Germany shivers in new wind blowing from US
German politicians and civil servants are desperately trying to build and forge ties with Team Trump. It doesn't appear to be going terribly well.
The US president-elect has condemned Angela Merkel's decision to let in 890,000 migrants as a "catastrophic mistake" and dismissed the European Union as "basically a vehicle for Germany".
He has also threatened German car-maker BMW with a 35% tariff if it builds a plant in Mexico.
His remarks have provoked dismay, but not surprise, in Berlin. And it's still not clear when Chancellor Merkel will meet the new president.
For now the only certainty is that there will be no immediate reprise of the warm political alliance fostered by Mrs Merkel and Barack Obama.
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