(FILES) US President Donald Trump (L) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel attend a panel discussion on the second day of the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, July 8, 2017. US President-elect Donald Trump has a fascination with dictators like Russian President Vladimir Putin, Angela Merkel says in her memoirs to be presented on November 26, 2024, according to excerpts published by Die Zeit newspaper on November 21, 2024. At their first meeting in Washington in March 2017 after Trump was elected to his first term in the White House, the US leader "asked me a series of questions", Merkel said. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) US President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel meet in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 17, 2017. US President-elect Donald Trump has a fascination with dictators like Russian President Vladimir Putin, Angela Merkel says in her memoirs to be presented on November 26, 2024, according to excerpts published by Die Zeit newspaper on November 21, 2024. At their first meeting in Washington in March 2017 after Trump was elected to his first term in the White House, the US leader "asked me a series of questions", Merkel said. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) US President Donald Trump (L) attends a meeting with Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel during the G20 Osaka Summit in Osaka on June 28, 2019. US President-elect Donald Trump has a fascination with dictators like Russian President Vladimir Putin, Angela Merkel says in her memoirs to be presented on November 26, 2024, according to excerpts published by Die Zeit newspaper on November 21, 2024. At their first meeting in Washington in March 2017 after Trump was elected to his first term in the White House, the US leader "asked me a series of questions", Merkel said. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Senate Judiciary Committee Member Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., leaves a meeting with former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., President Trump's choice to be Attorney General, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

House Ethics Committee Chairman Michael Guest, R-Miss., rushes past reporters without speaking after his panel met to consider the investigation of former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., President-elect Donald Trump's choice to be attorney general, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

*** BESTPIX *** WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 20: Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) leaves a meeting with Vice President-elect, Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) and former Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-FL) at the U.S. Capitol on November 20, 2024 in Washington, DC. President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Gaetz to serve as U.S. attorney general. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

*** BESTPIX *** WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 20: Former Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-FL) looks out of The Strom Thurmond Room where he is meeting with Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee at the U.S. Capitol on November 20, 2024 in Washington, DC. President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Gaetz to serve as U.S. attorney general. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

*** BESTPIX *** WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 20: Former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) (L) the President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Attorney General walks alongside Vice President-elect JD Vance (C) as they arrive for meetings with Senators at the U.S. Capitol on November 20, 2024 in Washington, DC. Gaetz is meeting with Senators as his nomination for Attorney General is under fire following a House Ethics Committee report that is expected to detail allegations of sexual misconduct. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)