I found it interesting to watch Trump next to Angela Merkel as he responded to the release of the Republican House Intelligence Committee report, gloating that it proved there was no collusion. Merkel is known to be able to speak English fluently, although she doesn't in public.
What could she have been thinking hearing Trump utter this falsehood?
I have no doubt that Merkel knows a great deal about the Russian attempts to get Trump elected. This would come not only from German intelligence but from other European agencies as well.
The same goes for Emmanuel Macron who would be privy to a vast amount of intelligence about the Russian attempts to influence his own election as well as the elections of other countries.
Most of us wish we could have been on the airplane with Macron, his wife, and other officials and heard what they had to say about the meetings with Trump.
I wonder what Merkel will be saying when she is on her way back to Germany.
Perhaps something like this:
Ich traf mich mit Donald Trump und musste auf diesen narzisstischen und ignoranten Präsidenten hören, der sich um niemanden kümmert, außer sich selbst, ganz zu schweigen von dem, was im besten Interesse der E.U. Schlimmer noch, ich musste ihn verneinen hören, dass er und seine Schergen vor den Wahlen mit den Russen zusammen waren. Zumindest hat er sich nicht dafür entschieden, mich auf die Wangen zu küssen. (For a translation use Google Translate)
And then there’s this breaking news which Trump won’t like: