Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel in January 2021 rejected Joe Bayden’s phone call, who wanted to hold the first negotiations with her as president of the United States, Wall Street Journal newspaper writes.
It is reported that after moving to the White House in January, Biden decided to devote his first call to the foreign leader of Angela Merkel. Thus, the new American leader wanted to sign on the return of transatlantic stability after the instability of the era of the previous president of Donald Trump. However, Merkel refused to talk with Biden after his entry into office.
“The German Chancellor had other plans. She refused to answer the call to that Friday during the day, because it was supposed to go to his country cottage under Berlin,” says WSJ with reference to advisers, without pointing, whose direction they represent.
Merkel considered the symbolic gestures of the American side inappropriate and asked her team to assign another date for the dialogue. As a result, he took place on Monday, January 25, when Chancellor returned to work. As a result, the Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudou, with whom he talked on January 23 became the first interlocutor of Byyden, as president.