US EditionGermany's Far-Right AfD Criticizes Trump Over Greenland Threats
Alice Weidel says Trump broke his campaign promise not to interfere abroad and must answer to U.S. voters amid AfD's bid for closer ties with his administration.
- On Jan 16, Alternative for Germany leaders publicly criticised President Donald Trump’s vow to seize Greenland, saying he violated a pledge not to interfere and must explain to voters.
- Last month, the United States national security strategy shifted focus toward the European Union and aimed to build resistance within European nations, reasserting American dominance.
- Dozens of Alternative for Germany officials have travelled to the United States and sought backing from Elon Musk and U.S. Vice President JD Vance, while German public polls last week show only 12 percent view Trump positively and 15 percent trust the U.S.
- European governments responded by scrambling a military mission to Greenland while Brussels weighs freezing a U.S. trade deal and invoking the anti-coercion instrument.
- With three quarters of President Donald Trump’s term remaining, analysts warn his confrontational approach could bolster European far-right movements and shape upcoming European elections, while Jordan Bardella recently called the Greenland threat a direct challenge to sovereignty.
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When Even the German Far-Right Thinks You've Gone Too Far . . .
Der Führer, upon learning that things are not going as he would like. From Politico.eu: Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has long sought close ties to the Trump administration in its quest for powerful international allies and an end to its political isolation at home. But as public sentiment in Germany increasingly turns against U.S. President Donald Trump and his foreign interventionism — in particular his talk of taking…
The AfD leader suddenly criticizes Donald Trump and his US government. Does this endanger the party's relations with its most important partner?
Trump’s Greenland play is a step too far for Europe’s far right - The Boston Globe
Europe’s far-right parties are reassessing their ties to President Donald Trump after he used military force to oust Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro, and threatened to annex Greenland.
derwesten.de
Actually, the AfD with the Trump camp was on cuddling course for a long time. But Alice Weidel now pulls the tear line with a statement.
Trump loses support from German far-right over Greenland ambitions
AfD, which looked toward the administration in its pursuit of powerful international allies and an end to its political isolation in Germany, has recalibrated its stance as public sentiment in Germany is increasingly turning against Trump and his foreign interventionism
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