Angela Merkel defends Trump’s plan to have Putin at the White House

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday defended President Trump’s decision to invite Russian President Vladimir Putin to the White House, and said meetings between the two nations must become “normal” again.

“I think it must once again become normal for Russian and American presidents to meet,” Merkel said in a press conference, according to the Associated Press.

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