This happened a few hours after D. Trump publicly praised the victory of Germany’s far-right party “Alternative for Germany” (AfD) in regional elections.
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F. Merz’s press representative refused to specify the reason for the cancellation, but in response to journalists’ questions noted that it was not related to incompatible schedules.
D. Trump congratulated AfD on his social network “Truth Social” account with a “really big evening”.
“They finally got tired of the completely terrible immigration rules and regulations that have so badly hurt Germany,” D. Trump wrote on Tuesday evening Washington time.
F. Merz’s press representative did not directly respond to D. Trump’s comments but noted that the chancellor often “generally” opposes “interference in domestic political situations or commenting on them, especially regarding elections.”
A new date for a phone call between the two leaders has not yet been set, the representative added.
AfD, which F. Merz has repeatedly called racist and a threat to democracy, made a breakthrough in regional elections in the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday.
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At the end of his message, D. Trump also wrote the acronym “MGGA” – his own version of the AfD-supporting slogan “MAGA” (“Make America Great Again”), meaning “Make Germany Great Again”.
Other figures in D. Trump’s political circle, including the former ambassador to Germany and billionaire Elon Musk, also publicly celebrated AfD’s victory.
E. Musk has openly supported and backed AfD for several years, including the period when he worked in D. Trump’s administration as head of the Government Efficiency Department (DOGE).
E. Musk appeared via video link at an AfD campaign rally during the German parliamentary elections in early 2025, which were won by F. Merz’s center-right CDU/CSU bloc.
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