Donald Trump 's meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz took an unusual turn, marked by a strikingly extravagant personal gift for the U.S. commander-in-chief. During their first in-person dialogue at the White House , Merz presented the president with a gold-framed copy of his grandfather Friedrich Trump's birth certificate . This act reeked of sentimentality but quickly descended into a moment of political awkwardness. The Gift The gift, a gleaming symbol of Trump’s heritage, hails from