She said this in an interview with Spiegel.
“I could fulfill my dream: in the GDR, women aged 60 retired, I would have received my passport five years ago and would go to America,” she said.
The German Chancellor added that her dream was to see the Rockies, drive a car and listen to Bruce Springsteen's songs.
She also said that in the GDR, pensioners had freedom of movement.
Earlier it was reported that Merkel will meet in Berlin with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.