"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 control of Greenland and his seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolás 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."
"Hmm . . . I don't recall Weidel complaining when Trump, Vance, and Musk were stumping for the Afd in the last national elections in Germany. With that as background, it's that much more impressive that Weidel now is throwing Trump under the bus. Think about that for a minute: a would-be Führer who is underbussed by the neo-Nazi AfD is no Führer at all. And for it to be the German far-right . . . that's really gotta leave a mark. Stephen Miller must be so sad."
"The AfD is the second-largest party in the Bundestag, much to the horror of Germany's conservatives and liberals alike, and the AfD seems to support everything Miller and Trump embrace: Islamophobia, anti-immigration, and historical revisionism, just to name a few. Even so, the AfD looks at Trump's comments about Greenland (following his actions in Venezuela) and says "no thanks - that's too extreme, even for us.""
Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) sought close ties with the Trump administration to gain international allies and break domestic isolation. Growing German public opposition to President Donald Trump's foreign interventionism — notably talk of taking Greenland and actions in Venezuela — prompted AfD leaders to distance the party from Trump. Alice Weidel accused Trump of violating a pledge not to interfere in other countries and said he must answer to his voters. The AfD maintains hardline stances on immigration, Islam, and historical revisionism while rejecting some of Trump's more extreme actions as excessive.
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