Overview
- The chancellor said Trump told him he wants to travel to Germany next year and that the invitation remains open.
- No date has been set and there is no confirmed stop in Berlin at this stage.
- Merz noted they hope to visit Trump's ancestral hometown in Rhineland-Palatinate during the trip.
- He recalled presenting Trump in June with a gold-framed facsimile of the grandfather's birth record from the Speyer church archive.
- Rhineland-Palatinate Minister-President Alexander Schweitzer proposed adding Hambach Castle to a potential itinerary.