Barack Obama is a Merkel fan: Ex-US President with touching words about the Chancellor - especially her eyes do it to him

In his new book, the former US President Barack Obama also deals with his relationship with Angela Merkel.

He finds touching words.

Another politician comes off worse.

• On November 17, 2020, the first volume of

  Barack Obama's

  memoirs was published: “A Promised Land”.

• Barack Obama also describes his relationship with Chancellor

  Angela Merkel

  .

• He finds touching words.

Washington - "I found you reliable, honest, intellectual, precise and in a natural way friendly." This is how the former US President

thinks of

the German Chancellor

.

In the first volume of his memoir “A Promised Land”, which has just been published, Obama recalls encounters with her.

He describes her as a shrewd politician and astute strategist.

"

eyes were large and bright blue, and they could alternately take on the expression of frustration, amusement and hints of concern," it says in another passage.

In his book,

looks back,

among other things, on his time in the

.

When Barack Obama was elected 44th US President in 2008, he, the first black man in the highest position in the

, was seen as a symbol of hope.

In 2016, after eight years at the helm of world politics, he left the

-

followed four years

.

My memoir, A Promised Land, is out today.

I hope you'll read it.

My goal was to give you some insight into the events and people that shaped me during the early years of my presidency.

Most of all, I hope it inspires you to see yourself playing a role in shaping a better world.

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- Barack Obama (@BarackObama) November 17, 2020

“I think very highly of

.

So far, she has been an outstanding political leader, not just for Germany, but for Europe and the world, ”said Barack Obama in an interview last Friday in

with

magazine

and

media group

.

Barack Obama on Angela Merkel: We had to get to know each other first

The relationship between

and Chancellor

is particularly

close

in the second term of office of the then

.

According to the stories Obama has now published, this was not the case from the start.

The two politicians first had to warm to each other.

writes that the more he got to

know

, the more he

liked her: "I found her reliable, honest, intellectually precise and naturally friendly."

The 59-year-old also said that

was skeptical of him at first because of his ability to speak, according to Obama.

The online portal

writes that for

the hype surrounding the then

too much of a good thing.

In his memoir,

writes

that she thought he was overrated.

He confirmed this in the

: "At first she was a bit skeptical and said that she would initially distrust people who give such great speeches."

Barack Obama: Angela Merkel most important partner in Europe

For

was

, according to "A promised land" his main contact in

.

He preferred them to the former President of France.

The suffered a not so good judgment: "The conversations with

. Were alternately amusing and exasperating"

Michelle Obama also attracted attention this week: In an emotional post, the former first lady remembers the handover to Donald Trump.

She speaks of her disappointment - and warns the outgoing US president.

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