"Mirror Online" : "The Germans are bad, very bad": Donald Trump sparks trade row at his first G7 summit

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He blasted Angela Merkel's trade policies, telling EU chiefs Jean-Claude Juncker and Donald Tusk: "The Germans are bad, very bad. Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid EmailUS President Donald Trump made an immediate impact at his first G7 summit today – by insulting Germany. Mr Trump barged a leader out of the way in a photo, grappled with the French President and blasted allies on defence spending. We will stop this."As German media erupted in anger, economic adviser Gary Cohn tried to clarify his comments. Get politics updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Thank you for subscribing!
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Trump adviser confirms he called Germany 'very bad' on trade

Trump adviser confirms he called Germany 'very bad' on trade

"It's not true that the president took an aggressive approach when it came to the German trade surplus." "He said, like others have, that (the United States) has a problem with the German surplus. TAORMINA, Italy A top adviser to Donald Trump confirmed on Friday that the U.S. president had criticized Germany as "very bad" on trade at a meeting with EU officials in Brussels on Thursday. They translated "bad" with the German word "boese", which can also mean "evil", leading to confusion when English-language media translated the German reports back into English. Trump's spokesman Sean Spicer said Trump had "tremendous respect" for Germany and had only complained about unfair trade practices in the meeting.

Donald Trump says Germans are 'very bad' on trade

Donald Trump says Germans are 'very bad' on trade

"The Germans are bad, very bad" on trade, Trump said. May 26 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump said during a meeting with European Union leaders that Germany was "very bad" on trade and vowed to reduce the country's large trade surplus with the United States. The United States has not been alone in expressing occasional criticism of Germany for its massive $270 billion annual trade surplus. In 2016, Germany had a trade surplus with the United States of $65 billion. "He said they're very bad on trade but he doesn't have a problem with Germany," Cohn told reporters who traveled with Trump to a G7 summit in Sicily, Italy, on Friday.

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