US elections - Weidel wants Trump to be the next US president
The AfD chairwoman Alice Weidel wishes that Republican Donald Trump, not incumbent Joe Biden, wins the US presidential election in November. "I definitely support Donald Trump," Weidel said in a ZDF summer interview. Biden is "apparently not in control of his mental faculties," she added. He should therefore no longer be President. "That's not even an option."
Moreover, Trump has promised to end the war in Ukraine by cutting financial support for Kiev. "And I believe he will keep his word," Weidel stated in the ZDF show "Berlin direct." However, she expressed dissatisfaction with the entire US election campaign and the candidates. "The US election campaign in my opinion is a disaster," she said. "I would have preferred if perhaps completely different candidates were running."
Weidel's preference for Trump in the US presidential election is well-known, as she declared during a ZDF summer interview, "I definitely support Donald Trump." She criticized Joe Biden's mental capabilities, stating that he seems "not in control of his mental faculties" and should therefore not remain as President. The German capital, Berlin, was the location for Weidel's appearance on the ZDF show "Berlin direct," where she discussed Trump's promise to end the war in Ukraine by reducing financial aid to Kiev and expressed her belief that he would fulfill this commitment. However, Weidel showed dissatisfaction with the overall US election campaign and the candidates, arguing that it was a "disaster" and expressing a wish for "completely different candidates" to be contending. The AfD chairwoman's comments regarding the US election were made within the context of her party's stance on international affairs and its close relationship with the Republican party in the USA.
