volkswagen were all approved by Trump. He said that he would take measures against the tens of billions of dollars trade surplus between Germany and the United States.

On the other hand, Merkel was controversial because she opened the German border to refugees, and the stable German society was hit. The refugee problem is even called Merkel's Achilles heel.

Merkel's "pain of refugees" was used by Trump to prove the "political correctness" of his tough stance on refugees.

On New Year's Eve of 20 16, a large-scale invasion and robbery occurred in Cologne, Germany.

Trump then tweeted: "Germany allowed so many immigrants to enter the country, and the nationals were attacked by these people on a large scale. New Year's Eve is a disaster. Think about it! "

There is no "chemical reaction" between the two sides

On the other side of the ocean, Merkel was not worried that such a general manager came to power. But I often worry about what will happen.

On March 17 this year, Merkel visited the United States for the first time after Trump took office. After being delayed by the snowstorm for three days, the meeting between them was finally held at the White House.

However, when the guests and the host took photos in the Oval Office, Trump looked away from Merkel beside him. He was noncommittal about Merkel's handshake proposal.

German officials revealed that Merkel made careful preparations on the eve of her visit to the United States and looked forward to taking this trip to resolve the tension between the United States and Europe. However, this visit did not bring the "cordial handshake" scene that the outside world expected.

Although Sean spicer, then White House spokesman, made up for it and said that Trump did not hear Merkel's handshake proposal, he did not refuse it, but no one can deny that there was no "chemical reaction" between the two sides.

At the same press conference, Trump defeated Merkel in NATO's "share of money", saying that some NATO allies did not bear "fair share" and wanted to sign a "fair and mutually beneficial" trade agreement.

When Trump spoke, Merkel looked cold.

This is not the bottom.

At the North Treaty Summit at the end of May, Trump broke the convention and did not reiterate his commitment to Article 5 of the Treaty of Great Britain and Western Countries, that is, the collective defense clause. Instead, he complained that Germany exported "millions of cars" to the United States, saying that "Germans are too bad".

During the Group of Seven (G7) Summit in Italy, Trump accused members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) of failing to achieve the goal of common defense and opening branches on climate change. Due to the reservations of the United States, the Group of Seven failed to reach an agreement on observing the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. Merkel called the result "6 to 0/kloc".

A few days later, Trump announced that the United States had withdrawn from the Paris Agreement.

On May 28th, when she was campaigning in Munich, Merkel said that after the G7 summit, she realized that the EU could no longer rely entirely on the United States and Britain, and the fate of Europeans should be in her own hands.

"To some extent, the era of our complete dependence on each other is over."

For Merkel, this is not a whim. The transatlantic relationship established from the ruins of World War II is an important cornerstone of the foreign relations between the United States and Europe, and no one in the United States and Europe can easily deny it.

The "first daughter" became a breakthrough.

Although there are obvious differences in immigration policy, climate change, trade and defense, the deep economic ties and common security interests between the two sides of the Atlantic cannot be ignored. The European-American alliance is the biggest beneficiary of the post-war world order, and the traditional alliance cannot be broken. Especially for Merkel, who has become a European leader, finding a way to get along with Trump is a hurdle that must be crossed.

Since the G-20 Hamburg Summit in July this year, the improvement of bilateral relations has been on the right track. Merkel found a breakthrough: "the first daughter" Ivanka Trump.

As early as April, at the invitation of the organizer, ivanka attended the G20 Women's Summit in Berlin, and talked with Merkel, IMF Director-General Lagarde and other women leaders to provide support for women's entrepreneurship.

Before the G20 summit in July, the World Bank launched a loan project for women entrepreneurs in developing countries in Hamburg, which was supported by mockel. One of the supporters of this loan is ivanka.

During the summit, Trump left the meeting briefly, and ivanka took the place of the meeting. This matter caused controversy. Mockel, on the other hand, stood up and expressed his support for ivanka at the summit press conference.

Mockel said that without a guide, who will attend the meeting is entirely a matter for each delegation, not to mention that everyone knows that ivanka is deeply involved in the White House decision. Trump specifically mentioned Merkel's appearance when defending his daughter on Twitter.

After that, although Merkel and Trump often disagreed on various matters, they never planned to pinch each other's necks again.

On September 3, in the only TV debate before the German election, Merkel's opponent Schultz directly fired at the Trump administration's "unreliable", while Merkel emphasized the importance of German-American relations and stressed that he would lead the countries concerned on the DPRK nuclear issue? People talk about business, including the president of the United States.