Led by Angela Merkel, most European countries share a sense that the U.S. has become a fickle and unreliable partner linked to Europe by a shrinking list of common interests, a feeling that arose long before the animosity of the Trump era
BERLIN—After moving into the White House in January, President Biden decided his first call to a foreign leader would go to Angela Merkel, signaling a return to trans-Atlantic normality after the turbulence of the Trump era, according to aides.
The German chancellor had other plans. She declined the offer of a call on that Friday afternoon because she would be at her country cottage near Berlin, where she spends some weekends tending to her vegetable garden and walking by the lake, people familiar with the discussion said.
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