most important meeting so far and maybe one of the most important meetings of the trump presidency, because german is the leader of the europe. merkel is really the one who is calling the shots on the other side of the atlantic. europe is our best partner. and so it s really important for trump to carve out a working relationship with merkel. the problem is on european integration, on trade, on nato, on immigration, on climate change, they are really living on opposite planets. the question is can they come into the oval office today and find a way of building a working relationship. what does angela merkel need to get out of this meeting and what does the president need to get out of it? america wanmerkel wants to se can work with him, that she can tame president trump, if you will, and bring him back to the moderate center, someone who believes in nato, europe as america s best partner, essentially to kind of continue the traditions of the post world war ii order.