{"id":2575547,"date":"2026-03-03T11:10:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T16:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-trump-hosts-friedrich-merz-amid-iran-conflict\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T11:11:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T16:11:54","slug":"watch-live-trump-hosts-friedrich-merz-amid-iran-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-trump-hosts-friedrich-merz-amid-iran-conflict\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH LIVE: Trump hosts Friedrich Merz amid Iran conflict"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-live-trump-hosts-friedrich-merz-amid-iran-conflict%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2575547&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump is hosting German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Washington, D.C., as teh United States conducts an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-state-dept-taliban-shows-little-regard-for-human-life\/\" title=\"U.S. State Dept.: Taliban shows little regard for human life\">extensive air<\/a> and naval campaign against Iran. The meeting, set to begin at 11:15 a.m., marks Merz\u2019s third visit since taking office and woudl make him the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/red-francis-joins-the-cdc-and-the-who-in-pushing-covid-vaccinations\/\" title=\"Red Francis Joins the CDC and the WHO in Pushing COVID Vaccinations\">world leader<\/a> to meet Trump in person since Operation Epic Fury began last Saturday. Germany\u2014one of the EU\u2019s leading militaries\u2014has largely voiced neutrality in the Iran <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-caught-them-lin-wood-outed-mysterious-georgia-operative-gabe-sterling-now-video-shows-him-admitting-he-helped-set-up-drop-boxes-and-promoted-far-left-activists-as-absentee-ballot-counters\/\" title=\"WE CAUGHT THEM: Lin Wood Outed Mysterious Georgia Operative Gabe Sterling - Now Video Shows Him Admitting He Helped Set Up Drop Boxes and Promoted Far Left Activists as Absentee Ballot Counters\">conflict<\/a>, but Merz has <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >voiced limited support<\/a> for the U.S. campaign, saying he understands Washington\u2019s actions and that many Iranians share relief that the ruling regime might potentially be ending. He also stressed Germany\u2019s interest in halting Iran\u2019s risky nuclear and ballistic program, while acknowledging the country\u2019s post-World War II military limitations. Merz emphasized that now is not the moment to lecture allies and suggested that Germany shares many of the U.S. goals even if they cannot be fully achieved. Along with Iran, he plans to discuss tariffs, the war in Ukraine, and tensions stemming from a rift over Greenland.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">WATCH LIVE: Trump hosts Friedrich Merz amid Iran conflict<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"1HejeNKvnZA\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WATCH LIVE: Trump meets with Germany's Merz as U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran widens\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1HejeNKvnZA?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> is hosting German Chancellor <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/friedrich-merz\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"11796\">Friedrich Merz<\/a> in Washington, D.C., as the United States continues its massive air and naval campaign against Iran.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting is set to begin at 11:15 a.m.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4477736\/trump-avoid-forever-war-iran\/\">Occupational hazards: How Trump can avoid &#8216;forever war&#8217; in Iran<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4477594\/trump-iran-campaign-maga-america-first\/\">Trump&rsquo;s &lsquo;America First&rsquo; coalition balks at strikes against Iran<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4477715\/white-house-moves-put-down-conservative-revolt-iran-confusion\/\">White House moves to put down conservative revolt over Iran messaging &lsquo;confusion&rsquo;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The visit will be Merz&rsquo;s third since taking office. He will be the first world leader to meet with Trump personally since Operation Epic Fury began on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Germany possesses one of the most powerful militaries in the European Union but has so far voiced neutrality in the conflict with Iran. Despite this, Merz openly voiced limited support for the U.S. in its campaign, saying he has an &ldquo;understanding&rdquo; of the U.S.-Israeli action, and that Germany &ldquo;shares the relief of many Iranians that this mullah regime is now coming to an end.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The chancellor also said Germany is interested in putting an end to Iran&rsquo;s &ldquo;dangerous nuclear and ballistic armament,&rdquo; but acknowledged the weakness of Germany&rsquo;s post-World War II military.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Now is not the moment to lecture our partners and allies &mdash; despite all doubts, we share many of their goals without being able to actually achieve them ourselves,&rdquo; Merz said.<\/p>\n<p>Outside of Iran, Merz has plenty of other issues to discuss with Trump, including tariffs, the war in Ukraine, and smoothing over tensions after this year&rsquo;s rift over Greenland.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Live coverage: Trump hosts Merz over Iran conflict<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2575548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/trump-merz.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[74955,74956,51446,5894,3634],"class_list":["post-2575547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-friedrich-merz-2","tag-iran-conflict-2","tag-live-2","tag-politics","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/trump-merz.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2575547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2575547"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2575547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2575551,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2575547\/revisions\/2575551"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2575548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2575547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2575547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2575547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}