Trump Shares Social Media Post on Far-Right AfD's Landslide State Election Victory in Germany

U.S. President Donald Trump shared the landslide victory of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in a state legislature election through his social media account on the 6th (local time).

President Trump posted the results of the state parliament election in Saxony-Anhalt, eastern Germany, on Truth Social that day.

He did not include any additional comments.

With 94 percent of the votes counted as of 10:40 p.m. (German time), the AfD secured 44.8 percent of the vote, defeating the center-right Christian Democratic Union (16.8 percent) to solidify its status as the leading party.

However, the AfD failed to secure a majority of seats, leaving it uncertain whether the party will succeed in forming a state government for the first time since its founding.

dpa news agency noted that the relationship between the U.S. Republican Party under President Trump and the AfD was one of the major issues ahead of Germany's federal parliamentary election in February of last year.

Regarding the outcome where the AfD was projected to place second behind the center-right union of the Christian Democratic Union and the Christian Social Union in that election, President Trump had welcomed it, calling it a "tremendous day for Germany and the United States."

Additionally, a week prior to the election, U.S. Vice President JD Vance voiced support for the AfD in a keynote speech at the Munich Security Conference, urging Germany's mainstream parties to dismantle the "firewall" of refusing to cooperate with the AfD.

At the time, Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and an aide to President Trump, also backed the AfD via a video speech, while Alice Weidel, co-leader of the AfD, responded by echoing President Trump's slogan, saying, "Make Germany Great Again."

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