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An informal chat between the European leaders and the US President on the sidelines of the G20 yesterday morning revealed Angela Merkel initially tried to charm the US President, complimenting him on his rallying speech in Poland, made days before the global summit got underway in Hamburg.

In the off-the-cuff chat, before the G20 session on migration began, European Council president Donald Tusk also praised Mr Trump for his "best speech yet".

Angela Merkel is then invited to join the conversation and adds: "Yes, it was fantastic. We didn't understand why you waited to give that in Warsaw.