<span style="color: #222222;">German Chancellor Angela Merkel today criticized US President Donald Trump's comments about Democratic lawmakers' colour, saying they run counter to what she considers the strength of America. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Merkel was asked at her annual summer news conference whether she still sees a basis of common values with Trump after he said the congresswomen should go back to their own countries if they don't like America. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">She said that people of very different nationalities have contributed to the strength of the American people, so it was something that contradicts the strength of America.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' <br />'' </span><br />''