German Chancellor Angela Merkel isn’t the warm and cuddly type. She famously winced when President George W. Bush decided to massage her shoulders during a G-7/8 meeting. And she got along ok with him. She made almost no effort to disguise her contempt for/revulsion toward President Trump during their joint press conference a couple of weeks back. While Ms. Merkel clearly likes her space, she isn’t going to let the Brits walk away from the EU easily–or cheaply– as this piece in Business Insider (summing up a piece in the FT, which has a paywall) explains neatly.
See you Monday at the Grad Center to hear Anne Applebaum. You can read her latest columns here. Well worth it.