"Elmar Thevessen, the US correspondent for Germany's public broadcast TV channel Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), talked about the mood in the US after the murder of influencer Charlie Kirk on his channel's talk show "Markus Lanz" last week. During the show, Thevessen made one comment that caused a stir. He said Kirk had advocated stoning homosexuals. However, this is not true, which was admitted by the ZDF afterwards."
"Thevessen later also said in a ZDF-podcast that Stephen Miller, the deputy chief of staff at the White House, had beliefs that were "somewhat reminiscent of the ideology of the Third Reich." This was enough to prompt Richard Grenell, former US ambassador to Germany, to threaten Thevessen with the revocation of his journalist visa for the US. Grenell posted on X that Thevessen was a "radical leftist" who incited violence against people who held different opinions."
Elmar Thevessen, the US correspondent for Germany's ZDF, falsely claimed that Charlie Kirk had advocated stoning homosexuals; ZDF later admitted the claim was untrue. Charlie Kirk was killed at a discussion event on the Utah Valley University campus in Orem on September 10 and was considered a close confidant of President Donald Trump. Thevessen also said in a ZDF podcast that Stephen Miller's beliefs were "somewhat reminiscent of the ideology of the Third Reich." Former US ambassador Richard Grenell threatened to seek revocation of Thevessen's US journalist visa and called him a "radical leftist" who incites violence. ZDF said Thevessen intended to highlight attitudes favoring concentrated presidential power and questioning democratic norms.
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