Trump praise for German far-right party angers Chancellor Merz

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President Donald Trump's praise for Germany's far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) has reportedly angered Chancellor Friedrich Merz's government, leading Merz to cancel a scheduled call with Trump on September 11. The cancellation, announced by government spokesman Stefan Cornelius citing scheduling conflicts, follows Trump's Wednesday comments that Germans are "finally fed up" with immigration rules. Cornelius referenced Merz's past rejection of foreign interference in German elections, while Transatlantic Relations Coordinator Metin Hakverdi told Der Tagesspiegel that Germany "doesn't need advice from the White House." Trump had retweeted AfD's 43.8 percent election victory in Saxony-Anhalt, and Vice President JD Vance previously criticized AfD's exclusion from the Munich Security Conference, meeting with party co-leader Alice Weidel afterward.


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