On Russia, Mr Trump indicated that he hoped that a deal could be done to reduce nuclear capability in return for dropping some sanctions on Moscow./ • He will start off by trusting Mrs Merkel and Mr Putin, but that might not last long./
9.30 he would "admire, respect, would like to emulate" in an interview with Boston-based NECN,〜 "I was always a Merkel person, I thought really fantastic, but I think she made a very tragic mistake a year-and-a-half ago," Trump said, referring to her acceptance of refugees from Syria,