Mertes: Trump ruled without Congress; Why should he change his ways now?
Friedrich Mertes, Chancellor of Germany:
Over the past two years, the American president has largely governed his country without reference to Congress.
Mertes by asking the question “Why does this situation need to change now? He emphasized: Trump has most of the time used executive orders to advance his policies and will continue to do so.
These statements show that the German chancellor does not expect Trump's way of governing to change fundamentally in a few seconds.