After revelations from NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden that the US monitored German Chancellor Angela Merkel¡¯s cellphone, the US ambassador to Germany says his priority is to rebuild the trust lost between Washington and Berlin.

"We fully understand the depth and the intensity of the reaction, not just in the German government, but among the German people, to these various allegations regarding the NSA, and in particular the ones that came out in the last week and a half. "" And the White House and the US government are taking this very, very seriously.""my first and foremost job is to work to rebuild the trust that¡¯s been shaken between our two countries as a result of the NSA situation. And I would say with the reports of the last couple of weeks, that job has become that much more difficult, but it is not impossible," US ambassador to Germany John B. Emerson said.