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President Donald Trump gives the thumbs-up as he boards Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport, in Morristown, N.J., Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018, en route to a rally in Lewis Center, Ohio. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Donald Trump scores wins over Russia on economy, national security

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 27, 2018 file photo German Economy Minister, Peter Altmaier arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting of the German government at the chancellery in Berlin. Altmaier on Monday called for a joint European position on arms exports to Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, file)

Germany presses for EU unity on Saudi Arabia arms exports

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Horst Seehofer, German Interior Minister and Chairman of the Christian Social Union, CSU, arrives for a statement in the state parliament in Munich, Germany, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018, after his party lost in he Bavarian state election. (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson)

Merkel vows to restore Germans’ confidence in government

By GEIR MOULSON and FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a joint press conference as part of a meeting with Slovenia's Prime Minister Marjan Sarec at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Oct. 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Bavarian voters punish Merkel allies in state election

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

Young men in traditional Bavarian clothes arrive at a polling station for the Bavarian state elections in Maisach, southern Germany, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

The Latest: Exit polls: Top party losing Bavaria majority

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel's political allies suffered major losses Sunday in the Bavarian state elections. Immigration policy was a sticking point for many voters. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Angela Merkel political allies lose in Bavarian vote

By Dan Boylan - The Washington Times

An election poster of the Christian Social Union party stands in front of a typical Bavarian house near Miesbach, Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Angela Merkel’s Germany immigration policies set for referendum in Bavaria elections

By Austin Davis - Special to The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2018 file photo German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, and Interior Minister Horst Seehofer, right, listen to Vice Chancellor and German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz during a joint press conference at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany. This weekend's state election in Bavaria has been casting a long shadow over German politics for the past year, and the aftershocks could cause more turbulence for Chancellor Angela Merkel's struggling national government. Polls suggest that Bavaria's center-right Christian Social Union party, which has run the southeastern region for 61 years, is heading for its worst performance since the 1950s on Sunday. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, file)

Merkel allies brace for big setback in German state election

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits the Hall of Names in the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem, Israel, Thursday Oct. 4, 2018. (Debbie Hill/Pool via AP)

Merkel, Netanyahu play down differences during Israel visit

By TIA GOLDENBERG - Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, leaves the Berlin cathedral after an ecumenical mass as part of the German Unification Day public festival in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, pool)

Germany celebrates 28th anniversary of its reunification

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Bedouin child from Khan al-Ahmar holds poster of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Palestinian flags infront of the German representative office, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018. The children are pleading with Merkel to pressure Israel to halt demolition plans for the encampment outside an Israeli settlement east of Jerusalem. Arabic on the poster reads, &quot;save Khan al-Ahmar&quot; and &quot;save our school.&quot; (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Merkel in Israel to promote tight ties, as differences loom

By ARON HELLER - Associated Press

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, waves as he is welcomed by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier at the presidential palace in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Sept. 28, 2018. Erdogan is on a three-day official state visit to Germany. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Germany, Turkey seek better ties but concede little ground

By DAVID RISING - Associated Press

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, right, review the honor guard during a military welcoming ceremony at the presidential palace in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Sept. 28, 2018. Erdogan is on a three-day official state visit to Germany.(AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

The Latest: Erdogan: Turkish journalist should be extradited

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In this Sept. 26, 2018 photo the German and the Turkish flag flutter in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin where Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is expected to arrive on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018 for a three-day official state visit. (Wolfgang Kumm/dpa via AP)

Turkey’s Erdogan arrives in Germany on bridge-building visit

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel takes her seat prior to the weekly cabinet meeting in Berlin Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018. (Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP)

Germany: Merkel won’t call confidence vote after ally ousted

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Christian Democratic Union Chairwoman and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and Bavarian's Christian Social Union chairman and German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer, left, attend a faction meeting of their ruling Christian Union parties at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Merkel’s party ousts close ally of chancellor from top post

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

FILE -- In this Thursday, April 14, 2016 photo, from left, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Horst Seehofer, Chairman of the German Christian Social Union and Andrea Nahles, Chairwomen of the German Social Democrats, address the media during a press conference in Berlin. The leaders of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's governing coalition were trying Sunday to resolve a standoff over the future of the country's domestic intelligence chief and stabilize their six-month-old alliance. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Merkel: German government must give up internal squabbles

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

FILE -- In this Thursday, April 14, 2016 photo, from left, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Horst Seehofer, Chairman of the German Christian Social Union and Andrea Nahles, Chairwomen of the German Social Democrats, address the media during a press conference in Berlin. The leaders of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's governing coalition were trying Sunday to resolve a standoff over the future of the country's domestic intelligence chief and stabilize their six-month-old alliance. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

German government reaches deal to solve spy chief dispute

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel makes a phone call as the walks through the chancellery to welcome Czech President Milos Zeman for a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Sept. 21, 2018. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Germans angry over spy chief’s promotion after comments

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FILE-- In this Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018 photo Hans-Georg Maassen, center, head of the German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, waits for the beginning of a hearing at the home affairs committee of the German federal parliament, Bundestag, in Berlin, Germany. The leaders of Germany's three governing parties are meeting in Berlin on Tuesday to decide the fate of the country's domestic intelligence chief amid calls for him to be fired over his approach to far-right extremism. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, file)

Top German spy ousted after clash with Merkel over migrants

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press