Several diplomats said that early Trump meetings with Merkel, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and British Prime Minister Theresa May also raised concerns over Trump’s unorthodox style of working largely without detailed notes and speaking off the cuff.

“He doesn’t have a paper in front of him. . . . It’s up to the visitor to declare the agenda,” one said. “He just sits there.

Trump’s mtgs with world leaders “He just sits there. It’s like you are in a bar, and you just start talking to him.” https://t.co/NOx36ExHni

— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) April 11, 2017