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Does Angela Merkel love the US? (E03)

Nina Haase
December 22, 2020

Wolfgang Ischinger was German Ambassador to the US when Angela Merkel made her first visit to the White House as Chancellor back in 2006- to meet with then-president George W. Bush. He talks to Max Hofmann about a special moment during that first meeting, as well as about the ups and downs in Merkel’s relationship with ‘her’ three US presidents so far – and about what love’s gotta do with it.

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Wolfgang Ischinger is known as 'Germany's best-connected former diplomat'. He is now the Chairman of the Munich Security Conference. Mr Ischinger hopes Joe Biden will attend the next edition, which has been postponed because of the Covid-19 crisis. It wouldn't be Biden's first attendance, of course. That was a long time ago, in the year… - we'll tell you! Just tune in to this edition of Merkel's Last Dance!

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