German Chancellor Angela Merkel found President Trump's behavior at the weekend's G7 summit in Canada "sobering and a bit depressing," she said in a new television interview.
"The situation isn't very nice," Merkel mused. "I don't think that ratcheting up the rhetoric is going to improve things," she continued. "Sometimes I get the impression that the U.S. president believes that only one side wins and the other loses," said Merkel, adding that she believes mutually beneficial arrangements are possible.
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