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G20 Summit: Donald Trump praises Angela Merkel for 'fantastic' conclave despite protests
US president Donald Trump on Saturday praised German chancellor Angela Merkel for the "fantastic job" organising the G20 summit
Hamburg: US president Donald Trump on Saturday praised German chancellor Angela Merkel for the "fantastic job" organising the G20 summit, despite violent protests that blocked his wife Melania for hours.[caption id="attachment_3790231" align="alignleft" width="380"]![US president Donald Trump, left, talks with German chancellor Angela Merkel at the G20 Summit in Hamburg. AP]()
US president Donald Trump, left, talks with German chancellor Angela Merkel at the G20 Summit in Hamburg. AP[/caption]Merkel organised the summit "so professionally and without much interruption despite a few people (who) seemed to follow your G20s around," said Trump, telling Merkel that she has "been amazing and done a fantastic job".
First Published:Jul 08, 2017, 14:41:31 IST
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