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The inaugural visit to US President Donald Trump went on stage for Chancellor Friedrich Merz without scandal. That could also have been due to the guest gifts.
Chancellor Friedrich Merz not only brought US President Donald Trump a copy of his grandfather’s birth certificate as a guest gift to Washington, but also a golf club with engraved flags in Germany and the USA. The Federal Press Office spread a photo of how Trump tried the racket immediately in front of his desk in the Oval Office of the White House. It is a putter used for the batch.
Trump is a passionate golfer and has already played a round with Finnish President Alexander Stubb on his property in Florida. Since then, the two have a particularly tight connection to each other. Chancellor Merz also occasionally plays golf.
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In the Oval Office of the White House, the Chancellor initially presented only a copy of a historical birth certificate of Trump’s grandfather Friedrich as a gift on Thursday, who was born in the Palatinate in the Palatinate in 1869 and later emigrated to the USA. “It’s beautiful,” replied Trump. “We’ll hang that.”
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