Trump praises far-right AfD's historic win in Germany's Saxony-Anhalt

dhnet.be (French)

Donald Trump praised the far-right AfD's victory in a German regional election on Sunday, calling it "a very good evening" for the populist party. The result marks a historic shift in German politics. The AfD won nearly 44% of the vote in Saxony-Anhalt, a struggling former East German region, crushing Chancellor Friedrich Merz's CDU, which took only 17%. This outcome puts the far-right in position to lead a German state for the first time since 1945. Trump's allies, including Elon Musk and a former US ambassador to Germany, also celebrated the result. Musk, a longtime AfD supporter, responded to co-leader Alice Weidel's post with "Well played!"


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