She made the remarks during a stump speech in Bavaria, where she celebrated multilateralism after US President Donald Trump speech against it.

Angela Merkel denounced Trump for thinking “that multilateralism is not the answer to our problems,” describing the US chief executive as “one who only assumes that there can only be one winner in any given situation, who - unlike me - does not believe in win-win situations.”

On Tuesday, Trump made a point of rejecting globalism and “protecting” American interests during his annual address to the United Nations General Assembly, which was greeted at points with the audience’s derision.