G20 Summit: Donald Trump praises Angela Merkel for 'fantastic' conclave despite protests

Hamburg: US president Donald Trump on Saturday praised German chancellor Angela Merkel for the “fantastic job” organising the G20 summit, despite violent protests that blocked his wife Melania for hours. [caption id=“attachment_3790231” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] US president Donald Trump, left, talks with German chancellor Angela Merkel at the G20 Summit in Hamburg. AP[/caption] Merkel organised the summit “so professionally and without much interruption despite a few people (who) seemed to follow your G20s around,” said Trump, telling Merkel that she has “been amazing and done a fantastic job”.