- Title: Obama arrives in Berlin hotel ahead of meeting with Merkel
- Date: 16th November 2016
- Summary: BERLIN, GERMANY (NOVEMBER 16, 2016) (REUTERS) HOTEL ADLON / BRANDENBURG GATE QUADRIGA ON TOP OF BRANDENBURG GATE ARMOURED POLICE VEHICLE POLICE IN FRONT OF HOTEL MOTORCADE ARRIVING VARIOUS OF POLICE ON MOTORBIKES ARRIVING AT FRONT OF HOTEL HOTEL / BRANDENBURG GATE
- Embargoed: 1st December 2016 17:49
- Keywords: Barack Obama Berlin Hotel Adlon European farewell tour
- Location: BERLIN, GERMANY
- City: BERLIN, GERMANY
- Country: Germany
- Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA00158P1EFB
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: U.S. President Barack Obama arrived at Berlin's Hotel Adlon on Wednesday (November 16) ahead of meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Obama will stay at the hotel, located next to the iconic Brandenburg gate, for two nights as part of his farewell European tour.
On Thursday (November 17), he is set to meet with Merkel and then on Friday the leaders of France, Spain, Italy and the UK.
On his last overseas trip before successor Donald Trump takes office in January, Obama is seeking to reassure European allies who are concerned about the implications of a Trump presidency.
Trump garnered support on the back of promises to build a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico, ban Muslims temporarily from entering the United States and rip up trade deals that he said had hurt American workers.
Obama opposed those positions and is fighting now to keep his legacy accomplishments on healthcare, climate change, and nuclear diplomacy alive in the face of Trump's promises to dismantle them. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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