More than 20 people have died and dozens of people were missing on Thursday in Germany and neighbouring Belgium after heavy flooding turned streams and streets into raging torrents, sweeping away cars and causing buildings to collapse.
As quick as the visit from President Trump has been, it has also been a whirlwind of astonishing actions by the leader of the world’s most powerful nation.
According to the prime minister, he had simply “impressed upon” German Chancellor Angela Merkel how important it was that they “stood together” with the U.S. and other G20 members.
The German magazine Der Spiegel has reported that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office "requested that we publish a response" to an earlier story about Trudeau appeasing U.S. President Donald Trump.
"Trudeau had apparently changed his approach to Trump and seemed concerned about further provoking his powerful neighbour to the south," Germany's Der Spiegel reported.