From AFP News Agency.
Donald Trump hosted German Chancellor Friedrich Merz for the US president’s first meeting with a foreign leader since joining Israel in strikes on Iran that have dragged the Middle East into war.
The long-scheduled White House meeting was supposed to focus on the war in Ukraine and rocky EU-US trade relations, part of a wider effort to salvage frayed transatlantic ties.
But Trump’s signal that airstrikes against Iran could go on for weeks has upended the global agenda, with Tehran striking back against US bases and allies in the region.
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