BERLIN (Reuters) - Angela Merkel sought advice from the pope on dealing with Donald Trump when he was first elected U.S. president, hoping to find ways of convincing a man she saw as having a property developer's winner-or-loser mentality not to quit the Paris climate accords.

Germany's Angela Merkel recalls tricky dealings with world leaders from Donald Trump to Vladimir Putin during her 16-year chancellorship in her frank memoirs, published as her legacy comes under intense scrutiny.

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel is speaking out about her experiences with President-elect Donald Trump and other world leaders during her time in office — often in less-than-flattering ways.

Merkel says she felt “sorrow” at Donald Trump’s return to power and recalls that every meeting with him was “a competition: you or me.”

In her new memoir the German former chancellor writes that Trump seemed to find Vladimir Putin ‘very fascinating’

Donald Trump has a fascination with dictators like Russian President Vladimir Putin, ex-German chancellor Angela Merkel says in her memoir.

On taking office as US president in 2017, Donald Trump was keen for information on Russian President Vladimir Putin, former German chancellor Angela Merkel reveals in her memoirs to be published on Tuesday.