Dirk Kurbjuweit in Der Spiegel: "The chancellor could have said: First, I have to change and I have to find a new way to speak with the German population. Second, I want to expand my political horizons and focus on the restoration of the state. Third, I want to use my reputation to gently steer other heads of state and government in the right direction, US president-elect Donald Trump first and foremost."

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Merkel steering Trump in the right direction. If she is able to pull that off I will go straight back to Mishnah school.