Schaeuble says you can't make America greater with less leadership

[January 19, 2017]  DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - Incoming U.S. president Donald Trump cannot deliver on his promise to make America greater if Washington provides less global leadership, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Thursday at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos.
 

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble attends the weekly cabinet meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, December 14, 2016. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke

"I heard from the president-elect that he wants to make the U.S. stronger," Schaeuble said "If you want to make the U.S. stronger you cannot reduce (your) capacity to lead the world."

(Reporting by Noah Barkin and Sujata Rao)

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