berlin german officials hold talk members u.s. president-elect donald trump transition team able figure kind foreign security policy administration want pursue spokesman say friday ultimately remain case still clear coherent comprehensive picture kind foreign security policy new trump administration want pursue world foreign ministry spokesman martin schaefer tell regular government news conference trump repeatedly praise russian president vladimir putin nominate people see friendly toward moscow senior administration post trump seek improve relations kremlin could unsettle germany whose chancellor angela merkel support extension european union sanction russia role conflict ukraine germany say ca n't figure trump 's foreign policy goals