Olaf Scholz is flying to the US capital Washington today for a short visit. On Friday he will meet Joe Biden in the White House.

At the top of the agenda is the war in Ukraine and the question of what will happen there. The crisis in Gaza and the attacks by the Houthi militias in the Red Sea will also be an issue. If the Supreme Court unexpectedly rules against Trump, it would be tantamount to a political earthquake of magnitude 9.0. This has never happened in this form before.