Friday, January 16, 2026

Germany's far right loosens its embrace of Trump

As public opinion in the country increasingly turns against the U.S. president over his threats to seize Greenland, the AfD is seeing the downside of its strong alignment with him.

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... But as public sentiment in Germany increasingly turns against U.S. President Donald Trump and his foreign interventionism -- in particular his talk of taking control of Greenland and his seizure of Venezuelan President Nicols Maduro -- AfD leaders are recalibrating, putting distance between their party and a U.S. president they previously embraced.

"He has violated a fundamental election promise, namely not to interfere in other countries, and he has to explain that to his own voters," Alice Weidel, one of the AfD's national leaders, said earlier this week. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-01-16 09:00 PM

Then there's this about Germany's AFP ...

Elon Musk faces criticism for encouraging Germans to move beyond 'past guilt' (January 2025)
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... Fresh off a controversy over a gesture many saw as a Nazi salute, tech billionaire Elon Musk appeared virtually at a campaign event for a far-right German political party on Saturday, where he urged listeners not to be ashamed of their country's history.

Musk " the head of President Trump's Department of Government Efficiency " was met with roars of applause from the more than 4,000 attendees gathered in the German city of Halle as he appeared on screen at a rally for the Alternative fr Deutschland (AfD) party.

"I think you really are the best hope for Germany," Musk told them. ...


#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-01-16 09:02 PM

Germany's AFP

-- should be --

Germany's AfD

oops. :)


#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-01-16 09:04 PM

#1 Not enough N/W flags for that comment, Lamp.

When German Nazis are distancing themselves from Pedodent Trump, well, it speaks volumes.

#4 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-16 09:05 PM

The 4th Reich is too Nazi for the remnants of the 3rd?

That's gotta be some kind of accomplishment!

#5 | Posted by Corky at 2026-01-16 09:22 PM

He has violated a fundamental election promise, namely not to interfere in other countries

That was just a "weave".

#6 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-01-16 09:32 PM

@#5 ... That's gotta be some kind of accomplishment! ...

Yeah.

That was my first thought when I read the article.

Pres Trump has become toxic. Even, apparently, too toxic for the German Nazis.


#7 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-01-16 09:43 PM

Sort of like loosening their stool.

#8 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-01-16 09:49 PM

@#8

Food fiber helps with that.

But the new food pyramid has fiber-rich food as something to be avoided. ...


#9 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-01-16 09:53 PM

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