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.

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke 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 offers a laundry list of complaints about Trump in her new memoir,

The new book by former Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany also aims to justify decisions she made that are still affecting her country and the rest of Europe.