Trump Celebrates AfD's Historic Win in Saxony-Anhalt

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US President Donald Trump celebrated the far-right AfD party's victory in Germany's Saxony-Anhalt state election, calling it a "really big night" for the party. The result has triggered a political earthquake in Germany. The AfD won nearly 44% of the vote against 17% for Chancellor Friedrich Merz's CDU in the eastern state, marking a historic far-right state-level victory for the first time since 1945. Trump praised the party's anti-immigration stance on Truth Social, using the slogan "Make Germany Great Again." Several Trump allies, including Elon Musk, congratulated the AfD, which is already the main opposition in Germany's parliament. The party's anti-immigration and pro-Russian rhetoric has fueled its rise in the former East German region.


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