During the Hannover Messe in April 2016, Kaeser was among the 15 German CEOs who were invited to a private dinner with President Barack Obama.[11] He was also part of Merkel's delegation on the occasion of her first visit to President Donald Trump in March 2017.[12] At the 2018 World Economic Forum in Davos, he attended a dinner of President Trump with a group of European CEOs.[13]