Angela’s Revenge

Adam Solomons | Issue 3 | Magazine

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Bayerischer Hof Munich Angela Merkel

Adam Solomon on why Munich's Bayerischer Hof is Merkel's favourite power summit hotel 

If Joe Biden wins against Trump  in November, which DC's authoritative Cook Report are now confidently predicting (even Downing Street are said to be resigned to this result), it will present German Chancellor Angela Merkel with a sweet opportunity for revenge against Trump. First step will likely be an invitation to Germany for Biden, and/or his new Democrat Secretary of State, in an attempt to repair the damage done to EU/US relations by the isolationist Trump regime. The idea will be - over smoked salmon bagels - to forge much closer ties with the EU, and tie up any US-UK trade deal in regulatory knots of Gordian proportions. But where would this meeting take place ? When U.S. Vice President Mike Pence shook hands with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Munich Security Conference back in 2019, it was no coincidence the meeting took place at Merkel's favourite German power summit hotel: the Bayerischer Hof close to the Bavarian capital's famous Frauenkirche. Munich might not imme...

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