This could be awkward... US President Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are face-to-face this morning to present a 'united' front on world affairs. 'United' that is apart from Germany slamming US plans to provide weapons to Ukraine as "risky and counter-productive" and Obama rejecting Germany's calls for more austerity in Greece...
Just look at the rapport... not exactly seeing eye-to-eye...
#Merkel [8] arrives in #Washington [9] for #Obama [10] talks http://t.co/kERPlRmb3z [11] pic.twitter.com/NHOOxakt0N [12]
— DW (English) (@dw_english) February 9, 2015 [13]
The Joint Press Conference is due to begin at 1140ET...
